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.
Winniefred12 Aug 2020 07:38I am truly speechless. It seems he still hasn’t grasped the seriousness of the situation and apparently doesn’t take you seriously either. And, as I said, it’s incredibly bold. Especially digging up the terrace—can you believe it?! Unbelievable.
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Pinkiponk12 Aug 2020 08:23goalkeeper schrieb:
...Is it possible that he is "simply" a disorganized person who is completely overwhelmed, rather than unwilling? That doesn't make the situation any easier, but at least it doesn’t seem as harsh from a human perspective, in my opinion. What about his wife—can you have a reasonable conversation with her?P
Pinkiponk12 Aug 2020 08:25cschiko schrieb:
... But it's already disappointing, because we know now that a neighborly relationship can no longer exist.
...For now, I still hope that he is just "chaotic and overwhelmed," so once everything is organized, the neighborly relationship could still be good to very good.Pinkiponk schrieb:
For now, I hope he is just "chaotic and overwhelmed," so that the neighborly relationship can still become good to very good once everything is organized. However, it will definitely require a proper apology from him! But yes, one can only hope for goalkeeper that he is simply overwhelmed. What I find interesting is that his construction crew goes along with all of this—they should have the knowledge and not just start digging up the neighboring property, etc.
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Pinkiponk12 Aug 2020 08:33goalkeeper schrieb:
...I almost assume that he will sell again. All these actions on his part must be costing unnecessary money; maybe his bank will stop the financing or something like that. In a few years, when you have reasonable middle neighbors, there will be some nice anecdotes to tell, but right now it’s really nerve-wracking.