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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UpperEast12 Aug 2020 12:20Pinky0301 schrieb:
I noticed that too and found it surprising.I also don’t understand why insulation was installed in the middle and then covered with facing bricks. That costs a lot and takes up space that could be better used, for example, in the living room. In our development, no one insulates the interior side.G
goalkeeper12 Aug 2020 12:23As mentioned, they felt
We also insulated the entire side because, at the time construction started, it was unclear how the middle house would be built. The only thing certain was that it had to be set further back, as two parking spaces for vehicles needed to be allocated in front of the house.
UpperEast schrieb:
I also don’t understand why the insulation was done in the middle and then even covered with facing bricks. That costs a lot of money and reduces space that could be better used, for example, in the living room.
In our building area, no one insulates the interior side.
We also insulated the entire side because, at the time construction started, it was unclear how the middle house would be built. The only thing certain was that it had to be set further back, as two parking spaces for vehicles needed to be allocated in front of the house.
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UpperEast12 Aug 2020 12:28
We also insulated the entire side wall because at the time of construction it was not clear how the middle house would be built. It doesn’t really matter how the other house is built. The load-bearing exterior wall aligns flush with the property boundary (okay, leave 2cm (1 inch) gap). The areas where the houses don’t overlap will be insulated afterwards.
This is how everyone builds here.
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goalkeeper12 Aug 2020 12:31UpperEast schrieb:
It doesn’t matter how the other person builds. The load-bearing external wall aligns flush with the property boundary (OK, leaving a 2cm (1 inch) gap). The areas where the houses don’t overlap will be insulated afterwards.
That’s how everyone builds here. If you agree with the neighbor. Otherwise, this would mean insulating on the neighbor’s property, which under the neighbor law for new constructions in Baden-Württemberg does not have to be tolerated.
And since the plot was not yet sold when construction started in October, there was no one to coordinate with.