ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House as a Self-Managed Project with a General Contractor
Created on: 27 May 2019 10:48
G
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.
goalkeeper schrieb:
At the moment, we are leaning towards the Samsung RS6GN8321B1/EG. However, we still need to check if the black color matches the oven and microwave located right next to it. We treated ourselves to exactly that model at the end of last year. We are satisfied with the side-by-side refrigerator; it has plenty of space, a baking sheet fits in the fridge compartment, the ice dispenser was very useful during the recent warm days, it is not loud, and the anthracite color makes it a subtle eye-catcher. Most comments about the side-by-side refrigerator relate to the color, which differs from the standard.
I give it my clear recommendation.
G
goalkeeper15 Apr 2020 12:04Mike29 schrieb:
That’s exactly the one we treated ourselves to at the end of last year. We’re happy with the side-by-side refrigerator; it has a lot of space, a baking tray fits in the fridge section, the ice dispenser was very useful during the recent warm days, it’s not noisy, and the anthracite color makes it a subtle eye-catcher. Most comments about the side-by-side refrigerator focus on the color, which differs from the standard.
A clear recommendation from me. Thank you very much for your information.
Could you possibly share a picture from there?
G
goalkeeper15 Apr 2020 20:07Mike29 schrieb:
So, here are the quickly taken photos of the side-by-side refrigerator. Yes, it is magnetic as well and is being used extensively by the wife.
In the second photo, I tried to capture the pattern more closely; it looks like it worked on the phone.Thanks for the pictures.
Is this the premium black steel or stainless steel look?
Tina mit K15 Apr 2020 20:47I believe this is the stainless steel version. The black one also looks truly black but has the same surface texture. We checked it out in the store back when that was still possible. One more thing I noticed: you can’t see any fingerprints on the black version. I handled the fridge in the store as if we were already on our third date, and you couldn't see any marks on it.
Similar topics