ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House as a Self-Managed Project with a General Contractor
Created on: 27 May 2019 10:48
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goalkeeper
Hello everyone,
some of you might have already followed one of my threads about us having to or being allowed to build our end-terrace house on our own responsibility – depending on how you look at it. This means that we are buying an end-terrace plot (215 sqm (2315 sq ft)) in a new development area in the Rhein-Neckar district and will be building on it ourselves – but in coordination with our two terrace neighbors.
The municipality, which sold the plots through a local resident model, ideally wanted applicants to apply as a complete housing group with several families and then build accordingly with a general contractor, construction manager, or architect. Of course, that didn’t really work out, so now there are only individual applicants and also homeowners.
After we were awarded the plot, the addresses of the other terrace neighbors were shared to discuss certain matters, such as roof style, whether or not to have a basement, etc. It was immediately clear that everyone preferred to do their own thing. However, we were still able to agree that the housing group will have a gable roof with a pitch of 35 to 40 degrees (within this 5-degree range).
As the end house, we will build without a basement, while the middle house and the other end house will have basements. This obviously presents a challenge as we would have to make a deep foundation or simply skip it, and the middle house would have to support us, as we will start construction first. The current agreement with the middle house is that we will build a deeper foundation at his expense, as supporting our house later on would be considerably more expensive for him.
We are currently close to signing with the construction manager, the notarization appointment for the plot is at the end of June, and we hope to start construction in the fall of this year. Meanwhile, several other freely planned housing groups are being built around us, which might get in the way with their cranes.
I will document the progress here from time to time – such a self-planned terraced house doesn’t come along very often.
some of you might have already followed one of my threads about us having to or being allowed to build our end-terrace house on our own responsibility – depending on how you look at it. This means that we are buying an end-terrace plot (215 sqm (2315 sq ft)) in a new development area in the Rhein-Neckar district and will be building on it ourselves – but in coordination with our two terrace neighbors.
The municipality, which sold the plots through a local resident model, ideally wanted applicants to apply as a complete housing group with several families and then build accordingly with a general contractor, construction manager, or architect. Of course, that didn’t really work out, so now there are only individual applicants and also homeowners.
After we were awarded the plot, the addresses of the other terrace neighbors were shared to discuss certain matters, such as roof style, whether or not to have a basement, etc. It was immediately clear that everyone preferred to do their own thing. However, we were still able to agree that the housing group will have a gable roof with a pitch of 35 to 40 degrees (within this 5-degree range).
As the end house, we will build without a basement, while the middle house and the other end house will have basements. This obviously presents a challenge as we would have to make a deep foundation or simply skip it, and the middle house would have to support us, as we will start construction first. The current agreement with the middle house is that we will build a deeper foundation at his expense, as supporting our house later on would be considerably more expensive for him.
We are currently close to signing with the construction manager, the notarization appointment for the plot is at the end of June, and we hope to start construction in the fall of this year. Meanwhile, several other freely planned housing groups are being built around us, which might get in the way with their cranes.
I will document the progress here from time to time – such a self-planned terraced house doesn’t come along very often.
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goalkeeper17 Apr 2020 08:20goalkeeper schrieb:
Yes... I had sent this proposal to his architect by email.But actually, it doesn’t matter because the notary appointment was only on November 21st, and our building application and construction start were well before that – so at that time, the municipality was still the owner of the middle house.
Nevertheless, the neighbor was already aware at that time of the seriousness of his purchase intention and therefore of the relevance of your proposal for his project. Thus, he disregarded it at his own responsibility and must now accept the consequences in case of conflict.
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11ant schrieb:
in case of conflictI would ask your general contractor (GC) to inspect the neighbor’s construction work regularly until the basement work is completed, for a small fee, and to raise the alarm immediately if any issues arise.
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goalkeeper20 Apr 2020 18:37The tiler is currently working, and the painter is almost finished with the fleece – the first coat already looks great.
The tiles looked somewhat lighter in the tile showroom, but they will definitely look great overall. Cheaper greige tiles are being used in the utility room.
Fortunately, the handover date remains May 7th despite the “forgotten” staircase.
The tiles looked somewhat lighter in the tile showroom, but they will definitely look great overall. Cheaper greige tiles are being used in the utility room.
Fortunately, the handover date remains May 7th despite the “forgotten” staircase.
goalkeeper schrieb:
will certainly look great overall as well.I don’t like chrome trim strips on tiles any more than on wheel arches, and I only expect a similar fashionable lifespan anyway. Unfortunately, changing them is more complicated than changing smoky eyes or other today-trendy, tomorrow-forgotten styles.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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11ant schrieb:
I don’t like the chrome trims on tiles any more than on wheel arches, and besides, I only expect such fashion trends to last as long. Unfortunately, changing them later is more complicated than fixing smokey eyes or other trendy fads that disappear overnight.If necessary, just tape them off and paint over.
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