ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House – What Technical Requirements Should Be Considered?
Created on: 4 Dec 2018 09:30
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Hello everyone,
First of all, I would like to say a friendly hello to the group. I just registered because I couldn’t find any help on Google for my question.
We are planning to apply for a corner townhouse plot in our community. However, the municipality has not hired a developer to build the houses; instead, the houses have to be constructed independently by the owners.
There is a points system for the application, where factors like the number of children, how long you have lived in the community, and so on are weighted differently.
If you join forces with other interested parties and apply together, these points are added up, increasing your chances of being allocated a building plot. At the same time, you commit to building together, meaning you also have to coordinate with a developer.
We have tried to find people from our community, where we also live, who share the same ideas for building. This turned out to be impossible, as everyone has different opinions on how to build.
Therefore, we will probably apply alone for an end townhouse. However, I am now wondering if there are any laws or regulations regarding self-managed construction of townhouses? For example, if we build two full floors with an attic and a mono-pitched roof, is it allowed for the middle house to have a gable roof and only two full floors? Or does the first person to build set the standard that the others must follow?
Please forgive me if these are beginner questions — but I am one.
Thank you for your help!
First of all, I would like to say a friendly hello to the group. I just registered because I couldn’t find any help on Google for my question.
We are planning to apply for a corner townhouse plot in our community. However, the municipality has not hired a developer to build the houses; instead, the houses have to be constructed independently by the owners.
There is a points system for the application, where factors like the number of children, how long you have lived in the community, and so on are weighted differently.
If you join forces with other interested parties and apply together, these points are added up, increasing your chances of being allocated a building plot. At the same time, you commit to building together, meaning you also have to coordinate with a developer.
We have tried to find people from our community, where we also live, who share the same ideas for building. This turned out to be impossible, as everyone has different opinions on how to build.
Therefore, we will probably apply alone for an end townhouse. However, I am now wondering if there are any laws or regulations regarding self-managed construction of townhouses? For example, if we build two full floors with an attic and a mono-pitched roof, is it allowed for the middle house to have a gable roof and only two full floors? Or does the first person to build set the standard that the others must follow?
Please forgive me if these are beginner questions — but I am one.
Thank you for your help!
I grew up in a terraced house with a staggered layout... the two semi-detached houses (the two semi-detached houses are about 2-3m (6-10 feet) closer to the street) are set forward compared to the terraced middle house. I think this staggered arrangement looks better overall than a straight alignment, as long as the roof pitches, heights, and so on are roughly the same.
The staggered design also has advantages... which differ for semi-detached houses compared to the terraced middle house; naturally, there are also disadvantages, but that's always the case. At one point, we were definitely glad that our house was set further forward on the garden side than our neighbor’s... when a fire started at their side, the flames were unable to leap across to our house due to the staggered layout (!) before the fire department got everything under control. If all the houses had been in a straight row, the outcome would have been different (according to the fire department).
The staggered design also has advantages... which differ for semi-detached houses compared to the terraced middle house; naturally, there are also disadvantages, but that's always the case. At one point, we were definitely glad that our house was set further forward on the garden side than our neighbor’s... when a fire started at their side, the flames were unable to leap across to our house due to the staggered layout (!) before the fire department got everything under control. If all the houses had been in a straight row, the outcome would have been different (according to the fire department).
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Mottenhausen2 Apr 2019 09:33goalkeeper schrieb:
Unfortunately, it doesn't work, and I'll tell you whyThanks for the explanation. It's not a big deal anyway. For example, I know terraced houses on a slight slope where a vertical offset from house to house was unavoidable, and it works fine and doesn’t look bad.
In the end, everything will be fine!
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goalkeeper2 Apr 2019 09:48Mottenhausen schrieb:
In the end, everything will be fine!We think so too.
Mottenhausen schrieb:
For example, I know of terraced houses on a slight slope where a vertical offset from house to house was simply unavoidable With traditionally developer-built rows of houses where the same house type is cloned and placed side by side, it’s straightforward because it only involves a linear shift in one or sometimes two dimensions. But shifting a roof pitch of 28° with a 13.5 m (44.3 ft) building depth against one with 32° and 12.5 m (41.0 ft) depth is a whole different level of complexity. If one of the parties then has their slab positioned 18 cm (7 inches) off, all critical points end up in completely different places than planned. That’s when the planning follows the path of my sermon.
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goalkeeper2 Apr 2019 21:48We just came from a meeting with the soon-to-be general contractor (GU), who explained to us regarding the basement of the middle house that it definitely needs to have a foundation if it builds the basement first. Otherwise, our house with a slab-on-grade foundation would be damaged by the weight of their basement. This foundation would cost us about 7000 €.
If we build the slab-on-grade foundation first and then the middle house builds the basement afterward, the middle house would have to support us, which would first need to be approved by us.
And now the dialogue with the soon-to-be neighbors begins.
If we build the slab-on-grade foundation first and then the middle house builds the basement afterward, the middle house would have to support us, which would first need to be approved by us.
And now the dialogue with the soon-to-be neighbors begins.
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goalkeeper4 Apr 2019 12:58I just had the “idea” to include a partial basement under the area to be built – according to the general contractor (GC), this wouldn’t be a problem. He offered this option including disposal. According to him, the cost would be about two-thirds of a full basement. We will also request an additional quote for a water softening system.
Since the middle house will probably continue looking for other GCs, we will discuss again once we have both found our preferred contractors. For us, it will likely take another two weeks until both GCs have submitted their final offers. Construction could then start as early as October.
Since the middle house will probably continue looking for other GCs, we will discuss again once we have both found our preferred contractors. For us, it will likely take another two weeks until both GCs have submitted their final offers. Construction could then start as early as October.
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