Hello,
we are currently planning our single-family home together with a construction company.
It will have a “standard layout”: one and a half stories, with a hallway, open kitchen-living area, utility room, guest room, and guest bathroom on the ground floor; and a bathroom, two children’s bedrooms, and a master bedroom with dressing area upstairs.
Like many others today, we will build without a basement.
Now we’re naturally considering storage options.
We are still undecided between a double carport, double garage, or a combination carport-garage. Due to space constraints, the garage cannot be extended by about 1 meter (3 feet) or so to provide additional storage space. So, we are leaning toward a regular 6 x 6 meter (20 x 20 feet) double carport.
There is space for a “garden shed” in the northeast corner of the plot.
What size would you recommend in our situation? We come from a home with a basement, and there will certainly be plenty of stuff to store (lawn mower, tools, tires, children’s toys, etc.). Would a 3 x 3 meter (10 x 10 feet) shed be sufficient? Other than the utility room, there really isn’t much space inside the house for items you don’t want to keep in sight all day...
we are currently planning our single-family home together with a construction company.
It will have a “standard layout”: one and a half stories, with a hallway, open kitchen-living area, utility room, guest room, and guest bathroom on the ground floor; and a bathroom, two children’s bedrooms, and a master bedroom with dressing area upstairs.
Like many others today, we will build without a basement.
Now we’re naturally considering storage options.
We are still undecided between a double carport, double garage, or a combination carport-garage. Due to space constraints, the garage cannot be extended by about 1 meter (3 feet) or so to provide additional storage space. So, we are leaning toward a regular 6 x 6 meter (20 x 20 feet) double carport.
There is space for a “garden shed” in the northeast corner of the plot.
What size would you recommend in our situation? We come from a home with a basement, and there will certainly be plenty of stuff to store (lawn mower, tools, tires, children’s toys, etc.). Would a 3 x 3 meter (10 x 10 feet) shed be sufficient? Other than the utility room, there really isn’t much space inside the house for items you don’t want to keep in sight all day...
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SenorRaul711 Oct 2018 13:02Thanks in advance for so many replies!
I already suspected it would be really tight. Unfortunately, a basement is not an option due to costs. There is a small attic, but it’s mostly suitable for things like suitcases, Christmas decorations, old files, etc.
Maybe we will have to consider a shed on the double carport after all. This will make things tight with our property boundaries.
In Lower Saxony, we have to keep a 3m (10 feet) distance from the property line with our house. Boundary development is allowed on one side up to 9m (30 feet), but a maximum of 15m (50 feet) in total. We still need to find out exactly what counts as boundary development (for example, if the carport starts 2m (6.5 feet) from the boundary, does it still count as boundary development?).
I already suspected it would be really tight. Unfortunately, a basement is not an option due to costs. There is a small attic, but it’s mostly suitable for things like suitcases, Christmas decorations, old files, etc.
Maybe we will have to consider a shed on the double carport after all. This will make things tight with our property boundaries.
In Lower Saxony, we have to keep a 3m (10 feet) distance from the property line with our house. Boundary development is allowed on one side up to 9m (30 feet), but a maximum of 15m (50 feet) in total. We still need to find out exactly what counts as boundary development (for example, if the carport starts 2m (6.5 feet) from the boundary, does it still count as boundary development?).
SenorRaul7 schrieb:
We still need to find out exactly what counts as boundary construction (for example, if the carport starts 2m (6.5 feet) from the property line, is it still considered boundary construction?)Normally, no. It is called boundary construction because the building directly adjoins the property line.
It would still be possible to have a basement under the garage. And if it were one of the already suggested shipping containers used as a basement replacement under the garage...
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SenorRaul711 Oct 2018 13:21Scout schrieb:
Normally not. It is called boundary construction because the building is placed directly on the property line.
.That would be really good. This way, we could easily build the planned garden shed along the boundary for a longer length...
Scout schrieb:
Usually not. The term “border building” refers to building directly on the property line. But not in Lower Saxony, as I recently learned, § 5 para. 8, sentence 2 of the NdsBauO:
Without any setback or with a setback reduced to 1 m (3.3 ft) from the boundary are permitted:
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Garages and buildings without habitable rooms and
fireplaces with a height up to 3 m (10 ft) and (...)[I]. [/I]
So, a garage cannot have more than a 1 m (3.3 ft) setback from the boundary.
And the house does not have to maintain 3 meters (10 ft), but at least 1/2 the ridge height, at a minimum 3 m (10 ft) setback from the boundary.
For example, with an 8 m (26 ft) ridge height, the setback would be 4 m (13 ft)....
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SenorRaul711 Oct 2018 13:46Otus11 schrieb:
But not in Lower Saxony, as I recently learned here myself, § 5 paragraph 8, sentence 2 NdsBauO:
Garages and buildings without habitable rooms and fireplaces up to a height of 3 m (10 feet) and [...] are permitted without a setback or with a reduced setback to the property line of up to 1 m (3 feet 3 inches).[I]. [/I]
So a garage setback of more than 1 m (3 feet 3 inches) from the boundary would not be allowed.
And the house is not required to maintain a 3-meter (10-foot) setback, but rather 1/2 the building height, at least 3 m (10 feet).
For example, with an 8 m (26 feet) ridge height, that would already be 4 m (13 feet)....Since we are actually planning a double carport, the question now is whether carports are also subject to these rules...
Regardless, sentence 3 states
"Structures according to sentence 2 may reduce the distance according to paragraph 2 along a total length of 9 m (30 feet) per property boundary, but only along a total length of 15 m (49 feet) on a building plot."
I understand this to mean that a garage located 2 m (6 feet 7 inches) away is not a "structure according to sentence 2" because it would be set back more than 1 m (3 feet 3 inches)...
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