Hello everyone,
I have bought a plot of land and feel a bit unsure about how to position the house.
The situation is as follows:
20 m (66 feet) wide facing the street
Approximately 26 m (85 feet) in length, with about 3 m (10 feet) rising toward the back—so the land slopes uphill at the rear. Unfortunately, the ground floor is only allowed to be up to 50 cm (20 inches) higher than the street level, so it can’t be raised.
The sun moves in a semicircle from right to left in the picture and sets at the red arrow in the evening.
The development plan requires a setback of 5 m (16 feet) from the street and 3 m (10 feet) from the neighbor.
What is the best way to approach this?
Build the house as far back as possible and into the slope, creating a large front garden?
Position the house toward the front with living spaces upstairs/facing the street? Living room downstairs in the darker half-basement?
Excavate completely and have support walls visible at the back?
Does anyone have ideas for building on a sloping plot that rises toward the rear?
I have bought a plot of land and feel a bit unsure about how to position the house.
The situation is as follows:
20 m (66 feet) wide facing the street
Approximately 26 m (85 feet) in length, with about 3 m (10 feet) rising toward the back—so the land slopes uphill at the rear. Unfortunately, the ground floor is only allowed to be up to 50 cm (20 inches) higher than the street level, so it can’t be raised.
The sun moves in a semicircle from right to left in the picture and sets at the red arrow in the evening.
The development plan requires a setback of 5 m (16 feet) from the street and 3 m (10 feet) from the neighbor.
What is the best way to approach this?
Build the house as far back as possible and into the slope, creating a large front garden?
Position the house toward the front with living spaces upstairs/facing the street? Living room downstairs in the darker half-basement?
Excavate completely and have support walls visible at the back?
Does anyone have ideas for building on a sloping plot that rises toward the rear?
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hanghaus20239 Sep 2023 17:54@11ant I don’t understand that either. Why does the original poster think they will get the best results by providing as little information as possible? With such a small plot and on a slope, it’s especially challenging. 🙄
It will probably end up being a basement and an upper floor.
It will probably end up being a basement and an upper floor.
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neuerbauherr8811 Sep 2023 08:54ypg schrieb:
Please show the plan again with north indicated and a note showing which plot is the desired one."Up is north." Unfortunately, I don’t have anything else from the GEOPORTAL.
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
Without specifications from the zoning plan and height data, it’s not possible to provide further help here.
According to your information, there is a 13% slope down to the street.The zoning plan says the ground floor may be at most 50cm (20 inches) above the street level. We think that’s very little, right?
11ant schrieb:
I’m usually someone who likes to help. But when you’re tied hands while helping, you rather move on to the next person — who might be less critical but easier to work with. It’s common for laypeople to present bits and pieces that only seem clear and informative — then you quickly have to look for additional sources to fill the gaps in basics. Blacked-out points make that impossible. You left “Tannenstraße” visible — but there are hundreds of those, and I’m definitely not going to search through all of them. So everyone is basically the architect of their own misfortune here. ;-)You say “bits and pieces,” but it was clear to me. I don’t really know what information is needed. I thought it was obvious?
hanghaus2023 schrieb:
@11ant I don’t get it either. Why does the OP think that providing as little information as possible leads to the best results? With such a small plot on a slope, it’s especially difficult. 🙄 This will probably end up as a basement and an upper floor.To me, it was clear. I didn’t know what else is usually needed?
ypg schrieb:
Why don’t you get it? Maybe he’s doing something nice outside in this summer weather… He hasn’t been here since yesterday and probably hasn’t even read the follow-up questions yet (otherwise I would have seen him online 3-5 times by now and maybe gotten a response).Yes, we had a small family emergency over the weekend. That’s why I wasn’t online. Many thanks already for all the help. This morning, the builder suggested the idea of digging “half” into the slope — so one side is exposed for windows and a garage on the other corner.
It's quite interesting what is considered a "gentle slope." That's a significant incline! But I still haven't quite understood whether the plot slopes down or up from the street towards the southeast. It rises, right?
Get the section from the Basemap Viewer... those are current topographic maps.
Get the section from the Basemap Viewer... those are current topographic maps.
neuerbauherr88 schrieb:
That's why I haven't been online lately.But now you could answer the questions directed at you, right?N
neuerbauherr8811 Sep 2023 10:18Yosan schrieb:
It’s interesting what is considered a "gentle slope." That’s quite a steep incline! But I still haven’t quite understood whether the land slopes down or up from the street towards the southeast? It slopes upward, right?
Check out the section from the Basemap Viewer... those are current topographic maps. From the street to the back, it rises about 3.5m (11.5 feet).
Since you can only start the ground floor about 50cm (20 inches) above street level, the idea was to partly build into the slope.
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