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.
Vicky Pedia27 Mar 2020 12:52Altai schrieb:
I think around €350 for the outlet where the dimmer would be installed makes sense, assuming the spots are dimmable in principle... but they would still be cool white...I don’t know the exact situation, but I think that cost is clearly too high!! It was just a suggestion! And why an outlet? The dimmer replaces the light switch, unless you have a double switch for the mentioned mirror.Vicky Pedia27 Mar 2020 12:55danixf schrieb:
The dimensions are usually standardized. There are also larger ones with low intensity. The question is just how it is wired... But basically, you just need to buy the appropriate light bulbs and replace them.Since we don’t know the product, it seems to be LEDs. In that case, you cannot replace the "light bulb."
I’m not sure if the spotlights are dimmable.
In my living room, there was a double switch, so the outlet had to be removed because the dimmer takes up a full “slot.” In the bathroom, there is also a double switch (the other one for the mirror), so…
Regarding the costs, my bad, in fact TWO dimmers cost €350 (280 + VAT, and that was just the material), so sorry, €175 each then… that is the amount shown on the electrician’s invoice, who replaced the double switch and the outlet with two dimmers in the living room. Plus labor costs.
Vicky Pedia schrieb:
I don’t know the exact situation, but I think the costs are way too high!! It was just a suggestion! And why an outlet? The dimmer replaces the light switch, unless you have a double switch for the mentioned mirror.
In my living room, there was a double switch, so the outlet had to be removed because the dimmer takes up a full “slot.” In the bathroom, there is also a double switch (the other one for the mirror), so…
Regarding the costs, my bad, in fact TWO dimmers cost €350 (280 + VAT, and that was just the material), so sorry, €175 each then… that is the amount shown on the electrician’s invoice, who replaced the double switch and the outlet with two dimmers in the living room. Plus labor costs.
Vicky Pedia schrieb:
We don’t know the product, but it seems to be LEDs. In that case, you can’t replace the “bulb.” You can’t generalize like that. Our spotlights all have a GU10 socket and are equipped with LED bulbs. This has the advantage that if something breaks, you can replace the bulb.
Yes, LEDs fail much less often than incandescent or halogen bulbs, but it can happen—usually not the LED itself, but the small circuit board that converts 230/24/12 V to about 3 V for the LED.
If the spotlights are being prepared in a concrete ceiling anyway, it’s definitely advantageous to use those with replaceable bulbs. If retrofitting, fixtures with fixed LEDs are easier, as they are significantly slimmer to install.
Vicky Pedia28 Mar 2020 14:37As I said, we are not familiar with the product and do not know whether it is a concrete ceiling. In the bathroom, there are many indications it is the upper floor. But it’s all speculation. Only @Altai can say for sure.
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