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.
How desperate is the situation for building land where you are? The small plot with a relatively high price actually suggests that the local authority is unlikely to simply reclaim the building plot. But maybe the local authority is willing to waive its repurchase right if the current owner finds a willing home builder?
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goalkeeper3 Jan 2021 19:26Ysop*** schrieb:
How desperate is the situation with building land where you are? The small building plot with quite a high price actually suggests that the local authority won’t simply reclaim the land as a building plot. But perhaps the municipality will generously waive its buy-back right if the current owner finds a willing home builder? And that is exactly what must not happen—that someone buys the land and the same story repeats itself.
The shortage of building land here is enormous. In neighboring communities, prices of around 1000 €/sqm (approximately $930 per sq ft) are demanded for some plots. Therefore, we will try to steer the matter in the right direction: either buying the land as a garden ourselves. If the plot must be developed, then our property company should consider it. They have had an excellent reputation as a builder for over 30 years and are well known at our building department.
Winniefred4 Jan 2021 13:36Well, for now, just wait and take it easy. In any case, it would definitely be great news if the unpopular neighbor actually sells.
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goalkeeper4 Jan 2021 13:40Today, I contacted the neighbor directly: it seems he doesn’t want to sell.
However, I’m not sure if that is actually the case. I have asked him to send new civil engineering plans and a new soil survey.
However, I’m not sure if that is actually the case. I have asked him to send new civil engineering plans and a new soil survey.
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goalkeeper17 Jan 2021 20:14Just a quick question: the neighbor has already completed their excavation and is about 2.80m (9 feet) deeper – they have also dug up about one square meter of our terrace.
Since we don’t know when they will start building and we don’t want to spend another summer without a garden, we are considering installing 2.80m (9 feet) high L-shaped retaining walls so that we can finish our garden.
Are L-shaped retaining walls that are only used for support and do not extend above ground level considered to require a building permit / planning permission or not?
Since we don’t know when they will start building and we don’t want to spend another summer without a garden, we are considering installing 2.80m (9 feet) high L-shaped retaining walls so that we can finish our garden.
Are L-shaped retaining walls that are only used for support and do not extend above ground level considered to require a building permit / planning permission or not?
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AllThumbs26 Mar 2021 23:04Is there any news here?
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