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.
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goalkeeper26 Dec 2019 23:35evelinoz schrieb:
Where is the trash?
Why doesn’t the sink have two drawers? You can also split the dishwasher front (appearance).There is a waste bin like this under the sink (see picture).
Why would you need two drawers under the sink? And could you please show me a picture of what you mean by splitting the dishwasher front?
You could design the sink cabinet with two drawers or one large front, including a shelf for dish detergent and, in the drawer, two larger containers for recyclable waste like plastic bags and paper. Then, to the right, a 30cm (12 inch) cabinet with two drawers could be used for organic and residual waste in the upper drawer.
And, symmetry is overrated.
And, symmetry is overrated.
Oh, the unit under the sink is fine.
We have two wide pull-out drawers: the top one holds sponges, kitchen towels, trash bags, etc., and the bottom one contains four waste bins. One of these is for the residual waste bag, and the other three are for the yellow sack recyclables.
We collect organic waste in a strainer in the small secondary sink, which allows it to dry properly and avoids the mess and smell you get with a bucket.
How useful these plastic inserts are really depends on personal usage habits.
And yes, symmetry is nice, but function is more important.
We have two wide pull-out drawers: the top one holds sponges, kitchen towels, trash bags, etc., and the bottom one contains four waste bins. One of these is for the residual waste bag, and the other three are for the yellow sack recyclables.
We collect organic waste in a strainer in the small secondary sink, which allows it to dry properly and avoids the mess and smell you get with a bucket.
How useful these plastic inserts are really depends on personal usage habits.
And yes, symmetry is nice, but function is more important.
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goalkeeper27 Dec 2019 09:05tomtom79 schrieb:
May I ask how much the kitchen costs?The kitchen, including installation, is a hard-negotiated 11,000 euros (€).
However, we will purchase the side-by-side refrigerator, oven, built-in microwave, and cooktop ourselves. The dishwasher and extractor hood are included.
The prices from the kitchen studio for the appliances were simply outrageous. Installation of the appliances we bought ourselves is included in the 11k.
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