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.
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goalkeeper15 Jan 2020 22:22rick2018 schrieb:
The in-wall access points are installed inside the wall and have a different radiation pattern. So no cables hanging from the ceiling.
Still, they’re not as good as regular access points mounted on the ceiling. Our house floors are relatively small in size. In-wall access points should be sufficient.
I will probably invest the 400 € and get the extra outlets: After all, you only build once.
...there, I finally said the phrase... when it comes to network outlets.
Good decision!
Even though I find 400€ expensive for 3 network outlets (which aren’t really outlets since hopefully only a keystone jack is attached to the installation cable, hidden in a hollow wall box, and only a 10cm (4 inch) patch cable sticks out from the ceiling)...
Our general contractor charged an extra 50€ per LAN outlet!
Even though I find 400€ expensive for 3 network outlets (which aren’t really outlets since hopefully only a keystone jack is attached to the installation cable, hidden in a hollow wall box, and only a 10cm (4 inch) patch cable sticks out from the ceiling)...
Our general contractor charged an extra 50€ per LAN outlet!
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goalkeeper15 Jan 2020 22:37Golfi90 schrieb:
Our general contractor charged an extra 50€ per LAN socket!That's about the price of a power outlet... Although six LAN sockets are included in the house price, and we have to pay for two additional ones.
rick2018 schrieb:
The in-wall units are installed in the wall and have a different radiation pattern. So no cables coming down from the ceiling.
Still, they are not as good as regular surface-mounted units on the ceiling. I would still install them quite high up, as this allows more flexibility in positioning.
goalkeeper schrieb:
That's the cost of one socket... Although six LAN outlets are included in the house price, and we have to pay for two additional ones.I hope that for the price, these are double outlets, each with two cables connected.
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