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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goalkeeper16 Jan 2020 06:43However, you should note that the price includes all materials and labor. Creating the hole, chiseling the slot, and laying the cable also costs money.
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goalkeeper16 Jan 2020 07:19hanse987 schrieb:
Please make sure that the LAN cable is installed in the conduit according to DIN 18015.I believe he will definitely comply with the DIN standard – several empty conduits were already installed during the shell construction phase, as appropriate.
Wiesel29 schrieb:
I asked him how much a socket outlet with everything included (basic standard) costs. For the electrician, it’s about €5 net.Of course, the socket itself—that’s usually kept in the tradesperson’s office.But how does it get installed into the unfinished wall, and how is it powered: who cuts the chases, who installs the distribution boxes, who pays for the wiring, and who covers any necessary additional circuit protection? Who performs the final testing?
goalkeeper schrieb:
I believe they will definitely follow the DIN standard – several empty conduits were already installed during the shell construction phase, as they should be.You have to install everything inside protective conduits through the concrete ceiling anyway, including electrical cables. However, the electrical cables there do not necessarily have to be replaceable.
Data cables, on the other hand, must always be installed in empty conduits so they can be replaced later. This means you need to be able to pull them through, which includes maintaining the allowed bending radius (no 90° sharp bends!) and adding a pull box if there are a certain number of bends. Otherwise, even if the data cables are inside an empty conduit, you effectively won’t be able to replace them later!
From this perspective, make sure to check your data lines (LAN and satellite, possibly telephone) and insist on sufficient bending radii. After drywall installation, it will be too late.
Of course, the labor time is additional. My father and I really do everything ourselves. Actually, more my father since he has the necessary expertise. A week before last, we wired and connected a room with 8 outlets and 2 light switches in about 2 hours. If someone had asked me for $500 for that with material costs of $50–70, I would have laughed and run into a circular saw.
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