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:
The tile specialist thought it would be nicer to have a consistent color scheme throughout the house. Is that really the case?
This applies to the flooring but not to having a uniform color scheme in every room.
There seems to be some confusion here. Just think about the paint industry: it is thriving because individual rooms are given specific color schemes to create different atmospheres tailored to their purpose.
While the master bathroom might feature something luxurious or calming, the guest bathroom could have something exotic or bold. A black guest toilet looks stylish and elegant, but not in the master bathroom. The kids’ bathroom usually has some color, and children’s bedrooms should also stand out from the parents’ bedroom.
goalkeeper schrieb:
The tile specialist thought it would look better to have a consistent color scheme throughout the house. Since we are covering the floors entirely with natural oak (Parador modular one), fully gray/white bathrooms would fit perfectly.The Pommeranian legs and French shoes, as my late grandmother would have said. A terraced house is naturally divided into smaller sections and won't become a loft just because of continuous flooring.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
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goalkeeper3 Nov 2019 10:01The first floor would then also be almost finished – the other picture shows the current status in the area.
Tina mit K3 Nov 2019 10:20In my head, the house is now singing "all by myself. Don't wanna be aaaaall byyy myyyyself anymooooore." Including a dramatic Disney-style camera shot.
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goalkeeper3 Nov 2019 10:28kaho674 schrieb:
Nice pace.
How’s the middle house coming along? Any news from the neighbor yet? The latest update was that he had to postpone his notary appointment because the initial financing fell through. That’s all I know at the moment.
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