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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boxandroof3 Nov 2019 20:03goalkeeper schrieb:
We chose lockable handles for all windows. On the ground floor due to burglary protection, and in the rest of the house for child safety.
But wouldn’t the push-button version on the first and top floors also be sufficient and, above all, more practical?For example, we only have locks on the upper floors: in the children's rooms and on the floor-to-ceiling windows in the stairwell. All other windows have push buttons. I don’t know why, but I’ve really gotten used to the click sound when they lock.
Older children cannot open locks either, and push buttons are a barrier for smaller ones.
Locking all windows on the ground floor would be unrealistic for us; we initially considered making them lockable too.
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goalkeeper3 Nov 2019 20:15kaho674 schrieb:
Has anyone ever heard of a case where a child accidentally fell out of a window? I haven’t. Children aren’t that careless! I’d actually be more worried about not being able to get out in case of a fire.guckuck2 schrieb:
Who actually locks those windows and takes the key?!
But I haven’t heard of children jumping out of windows either. These days, the imagination knows no limits when it comes to potential dangers for kids.See the post – first result on Google.
Don’t you have children?
Winniefred3 Nov 2019 20:25Um, kids regularly fall out of windows. They don’t jump, they fall.
And mine really like to climb onto windowsills and get up to mischief. The chances of that happening here are definitely higher than a fire. Just today, I had to take the kids away from the window twice. Of course, the key must always be within reach, and I can understand the argument regarding fire safety. Everyone has to make their own decision about that. But this has little to do with discipline; kids just constantly get into mischief.
And mine really like to climb onto windowsills and get up to mischief. The chances of that happening here are definitely higher than a fire. Just today, I had to take the kids away from the window twice. Of course, the key must always be within reach, and I can understand the argument regarding fire safety. Everyone has to make their own decision about that. But this has little to do with discipline; kids just constantly get into mischief.
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