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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goalkeeper31 Mar 2020 21:41Golfi90 schrieb:
At what height will your outlet for the rain shower be above the finished floor level?
And, aren’t you installing electric blinds?It should be around 2.20 to 2.30 meters (7 ft 3 in to 7 ft 7 in). The plumber decided that.
In the two bathrooms on the first floor and attic, we don’t have electric blinds—they won’t be lowered there anyway. In the rest of the house, we do.
guckuck2 schrieb:
The rules apply strictly to public spaces. You can do whatever you want in your own place. No. Definitely not. The regulations also apply to private spaces. I asked several sources about this yesterday and today... The difficulty (or loophole for citizens) is that you cannot tell if a "gathering" is taking place in private premises. Private versus public... yes, but the public regulations also include private spaces. This was explained to me by several officials.
The only difference is: in public it is a criminal offense, in private it is an administrative offense (OWI).
ypg schrieb:
No. Definitely not. The regulations imply a private setting. I asked several sources about this yesterday and today... the tricky part (or the loophole for citizens) is that you can’t tell if the "assembly" takes place in private premises. Private versus public... yes, but the regulation of public spaces also includes private areas. Several officials explained this to me.
The only difference: in public it’s a criminal offense, in private it’s an administrative offense.That may be how several officials interpret it. A judge can see it quite differently. And will very likely do so. By the way, many officials also have a different view on this.G
goalkeeper1 Apr 2020 07:49Please continue the discussion on this topic in the Corona thread....
ypg schrieb:
No. Definitely not. Yes, definitely. It can be verified by anyone. For me, the NRW CoronaSchVO as of 03/22/2020, §12
(1) Gatherings and assemblies in public spaces of more than 2 people are prohibited. Exceptions are [...]There is nothing to interpret here; the term public space is clearly defined.
Anyone issuing regulations today that "imply" something has lost touch.
Anyone casually interpreting this and spreading fake news should lose their civil servant status.
This is my last post here; the topic should be about goalkeepers’ houses. My message remains the same: it is allowed, whether it is wise is another question. Enforcement is practically nonexistent.
