ᐅ Building Without a Basement – Carport or Garage?

SenorRaul7 schrieb:
Since we are actually planning more for a double carport, the question now is whether carports are also included...

Garage = Garage
Carport = Building without living space
So, a carport is also covered by the exemption in Section 5, Paragraph 8, Sentence 2.

The distance mentioned above of 1 m was not entirely correct; what is meant is a minimum distance of 1 m.
A distance of 2 m would be allowed, but not 0.9 m.

It is explained more clearly in the brochure
Tips for Neighbors. What you should know about neighbor law in
Lower Saxony:

"Basically, a garage may be built directly on the property boundary or at a minimum distance of 1 m from it. Within the building setback zone of 3 m from the boundary, the garage must not be higher than 3 m. This also applies to an open carport. Other smaller outbuildings may also generally be built directly on the boundary or with a minimum setback of 1 m. Within the 3 m building setback zone, these must not exceed 3 m in height either. They may not contain living spaces or fireplaces (such as stoves, oil or gas heating). These primarily include tool sheds and greenhouses. If such an outbuilding does not exceed 40 cubic meters (m³) (approximately 1413 cubic feet) of gross volume (in rural areas: no more than 20 m³ (about 706 cubic feet)), neither a building permit/planning permission nor a notification is required. If such an outbuildings and a garage are built within the setback zone on one property, their combined length along any boundary must not exceed 9 m (approximately 30 feet).
Considering the entire property, the setback distance to all neighbors may only be undercut along a total length of 15 m (approximately 49 feet)."

What you all store... 5 sq m (54 sq ft) of storage space at the carport, 3x3 m (10x10 ft) garden shed in the... garden... in M_V, only 10 sq m (108 sq ft) are allowed without a building permit/planning permission.

Don’t forget the attic, which has a floor area of about 8x10 m (26x33 ft) and a height of about 2 m (6.5 ft). So far, we’ve managed to fit everything in... you just can’t keep every little trinket.

Otus11 schrieb:
Garage = Garage
Carport = Building without habitable rooms
A carport therefore also falls under the privilege of Section 5, Paragraph 8, Sentence 2.

The statement above about a 1 m (3.3 ft) distance was not entirely correct; what is meant is a minimum distance of 1 m (3.3 ft).
A 2 m (6.6 ft) distance is therefore possible, but 0.9 m (3 ft) is not.

It is explained more clearly in the brochure
Tips for Neighbors: What You Should Know About Neighbor Law in Lower Saxony:

"As a general rule, a garage may be built directly on the boundary line or at a minimum distance of 1 m (3.3 ft) from the boundary. Within the building strip of 3 m (9.8 ft) to the boundary, the garage may not be higher than 3 m (9.8 ft). This also applies to an open carport. Other smaller outbuildings may generally also be built either directly on the boundary or at a minimum distance of 1 m (3.3 ft) from it. Within the building strip of 3 m (9.8 ft), these may not exceed a height of 3 m (9.8 ft) either. They may not contain habitable rooms or fireplaces (wood, oil, or gas heating). Typical examples include tool sheds and greenhouses. If such an outbuilding does not exceed 40 m³ (1,412 ft³) gross volume (in rural areas: not more than 20 m³ (706 ft³)), neither a building permit nor a notification is required. If such an outbuilding and a garage are constructed within the building strip on one property, their total length on any boundary may not exceed 9 m (29.5 ft).
Considering the entire property, the boundary distance to all neighbors may be undercut only over a total length of 15 m (49.2 ft)."

Thank you very much! The 2 m (6.6 ft) distance is quite important to us because, according to current plans, this 2 m (6.6 ft) corridor will serve as the "sidewalk" past the carport leading to the front door.

I also now understand correctly that our carport will count towards the 9 m (29.5 ft) / 15 m (49.2 ft) limitation? So, with a 6 m (19.7 ft) long carport, on this side of the property we would only be allowed to build up to 3 m (9.8 ft) on the boundary line, and overall only 9 m (29.5 ft) along the boundary, correct?

SenorRaul7 schrieb:

I now understand correctly that our carport also counts toward the 9m / 15m limit? So, with a 6m (20 feet) long carport, in our case, we would only be allowed to build 3m (10 feet) along this property boundary, and a total of only 9m (30 feet) along the boundary, right?

Yes.
Yes – but only with garage, carport, shed, and similar structures.
(The 15m (50 feet) limit includes, among others, the 9 x 6m (30 x 20 feet) corner garage as the maximum along two boundaries – but it can also be distributed among several smaller structures.)

The house must comply with the (non-privileged) building setbacks (property line: half the building height) and building boundaries.

So, we have a total of 45m2 (about 484 sq ft) of cellar space, a garage of around 16m2 (about 172 sq ft), and a shed roughly the same size. The main house offers 100m2 (about 1,076 sq ft) of living space, not including the attic or storage room. The shed is completely full during winter, the garage is about half full, and the cellar is at most half full. This is more than enough for us to store the lawnmower, gardening tools, outdoor furniture, grill, building materials, four wheels, balance bikes, children's items (like a child’s wheelbarrow and similar things), a fire bowl, seasonal decorations, my homemade jams, tools, the inflatable pool, shelves for overwintering plants, the washing machine and dryer, as well as a garden stove and garden refrigerator. In addition, we have a carport for the trailer, with an attached lean-to where we keep buckets, bins, green waste, and trash cans. Altogether, it adds up quite a bit, even though we definitely have fewer things compared to others, and we don’t even use half of the available space. A 3x3m (10x10 ft) area is definitely not enough. Just the wheels and the lawnmower with grill already need that much space. We’re glad that we got so much outbuilding space when buying the old house, even if we don’t need it all. Overall, there are certainly close to 100m2 (about 1,076 sq ft) of storage area where we could theoretically park or store things. For example, our garage also has a very large roof overhang where we can store wood to dry. That is very valuable, in my opinion. I would prefer planning for more rather than less here. You see everywhere in new housing developments houses with nice garages completely full of storage items, and the cars are parked outside. So it’s better to plan for extra storage space from the start. Of course, we have a real luxury, but that’s typical for older houses, where more space is often already available. Our cellar was, for example, partially used as a pigsty back then because they simply needed the space. Also, for storing feed and their own food, it was essential to have enough storage space. Today, we’re happy that we definitely don’t have a shortage of space.

Edit: I almost forgot the winter/summer tires^^.

Winniefred schrieb:
You can see houses in new residential areas everywhere with nice garages that are completely filled with storage items, and the cars are parked outside.

Exactly, filling a solidly built double garage that cost 40,000 EUR with stuff... but then gladly saying they didn’t build a basement because it’s supposedly not worth it...

I know this isn’t the case for everyone... but I’ve seen it often enough...