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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goalkeeper13 Jan 2020 08:18guckuck2 schrieb:
The original poster is suffering the fate of the first one.Well – considering we actually had a few obstacles along the way, the planned interim goal, set just before Christmas, was met exactly. Just like our originally planned construction start immediately after the building permit / planning permission for the area was granted.
So here’s a shoutout to our general contractor!
Other than that, it will now take about 4-5 months until completion. The appointment with the electrician and plumber went great, and we really got good advice by thinking through some things beforehand.
Both are local small businesses that have been working with him for years and truly seem to know what they’re doing.
We are also getting a free upgrade from the originally planned Rotex heat pump to the Daikin air-to-water heat pump, available only since 2020, which uses the more efficient Daikin R32 refrigerant. Otherwise, I’m currently looking for companies that offer air conditioning units and water softeners. We plan to install an air conditioner in our bedroom, as it will probably get quite warm in summer.
The next step is to insulate and reinforce the side party wall of the house. Then the scaffolding will be removed, so I can take care of my parking spaces on the side. The plan is to pave in front of and beside the house and at least spread out the 120 cubic meters (approximately 157 cubic yards) of soil in the garden to let it settle. My wife said I could just do that with a shovel.
goalkeeper schrieb:
My wife said I could just do it with a shovel. She can get started then.
I manually spread 10 cubic meters (350 cubic feet), but that was enough for me.
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Pinkiponk13 Jan 2020 11:11goalkeeper schrieb:
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My wife said I could just do it with a shovel. As a woman myself, I’m convinced that you can do it.Similar topics