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 may all be true, but as long as you don’t exactly know what is happening there, you might end up having to redo things twice.
In my opinion, parking spaces at the front can be considered separately from the garden, or a clear “division” can be made.
Sometimes it really pays off to wait, take a good look, and think carefully about what should happen where and how in the garden.
I speak from experience.
In my opinion, parking spaces at the front can be considered separately from the garden, or a clear “division” can be made.
Sometimes it really pays off to wait, take a good look, and think carefully about what should happen where and how in the garden.
I speak from experience.
guckuck2 schrieb:
Then you just wait a season. You joker. It’s not about waiting for perfect flowering; it’s about mud in front of the patio door, or in this specific case, mud on a one and a half meter (five feet) slope right outside the patio door. If it were a detached neighboring house, it would be a private matter, but in a row house, this seriously disrupts the neighborhood relationship.
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goalkeeper22 Jan 2020 15:01bortel schrieb:
That may all be true, but as long as you don’t know exactly what’s going on, you might end up having to redo things twice.
In my opinion, parking spaces at the front can be considered separately from the garden, or a clear divide can be made between them.
Sometimes it really pays off to wait, take a close look, and think carefully about what should happen where in the garden.
I speak from experience We definitely won’t rush anything. However, we probably won’t be able to leave the house as it is when we move in. In the worst case, we will pile some cubic meters of material in front of the patio door to at least level the height and create an improvised seating area. That is the minimum requirement from my wife.
goalkeeper schrieb:
at least some height adjustment and an improvised seating option. That is my wife's minimum requirement. It is best if she communicates this directly to Mrs. Mittelhäuser.
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I also think that for parking spaces, a compacted surface is sufficient at first so you can park two cars on your own property. I like the idea of the pallet staircase, and otherwise, I would wait at least until the basement of the middle house is completed and backfilled. Even if the dear wife already has garden dreams – I would consider it a waste of money to pay for a temporary solution first and then the final one when it can finally be done.
I would still recommend booking an appointment with the landscape gardener early on – it can get tight otherwise. It’s best to coordinate with the middle house owner if they have a schedule, and ask when the basement should be finished and when the backfilling will take place, then arrange your own appointment accordingly.
I would still recommend booking an appointment with the landscape gardener early on – it can get tight otherwise. It’s best to coordinate with the middle house owner if they have a schedule, and ask when the basement should be finished and when the backfilling will take place, then arrange your own appointment accordingly.
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