Dear Forum,
after allowing a bit more “rest time” for our plans, we are now considering the optimal positioning of our house on the plot, especially taking into account the orientation of the neighboring properties.
We have plot number 9 (parcel 929).
Parcel 949 is a waste container area (quite oversized at 30m² (320 ft²)) serving plots 3, 4, 5, and 6. This is a dead-end street (planned street B), which is why the waste container area is located next to us.
Plot number 6 will be a 9.30 m (30.5 ft) high gable-roofed semi-detached house with the ridge running west-east. This means three floor-to-ceiling windows will face directly onto our property. In front of this house is a garage situated 2 meters (6.5 ft) away from our plot (officially supposed to be 3 meters (9.8 ft), but apparently only 2 meters was approved). So the house wall starts at about ~5.50 meters (18 ft).
Plot number 10 to the south will be a bungalow with a garage directly adjoining our plot (fairly central, as there is a five-meter (16 ft) long driveway leading up to it).
We are wondering how best to position our house to avoid a feeling of excessive tightness.
Should it be as narrow as possible to maximize the west-facing garden and distance from the neighboring house to the west? Or rather positioned to have a south-facing garden, even if that means looking towards the neighbor’s garage wall?
after allowing a bit more “rest time” for our plans, we are now considering the optimal positioning of our house on the plot, especially taking into account the orientation of the neighboring properties.
We have plot number 9 (parcel 929).
Parcel 949 is a waste container area (quite oversized at 30m² (320 ft²)) serving plots 3, 4, 5, and 6. This is a dead-end street (planned street B), which is why the waste container area is located next to us.
Plot number 6 will be a 9.30 m (30.5 ft) high gable-roofed semi-detached house with the ridge running west-east. This means three floor-to-ceiling windows will face directly onto our property. In front of this house is a garage situated 2 meters (6.5 ft) away from our plot (officially supposed to be 3 meters (9.8 ft), but apparently only 2 meters was approved). So the house wall starts at about ~5.50 meters (18 ft).
Plot number 10 to the south will be a bungalow with a garage directly adjoining our plot (fairly central, as there is a five-meter (16 ft) long driveway leading up to it).
We are wondering how best to position our house to avoid a feeling of excessive tightness.
Should it be as narrow as possible to maximize the west-facing garden and distance from the neighboring house to the west? Or rather positioned to have a south-facing garden, even if that means looking towards the neighbor’s garage wall?
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nordanney31 May 2025 14:42Just a quick question about the trash bins.
I actually consider it normal that each household needs three or four bins: household waste, organic waste, recycling (yellow bin), and paper.
That space fills up quickly. Is it different where you live?
I actually consider it normal that each household needs three or four bins: household waste, organic waste, recycling (yellow bin), and paper.
That space fills up quickly. Is it different where you live?
M
Mangolicious31 May 2025 15:01nordanney schrieb:
A quick question about the trash bins.
I actually consider it normal for each household to need three or four bins: general waste, organic, recycling (yellow bin), and paper.
That space fills up quickly. Is it different where you live? No, but double pickups of different bins usually only happen after strikes. Therefore, more than three bins are rarely seen in one spot. Even large paper bins have a footprint of less than 1 sqm (10.8 sq ft).
We now use only single-operator vehicles that lift the bins, so it’s completely unclear to us why the bin storage area bends about 10 meters (33 feet) into the dead-end street.
Are all your bins emptied on the same day?
nordanney schrieb:
Just a quick question about the trash bins.
I think it’s normal that each household needs three or four bins: household waste, organic waste, yellow bin (recyclables), paper.
That space fills up quickly. Is it different where you live? In our case, the back section of a street where the waste collection truck cannot turn around is arranged so that residents have to bring their bins to a designated spot within the housing development, but only on collection day or the evening before. The 3–4 bins assigned to each household are, of course, kept on their own property.
I wouldn’t have doubted the same applies here, because Plan Street B is not easily accessible for waste collection trucks. There is no turning circle either.
Mangolicious schrieb:
No one understands why 30 square meters (323 square feet) are required for placing 3 trash bins once a week, where they stay overnight. Emergency access routes must be kept clear! Where else are they supposed to be located? In regulated countries like Germany, a space is reserved for this purpose in new residential areas, just like playgrounds are regulated. There’s probably also a utility distribution cabinet and possibly a box with grit or sand nearby, since the gritting service can have difficulty accessing that spot.
Mangolicious schrieb:
That would change quite a bit in terms of house placement. What exactly would change? Let’s be honest!
You probably aren’t allowed to place the garage right on the property line at the street, but must keep it within the building envelope.
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nordanney31 May 2025 15:21Mangolicious schrieb:
No, but double emptying of different bins usually only happens after a strike.No, it happens more often on three consecutive days (when organic waste/household waste/yellow bin are collected almost simultaneously). You don’t put out a new bin every day. That’s why I’m asking.M
Mangolicious31 May 2025 15:28ypg schrieb:
Perhaps the semi-detached houses will actually have large shared waste bins that stay in place. Of course, these should be accessible on a stable surface so nobody gets hurt while handling them. No, the regulation is also described in the development plan. Now there is only one semi-detached house and one single-family house, as no buyers were found for the second semi-detached house.
nordanney schrieb:
No, more often on three consecutive days (when organic/waste/recycling bins are collected almost simultaneously). People don’t put out a new bin every day. That’s why I’m asking. So you’d rather carry the household waste 25 meters (82 feet) to the bin for two days to avoid moving the bin? If that’s common, it’s even more important to me that the footprint is reduced.
The plot belongs to the neighbors, who are willing to sell it. Nothing more will be installed on it (regarding miscellaneous items etc.). I couldn’t find anything about that in the development plan either.
I could imagine that the back area might be used in the medium term as a parking space by one of the neighbors or their children if we can’t take it over (partially). It might also be possible to arrange something like an easement for access to the bins. We’ll see.
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