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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goalkeeper25 Sep 2020 21:04tomtom79 schrieb:
Oh dear, then he can always look at everything...How is that supposed to work? It’s a terraced house set back from the street.
Ötzi Ötztaler25 Sep 2020 21:33
goalkeeper schrieb:
It looks like he will go ahead with building after all.This is starting to feel like a never-ending soap opera sequel. The viewership of this forum thread is still good, so the producers have decided to film another season. Even though the plot twists are getting more and more unbelievable with each season.Life really does come up with the most absurd stories sometimes. Respect to the goalkeeper for taking it so sportingly...
How much clear height did he plan so far for the basement and ground floor? If necessary, he can still go lower there – a crawl space and a minimum height of 230 cm (7 ft 7 in) according to the state building regulations should be sufficient if the development plan doesn't allow more.
goalkeeper schrieb:
How is that supposed to work? It’s a middle house set back from the others.If he builds his basement level with your foundation, where will his terrace be? He could fill in, build a platform, etc.G
goalkeeper20 Nov 2020 09:14@tomtom79
There isn’t much to report. The neighbor has withdrawn his objection to the preliminary injunction, and technically there should have been a ruling since the end of October, but the court is taking its time.
In the meantime, he submitted a new building application where he stays 5 cm (2 inches) above our foundation—the total depth is 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in), including the floor slab. The rough interior height of the basement is then 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in). Everything else remains the same.
However, we still have several questions because, according to the building application, he plans a basement floor slab 25 cm (10 inches) thick. But there should also be a 15 cm (6 inches) gravel layer underneath, which means he would end up digging deeper again. Communication has completely broken down.
Additionally, Viebrockhaus is now having issues with him because he needs a strip foundation since he is building higher than their basement. He has also already excavated several centimeters deeper, so he now needs to bring in more material—a real mess.
Apparently, the head of the building authority has now gotten involved, as our neighbors have filed an objection against the building application. We’ll see how this situation unfolds.
There isn’t much to report. The neighbor has withdrawn his objection to the preliminary injunction, and technically there should have been a ruling since the end of October, but the court is taking its time.
In the meantime, he submitted a new building application where he stays 5 cm (2 inches) above our foundation—the total depth is 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in), including the floor slab. The rough interior height of the basement is then 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in). Everything else remains the same.
However, we still have several questions because, according to the building application, he plans a basement floor slab 25 cm (10 inches) thick. But there should also be a 15 cm (6 inches) gravel layer underneath, which means he would end up digging deeper again. Communication has completely broken down.
Additionally, Viebrockhaus is now having issues with him because he needs a strip foundation since he is building higher than their basement. He has also already excavated several centimeters deeper, so he now needs to bring in more material—a real mess.
Apparently, the head of the building authority has now gotten involved, as our neighbors have filed an objection against the building application. We’ll see how this situation unfolds.
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