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.
hanghaus2000 schrieb:
There will surely be interested parties for the plot. If the mayor wants to make amends, he lets the successor for the building gap be chosen by the five neighboring property owners instead of the municipal council's building committee.
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Deliverer6 Nov 2021 16:36Why? Is the mayor to blame for this situation?
Deliverer schrieb:
Why? Is the mayor to blame for this situation?In a way, yes. When building terraced houses independently, you can see what happens.G
goalkeeper3 Jan 2022 12:42It’s always “nice” to read that my thread here is being used as a warning about deep foundations for other home builders. However, that was not the intention. :p
Our neighbor managed to pour a basement floor slab into his excavation just before Christmas. It now looks like there is a 60cm (24 inches) wide strip footing next to our foundation, which is about 40cm (16 inches) higher than the rest of the floor slab, since the basement of the other end neighbor is deeper and the underpinning issue was considered resolved.
On that higher strip, his basement wall will later be built, so he will have a kind of platform running the entire length of his basement.
Apparently, the local council discussed the matter in a closed session, because the building obligation had actually expired a long time ago. However, our mayor has not yet provided any feedback.
Our neighbor managed to pour a basement floor slab into his excavation just before Christmas. It now looks like there is a 60cm (24 inches) wide strip footing next to our foundation, which is about 40cm (16 inches) higher than the rest of the floor slab, since the basement of the other end neighbor is deeper and the underpinning issue was considered resolved.
On that higher strip, his basement wall will later be built, so he will have a kind of platform running the entire length of his basement.
Apparently, the local council discussed the matter in a closed session, because the building obligation had actually expired a long time ago. However, our mayor has not yet provided any feedback.
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goalkeeper31 Jan 2022 12:34…by the way: the local council unanimously decided just before Christmas to grant the neighbor an extension for their building project… 🙄 we were not informed of the exact duration.
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