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.
goalkeeper schrieb:
But our design was too boring for you and @ypg. eek:That's fine... You want it that way and you have to pay for it. That's why I never insisted on a basement like some others here. You don’t remember, I know goalkeeper schrieb:
Well, everyone plans and builds their house the way they want -Exactly – your plots are like this forumgoalkeeper schrieb:
The middle houses have to be set back 5m (16 feet) because of the parking spaces – we only need to set back 2.80m (9 feet 2 inches). How do you handle insulation with your projection then? Does it extend onto the neighbor’s property, or do you keep your exterior wall a bit away from the boundary?Joedreck schrieb:
so what?Hey Joe, Take That:Escroda schrieb:
The quote from the justification for the development plan comes across as pure mockery:
The primary goal of the planning is therefore the creation of building plots for affordable housing.I was once like you are nowEscroda schrieb:
I can understand the concerns about technical difficulties and the overall appearance, but I don’t see any wrongdoing by the municipality. The Legoland-like villages of the resettlement sites in the Rhenish lignite mining area are not exactly examples of good urban planning either, so I actually support a different urban development approach.However, after the (in my opinion) abusive use of building encumbrances to restrict planning freedoms was imposed, the apparently concealed above-ground infrastructure became apparent, and finally the authority unpractically insists on formalities, my opinion has fundamentally changed. Rage Against The Machine.G
goalkeeper22 Oct 2019 07:54Scout schrieb:
How are you handling the insulation on your cantilever? Does it extend onto the neighbor’s property, or do you keep the exterior wall set back from the boundary? According to the local neighborhood regulations, insulation on new constructions is not allowed to extend onto the neighboring property. So that’s not an option.
From the start, we decided to insulate the entire side—including on the advice of our construction manager. We didn’t know how quickly neighbors would move in. And since, as mentioned above, retrofitting insulation afterwards is not possible, this was the most sensible choice.
It does reduce our interior space by a few centimeters (inches) and costs about 5,000, but it also provides extra soundproofing.
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