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.
kaho674 schrieb:
Would a split-level design actually be more expensive than raising the ground? At this advanced stage, changing to a split-level design is not an ideal option. If we had known earlier, it would have made sense to consider this approach.
goalkeeper schrieb:
Since that option is off the table anyway, I haven’t looked into it. Why is it off the table?
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goalkeeper9 Aug 2019 14:2711ant schrieb:
At this advanced stage, redesigning to a split-level house is not an ideal option. Had we known earlier, it would have been a natural direction to consider.
Why is it not an option? Firstly, the entire area is being raised for all builders – this also affects the service road to the south, which would then be 1.50m (5 feet) higher.
Moreover, we wanted the terrace access to be as barrier-free as possible from the ground floor since my brother uses a wheelchair and otherwise wouldn’t be able to get into the garden.
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goalkeeper14 Aug 2019 14:45Our soil report has arrived (see attachment). It now recommends backfilling, but with retaining elements on the neighbor’s side or a slope on the neighboring property.
For the middle house, I will probably need to install retaining elements. However, can I simply slope down to the other neighbor since there is about three meters (10 feet) of space there? And can I then fill this slope so that I can create parking spaces above it? Or should retaining elements be installed there as well?
For the middle house, I will probably need to install retaining elements. However, can I simply slope down to the other neighbor since there is about three meters (10 feet) of space there? And can I then fill this slope so that I can create parking spaces above it? Or should retaining elements be installed there as well?
goalkeeper schrieb:
And can I then fill in this slope so that I can create parking spaces on top of it?Fill in the slope? – I don’t quite understand that at least.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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goalkeeper14 Aug 2019 15:1911ant schrieb:
Filling the slope? - I don’t quite understand that.The filling and compaction only applies to the house area, roughly 7x10m (23x33 feet), right? So, the slope can still be cut back on the left side, where our two parking spaces will be located later? This way, the slope would still be on my property towards the other REH neighbor.
It could also be that I’m thinking about this incorrectly.
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