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.
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goalkeeper1 Nov 2019 09:49opalau schrieb:
Is the Viebrockhaus guarantee still 3 months? Maybe your general contractor sees that as a challenge Apparently yes – with the basement and our site conditions, probably even longer. Their move-in date is scheduled for mid-April.
opalau schrieb:
Is Viebrockhaus still guaranteed to deliver in 3 months? Maybe your general contractor sees that as a challenge Something like this: we are faster than the neighbor... A VW dealer in Stuttgart once had a sign at their dealership saying, "We can also do 3.0 l (0.79 gallons) 'fuel consumption'." The neighbor was a Mercedes dealer.
goalkeeper schrieb:
Wikipedia says something different... I rarely disagree with the semi-informed market leader and, as a future doctor, I would certainly have failed the Physikum exam – but I’m skeptical about people who only listen without questioning.
goalkeeper schrieb:
Otherwise, on Monday the final house of our building group will start constructing its Viebrock house. Then we’ll have a nice small gap between the houses. It will probably be fun to develop that plot afterward. opalau schrieb:
Is Viebrock house still guaranteed to take 3 months? Maybe your general contractor sees it as a challenge. Which they will win – however, Mittelhäusers are lucky: the well-known supplier won’t want to be outperformed by a smaller competitor and will at least make a solid effort. Otherwise, the luck of the last diligent builder tends to be rather bitter.
tomtom79 schrieb:
Something similar was once advertised by a VW dealer in Stuttgart on their dealership: “We can also do 3.0 L ‘consumption’.” Despite my sympathy for the Greta hype: three liters of engine displacement is more environmentally friendly than constantly needing a new engine. Those small high-revving engines don’t last half a million kilometers (or more). I always remember a comparison test of emissions between a Fiesta and a 911 Turbo, which was won by the car with the worse image among environmentalists.
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goalkeeper1 Nov 2019 22:26Would appreciate your opinion:
Should the bathrooms on the upper floor and attic be the same color scheme (gray/white) or use two different tile colors? We would then have beige/white in the main bathroom and gray/white in the attic.
Should the bathrooms on the upper floor and attic be the same color scheme (gray/white) or use two different tile colors? We would then have beige/white in the main bathroom and gray/white in the attic.
So, we chose different styles for all three bathrooms (guest WC fancy, master bathroom elegant and timeless, kids’ bathroom standard) – but in the end, it’s totally a matter of personal taste! You’ll definitely find opinions where everything was done the same. I think there are simply too many beautiful tiles for that.
goalkeeper schrieb:
Bathroom on the upper floor and attic floor: should the colors be the same (gray/white) or two different tile colors?Does it matter for the garage or the tenth floor? In high-rise buildings, I find it practical if each floor has a different color – then you can quickly tell if you’ve reached your floor to get off. But for the bathroom, that’s not necessary. The color doesn’t carry any information and can be chosen purely based on personal taste. I’ll go with gray and my brother with beige.
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