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.
Zaba12 schrieb:
Basic technical tasks can certainly be managed that way. But gardening still involves kneeling, bending, and standing.
Selling the house may seem like an obvious and logical decision, but older people often don’t do it because they are attached to their home, even if they can no longer maintain it.
P.S. A cleaning lady alone won’t be enough for you Sorry, but I have never seen anyone die from it...
I exercise every other day; one day I won’t be able to anymore, and then I’ll be glad I can still do gardening. Humans are naturally made for it.
I see the same with my father: he loved taking care of his garden. He sold his house, now lives with my brother, and is very happy that he can still pursue his hobby.
But not everyone can afford the luxury of a large property. I was lucky that my lot is over 1000 sqm (10,764 sq ft), in the city center, a corner lot, and a dead-end street—couldn’t be better for me, it was pure chance.
Still keeping my fingers crossed for you, @TE.
G
goalkeeper2 Dec 2019 21:38Now that the basement of the Viebrockhaus is completed and the building gap for the middle house is clearly visible, I am wondering how the basement for that house will technically be constructed?
During the construction of our strip foundations and now also the Viebrockhaus, parts of the middle house were excavated to create working space for the formwork. This will not be possible for the middle house in the same way.
Does anyone have more information?
During the construction of our strip foundations and now also the Viebrockhaus, parts of the middle house were excavated to create working space for the formwork. This will not be possible for the middle house in the same way.
Does anyone have more information?
That was the question I asked myself right at the beginning. If you have outbuildings, you should definitely keep your eyes open and check with your contractors whether the measures taken for the central building will negatively affect your house.
It’s simply a matter of there being practically no space available for the central building.
It’s simply a matter of there being practically no space available for the central building.
tumaa schrieb:
Sorry, but I have never seen anyone die from it...
I exercise every other day, and if one day I can’t, I’m glad that I can do some gardening instead. Humans are naturally designed for that.
I see the same with my father; he loved taking care of his garden. He sold his house, now lives with my brother, and is really happy that he can still enjoy his hobby.
But not everyone can afford the luxury of a large plot. I was lucky that my lot is over 1000 m² (10,764 sq ft), in the city center, a corner lot, and a dead-end street. It couldn’t be better for me—it was pure chance.
Still keeping my fingers crossed for you @TE. It’s not about whether gardening is hard or not.
There must also be people who want their own house but don’t want to spend their free time on gardening—or want to spend as little time as possible on it!
If I only wanted to do gardening, I would have gotten a community garden plot or become a landscape gardener!
goalkeeper schrieb:
Now that the Viebrockhaus basement is in place and the building gap for the middle house is clearly visible, I’m wondering how they actually plan to construct the basement from a technical standpoint?
When we built our strip foundations and the Viebrockhaus, we excavated parts of the middle house to allow working space for the formwork. That won’t be possible for the middle house now.
Does anyone have more information? It’s definitely possible. There are also prefab basements where the walls are installed using a crane.
With the Viebrock basement, they can basically connect the formwork directly, but for you, it will probably be a bit more difficult.
They will have to provide some form of underpinning.
Please document with photos, for your own benefit as well.
G
goalkeeper3 Dec 2019 12:53apokolok schrieb:
That is possible. There are also prefabricated basements where the walls are installed using a crane.
With the Viebrock basement, the formwork can almost be attached directly, but in your case, it will probably be a bit more difficult.
The foundation will have to be underpinned somehow.
Please provide photo documentation, also for your own interest. However, even for a prefabricated basement, you need to pour a concrete slab, which requires formwork.
Simply “docking” onto the Viebrock house won’t work either, as the exterior is fully insulated.
If underpinning of our foundation becomes necessary, we will have an external party document the process. I even believe the neighbor would have to cover the cost. But we’re not at that stage yet.