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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goalkeeper21 Oct 2019 16:53kaho674 schrieb:
We also look at ugly houses.
Just kidding! You have a good standard. There are completely different cases... where we’d rather not say anything. 
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goalkeeper21 Oct 2019 17:18kaho674 schrieb:
Will the colors be the same as in the picture? So a dark roof and dark window frames?Of course. Everything in anthracite.
How does it actually work... In a case where a multi-family house is being built separately by different parties, is there a specific plan that dictates how the exterior of the house should look (depth, height, ridge height, roof pitch, etc.)?
If your neighbor plans something completely different, couldn’t it simply be that the houses don’t fit together at all? By fitting together, I don’t just mean visually, but also functionally.
Or did I miss something?
Glad you uploaded the floor plans. I was wondering this morning how it looks or if I had missed something.
If your neighbor plans something completely different, couldn’t it simply be that the houses don’t fit together at all? By fitting together, I don’t just mean visually, but also functionally.
Or did I miss something?
Glad you uploaded the floor plans. I was wondering this morning how it looks or if I had missed something.
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goalkeeper21 Oct 2019 18:05Golfi90 schrieb:
How does it actually work… In a case where you’re building a multi-family house separately, is there a precise plan for how the exterior of the house should look (depth, height, ridge height, roof pitch, etc.)?
If your neighbor plans completely differently, couldn’t it simply be that the houses don’t fit together at all?! And by fit I don’t just mean visually, but also functionally.
Or did I miss something?
Thanks for uploading the floor plans. I was just wondering this morning how it looks or if I missed anything. Well, everyone plans and builds their house however they want—both visually and functionally. For example, our neighbors are building only two stories, while we’re doing the classic 2.5-story townhome. There are maximum limits that must be observed. Additionally, each group of houses has to have the same roof style, and the roof pitches of the gable roofs can differ by no more than 5 degrees. Otherwise, there are variations like with or without basements, etc. It’s quite a varied mix.
The middle houses have to be built 5 meters (16 feet) set back to allow for parking spaces—our setback is only 2.8 meters (9 feet). In between, there are prefabricated houses, solid construction, semi-solid construction, and so on. It’ll definitely be quite a colorful mix.
Golfi90 schrieb:
If your neighbor is planning completely differently, it could simply mean that the houses don’t fit together at all! And by fit, I don’t just mean aesthetically, but also functionally.
Or did I miss something? At most, I might sing this tune in every duplex thread, but I’ve never been as sadly right as here
goalkeeper schrieb:
In between, there are prefab homes, solid-built, semi-solid, and so on. It’s going to get quite a mixed bag. I would call it a Babylonian jumble of houses.
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