ᐅ Are building plans with a 1-meter knee wall still considered up-to-date?
Created on: 24 Aug 2020 01:11
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Hello everyone.
Plots are getting smaller and building costs are rising. So why are development plans for new residential areas still requiring a knee wall height of about 1 meter (3 feet), and that with only one possible full story? I understand the goal is to create a uniform appearance, but why restrict homeowners so much with a 1 meter (3 feet) knee wall? The definition of a full story should already set clear limits. But not at just one meter (3 feet)... The often permitted ridge height of 9 to 10 meters (30 to 33 feet) would allow much simpler planning.
Yet no... People are often forced to use skylights, dormers, and similar features to create sufficiently bright and usable space in the upper floor. Sometimes, there is no other choice but to increase the ground floor area to accommodate this upper-floor space. All of this only drives up building costs unnecessarily.
I’ve always disliked sloped ceilings, but honestly, you can’t really make a 1 meter (3 feet) knee wall look good...
What are your thoughts?
Plots are getting smaller and building costs are rising. So why are development plans for new residential areas still requiring a knee wall height of about 1 meter (3 feet), and that with only one possible full story? I understand the goal is to create a uniform appearance, but why restrict homeowners so much with a 1 meter (3 feet) knee wall? The definition of a full story should already set clear limits. But not at just one meter (3 feet)... The often permitted ridge height of 9 to 10 meters (30 to 33 feet) would allow much simpler planning.
Yet no... People are often forced to use skylights, dormers, and similar features to create sufficiently bright and usable space in the upper floor. Sometimes, there is no other choice but to increase the ground floor area to accommodate this upper-floor space. All of this only drives up building costs unnecessarily.
I’ve always disliked sloped ceilings, but honestly, you can’t really make a 1 meter (3 feet) knee wall look good...
What are your thoughts?
mini_g! schrieb:
For my part, I am very grateful that our municipality reacted and allowed 2 full stories with up to 3 residential units. I’m happy for you.
mini_g! schrieb:
Even with twice the money, we wouldn’t have had the option to buy a larger plot of land. Two years ago my partner had land plots available, and on my advice, in the first round, the adjoining plots were offered in pairs as one unit each so that they would be at least 500 sqm (5400 sq ft). In the second round, they were then offered individually, and only then was there any demand.
haydee schrieb:
Although I wouldn’t necessarily call 2 full stories a high-rise building. A higher eaves height certainly results in a more massive building volume; the term “high-rise” was obviously meant symbolically.
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Wintersonne24 Aug 2020 15:31The plots here are sufficiently large (700 - 800 m² (7,535 - 8,611 sq ft)) for a single-family house, so there is no issue with shading. It wouldn’t have caused any problems to allow two full floors.
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Wintersonne24 Aug 2020 15:32haydee schrieb:
Two full stories do not need to be taller than one full story plus knee wall plus steep gable roofYes, exactly, that is correct!Correct. However, the same roof pitch with a higher eaves height results in a greater overall height.
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hampshire24 Aug 2020 15:42Wintersonne schrieb:
The plots here are large enough (700 - 800 m² (8,400 - 8,600 sq ft)) for a single-family home, so there is no shading issue. Allowing two full stories wouldn’t have hurt anyone. 700-800 m² (8,400 - 8,600 sq ft) is not exactly the densification currently being pushed, but it’s not really large either. We want cheap plots with huge living space and a fence around them. That’s where the problem lies—not the building regulations, but the trend could be questioned.
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