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.
Winniefred schrieb:
Our door is so ugly that I’m not willing to invest another cent in it. I think we’re probably talking about around thirty euros or so.
goalkeeper schrieb:
With a newborn, we somehow don’t have the time for that – although we didn’t plan to have a topping-out ceremony anyway. Everyone does a topping-out ceremony with goulash soup; a ceremony with baby food would be something new.
Winniefred schrieb:
Usually, you only get to celebrate a topping-out ceremony once in your life. Whoever has considered building the first house for an enemy certainly shouldn’t miss out on building the next houses for a friend and for themselves even more.
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goalkeeper9 Nov 2019 19:1411ant schrieb:
Topping out ceremony with goulash soup is something everyone does.As my mother used to say: “But we’re not everyone!”
11ant schrieb:
A topping out ceremony with Alete would be something new.We’re nowhere near Alete yet. My wife is currently breastfeeding – unfortunately, that’s not enough for everyone.
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goalkeeper9 Nov 2019 19:19kaho674 schrieb:
This fingerprint issue is annoying
What about the worm? No noise? Luckily, not this time – the “noise” back then seemed to completely wear out our oldest child. Otherwise, everything is great.
I also support holding a topping-out ceremony, at least for those involved in the construction... it’s the proper thing to do, and especially considering the challenges tackled with such dedication by the general contractor, it’s truly a nice way to show appreciation!
For friends and acquaintances, there can be a housewarming party sometime next year...
Then I wish that your little one remains such a pleasantly quiet housemate even after the honeymoon phase... mine gradually started to ramp up after about two weeks with the nightly noise level...
For friends and acquaintances, there can be a housewarming party sometime next year...
Then I wish that your little one remains such a pleasantly quiet housemate even after the honeymoon phase... mine gradually started to ramp up after about two weeks with the nightly noise level...
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goalkeeper11 Nov 2019 09:51We had already discussed the topic of the topping-out ceremony with our general contractor. His opinion was: "If you want to organize one, go ahead. Unfortunately, my team and I don’t have time for it."
So, that was settled for us as well. We plan to hold a larger celebration after completion.
So, that was settled for us as well. We plan to hold a larger celebration after completion.
Unfortunately, it often happens that the tradespeople either don’t have the time or simply aren’t motivated. There’s almost always a job for them somewhere every week. There isn’t much happening with the neighbors either in your area — so I can understand wanting to postpone it.