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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goalkeeper26 Aug 2019 17:42HilfeHilfe schrieb:
Annoying!!Very much so. However, the price gap is too large for the basement to be worthwhile. We would also have to arrange additional financing for the basement, which we wanted to avoid.
HilfeHilfe schrieb:
Annoying!! Yeah. 15K for nothing, that’s rough. I hope that’s the last of those kinds of surprises for you.
How’s the new bargain neighbor? Friendly? Or just all talk?
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goalkeeper26 Aug 2019 18:13kaho674 schrieb:
Yo. 15K for nothing, that’s tough. Hopefully, for you, that’s the end of such surprises.
How’s the new bargain neighbor? Friendly? Or just all talk? I think it will be interesting.
apokolok schrieb:
The 35k would definitely be worth it to me for the basement.
If it’s financially possible, of course, otherwise it’s unfortunately pointless. We also faced this question! 35,000€ (about $37,000) for 70 sqm (750 sq ft) of living and usable space is definitely worth it. You can also finance it later, if the terms aren’t too tight. 15,000€ (about $16,500) for soil and gravel is a complete disaster. If the terms aren’t too tight, go for it. It’s just paying it off over three more years.
Sleep on it for a week.
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goalkeeper26 Aug 2019 19:40Zaba12 schrieb:
That's just paying off over 3 years longer. No – these are additional monthly payments because the supplementary loan will have a minimum repayment requirement. Besides, we would have to make compromises in the layout that would affect our daily life in the house.
The basement would be a burden for us in every respect – but not the 15k.
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