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.
That will be very tight. We have similar wall widths for the urinal and toilet placed side by side, meaning along the wall where your toilet is located, but the sink is on the opposite side with significantly more depth available. In our case, the door is positioned between the toilet/urinal and the sink along the roughly northern wall. On the right side, the toilet and urinal are next to each other, with the sink on the left. The urinal doesn’t require much space, but a man also needs enough room to stand in front of it without accidentally urinating on the sink. Possibly arranging the toilet and urinal diagonally could work?
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goalkeeper4 Dec 2019 19:00apokolok schrieb:
That would have fit well in the basement.What type of structure is this "basement"? Is it good?
goalkeeper schrieb:
What do you think? Is there room to add a urinal in the guest bathroom?
I’m unsure.Tastes vary, of course... but can you not just trust guests to sit down properly?
P.S.: I am a MAN
goalkeeper schrieb:
What do you think? Is there any room left in the guest toilet for a urinal?
I'm unsure.NO. Given the tight space, anyone using it would have a bowl right in front of them while seated.
Winniefred4 Dec 2019 19:31I would also leave it as is. There’s no need to force something in just for the sake of it.
goalkeeper schrieb:
What do you think? Is there room for a urinal in the guest bathroom?Install a drain in the empty space next door, then you’ll have a really big *ROTFL* *duckandrun*https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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