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.
shenja schrieb:
Are those Kurds? Is it worth involving the imam there?
Regarding the uncle, they are involved in the nighttime noise. I was referring to Turks, who—although this only applies to a majority—are Muslims. I’m not very familiar with how Alevis think. Kurds are quite diverse, which is hardly surprising for a people spread across several countries where they are sometimes more or less tolerated or accepted. To my knowledge, in all cultures that are generally grouped under the term "Arab" from our perspective, it is common for the uncle to be a figure of respect (and a role model)—similar to what we would call a pastor. So the uncle is the key point in your case: if you can get him on board with your perspective, he becomes your multiplier; otherwise, you remain "lost" as long as he belongs to the faction of the black no-consideration gang.
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MelanieSH12 Aug 2020 18:48I have been following this thread with great interest so far. However, I really do not like the direction the discussion is taking now.
He could certainly be a difficult person to deal with, even if he weren’t of Turkish origin...?!?
He could certainly be a difficult person to deal with, even if he weren’t of Turkish origin...?!?
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Smialbuddler12 Aug 2020 18:50MelanieSH schrieb:
I have been following this thread with great interest so far. I really don’t like the direction the discussion is taking now.
He could probably be a difficult person regardless of his Turkish background...?!? Thanks!
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goalkeeper12 Aug 2020 18:51MelanieSH schrieb:
He could certainly be a difficult person if he weren’t of Turkish descent...?!? I also believe that the discussion about his origin could be ended here.
MelanieSH schrieb:
He might also be a difficult person if he weren’t of Turkish origin...?!?However, to be so poorly suited to the environment of a typical German new housing development, he would have to be a special needs dropout—just the idea of operating a crane over already occupied houses is enough by itself to raise concerns.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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