ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House as a Self-Managed Project with a General Contractor
Created on: 27 May 2019 10:48
G
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.
P
pffreestyler12 Nov 2019 08:14No, in our area it’s actually the opposite. I’ve never seen the version shown here before. But it probably doesn’t matter. The end result will be the same. Which method is chosen likely depends on the companies’ time management. Here, the bricklayer doesn’t have to wait for the carpenter.
Andre77 schrieb:
Does one option have an advantage or disadvantage compared to the other?This depends on suitability. A purlin roof obviously requires a gable if it doesn’t have its own post-and-beam framework (which would influence the floor plan), so the gable must be built beforehand. For a rafter roof—and especially for a truss roof—this doesn’t matter, and sometimes people prefer to add the more intricate gable later.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
G
goalkeeper12 Nov 2019 21:38Find the mistake:
G
goalkeeper12 Nov 2019 22:29tomtom79 schrieb:
Oh offset, probably correct in the floor plan but visually it looks terribleAlmost right: incorrectly built. The lower window is offset by 14cm (5.5 inches). It was planned correctly.
Saw
Oh, that’s a serious deduction on the quality score.
I would just tear everything down and rebuild it. It wouldn’t take long.
What does the general contractor say about it? Are there any free smokey eyes or something like that?
goalkeeper schrieb:
Almost right: incorrectly built. The lower window is offset by 14cm (5.5 inches). It was planned correctly.
Oh, that’s a serious deduction on the quality score.
I would just tear everything down and rebuild it. It wouldn’t take long.
What does the general contractor say about it? Are there any free smokey eyes or something like that?