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.
tomtom79 schrieb:
But 2.4m (7 ft 10 in) width is definitely not acceptable... if there’s ever a fire.A fire truck wouldn’t even notice when it pushes a curb aside. But the guys in the town hall of Schilda really are exemplary practitioners.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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goalkeeper14 Oct 2019 21:13Well, it is what it is. Our construction company will continue working without the crane. Fortunately, the structural carpenter was at least able to install the formwork for the foundations, and tomorrow the concrete will be poured. The rest will have to be done with an excavator. Otherwise, the building materials supplier's mobile crane will have to lift the materials.
I gave the other homeowners a heads-up today about what to expect. There was quite a shock, especially among those starting earthworks on the middle two houses today. They had planned to apply for the road closure tomorrow – which is now off the table for the time being.
I gave the other homeowners a heads-up today about what to expect. There was quite a shock, especially among those starting earthworks on the middle two houses today. They had planned to apply for the road closure tomorrow – which is now off the table for the time being.
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goalkeeper15 Oct 2019 09:44News from Schilda: since the crane is no longer allowed to be used because, according to the local authority, it is not only "illegal" but also too close to the embankment, a concrete pump had to be brought in today for the foundations.
The crane will be removed in the coming days.
The crane will be removed in the coming days.
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goalkeeper15 Oct 2019 10:31kaho674 schrieb:
How does your general contractor handle all of this? How is his blood pressure?Unfortunately, he increasingly says: "I haven’t experienced anything like this in 25 years."
He is truly a builder through and through – so he just can’t understand the approach of these "desk workers," which often has little connection to reality.
Especially when it comes to the crane. The building authority says it’s fine four meters (13 feet) in front of the house. They measured it themselves on site. However, they forget that scaffolding must still be installed in front, plus a construction fence including feet. So we are well beyond the four meters (13 feet). In other words, it’s sometimes completely detached from reality.