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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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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fach1werk13 Aug 2020 08:30Oh Pinkiponk, I had and still have a lot of trouble with my construction company, so none of that helped me at all.
Pinkiponk schrieb:
What keeps you there? Is your house/plot so unique that you couldn’t live anywhere else?At the moment, we can’t find anything affordable. But we are looking.P
Pinkiponk13 Aug 2020 08:50shenja schrieb:
We currently can’t find anything affordable. But we’re looking.I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you. Would you like to start a thread called "Tips for Finding Land" or something similar? Maybe there are some useful ideas, or perhaps your exclusion criteria might not be as strict as initially thought, or at least not absolute. Alternatively, you could keep us updated on your house and land search, and we can support you, at least with advice. Also, it’s always possible that someone in the forum knows someone in your area or even a local official.Pinkiponk schrieb:
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you. Would you like to start a thread called “Tips for Finding a Plot” or something similar? Maybe there are some useful ideas, or you have exclusion criteria that, on closer inspection, might not be so rigid or absolute. Or you could keep us updated on your house and land search, and we can support you, at least with advice. Also, it’s always possible that someone in the forum from your area knows someone who knows someone else, or even the local mayor. Which area is it?
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Pinkiponk13 Aug 2020 08:53fach1werk schrieb:
Oh Pinkiponk, I had and still have a lot of trouble with my construction company, so all of that didn’t help me at all. That’s unfair, you don’t deserve that. I hope things will get better soon.
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Pinkiponk13 Aug 2020 08:54Ybias78 schrieb:
Which area is it?Ah, the first mayor is already speaking up.