ᐅ Building an End-Terrace House – What Technical Requirements Should Be Considered?
Created on: 4 Dec 2018 09:30
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goalkeeper
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!
G
goalkeeper24 Apr 2019 21:29ypg schrieb:
You are. I’m not even at the foundation stage yet, already talking about floor coverings... a bit early, I’d say! I had only considered it in the overall budget—that’s why I asked.
The discussion is over, and we get the impression that the middle house probably won’t take the plot, as it would require too many compromises for them, whether it’s the roof design, plot size, etc.
We openly addressed the foundation topic with them, and they will take that information into their initial meetings with the construction companies.
We will probably decide on a general contractor within the next two weeks—final discussions are still pending.
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UpperEast25 Apr 2019 07:55Hello,
if the middle house is not built, how would you proceed? With insulation on the wall facing the neighboring property, or initially without it? How do you handle the building encumbrances?
I imagine it’s all quite complicated.
if the middle house is not built, how would you proceed? With insulation on the wall facing the neighboring property, or initially without it? How do you handle the building encumbrances?
I imagine it’s all quite complicated.
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goalkeeper25 Apr 2019 08:53UpperEast schrieb:
Hello,
if the middle house is not built, how do you proceed? Do you insulate the wall facing the neighboring property right away, or do you wait? How do easements work in this case?
I imagine it could be complicated. Of course, we would need to insulate the entire side—who knows when the neighboring house will actually be built—basically the same as if only one semi-detached house were constructed.
What do you mean regarding the easements? There is one registered for the roof design (gable roof) and no others.
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UpperEast25 Apr 2019 09:32There are two options for insulation:
a) temporary insulation on the side of the neighboring property (which will be removed once construction begins)
b) you set the house back on your side, and the insulation stays on your property. Of course, this would reduce your living space.
Regarding building encumbrances, I am no expert, but I thought every boundary construction requires an encumbrance. Accordingly, this applies to the length of your house. If the municipality remains the owner of the middle property, they would have to approve the building project.
a) temporary insulation on the side of the neighboring property (which will be removed once construction begins)
b) you set the house back on your side, and the insulation stays on your property. Of course, this would reduce your living space.
Regarding building encumbrances, I am no expert, but I thought every boundary construction requires an encumbrance. Accordingly, this applies to the length of your house. If the municipality remains the owner of the middle property, they would have to approve the building project.
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Mottenhausen25 Apr 2019 09:33I think it’s a good idea to include the painting work with the general contractor (GC). This provides planning reliability since it’s covered by the construction time guarantee and the fixed price. Q2 finish and textured wallpaper are actually not very popular anymore. I would have everything finished and smoothed to Q3 level on the ground floor and painted directly. If a special texture is desired, a fiber fleece can be used. The price seems reasonable. Painting work for a single-family house under €10,000 (approximately $11,000) seems fair to me. Regarding the flooring, the material price alone doesn’t help much, as you first select the samples and then the additional costs follow. We have now found out that our GC offers the same prices for floor coverings and tiles as independent tradespeople on the open market. So, we could have included everything from the beginning instead of running around trying to find tradespeople who are hardly any cheaper.
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goalkeeper25 Apr 2019 11:34UpperEast schrieb:
There are two options for insulation:
a) temporary insulation on the neighbor’s property side (which is removed once construction begins)
b) setting the house back on that side so the insulation is on your own property. Of course, this would reduce your living area.
Regarding property encumbrances, I’m not an expert, but I thought that any building right on the boundary is considered an encumbrance. That would apply to the length of your house. If the municipality remains the owner of the middle property, they would have to approve the building project. The offer states that rock wool strips 12 cm (5 inches) thick will be glued and reinforced from the ground floor to the attic. The price includes scaffolding. We will discuss this again at the upcoming appointment.
By the way, everyone can decide freely on the length of their house – we will build ours 10 m (33 feet) long, and the other end house will be 11.5 m (38 feet). So the middle house can do whatever it wants.
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