ᐅ Single-family home turnkey construction with owner-built garage
Created on: 21 Jul 2018 19:56
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EdStark
Hello everyone,
I want to have a single-family house built "turnkey" by a construction company and would like to save money on the garage (costs about 35,000 EUR for a double garage, solid construction).
The garage will be attached to the house, so there will be no gap between the garage and the house. I plan to have the foundation made larger by the general contractor to cover both the house and the garage. I think this will save the need for the concrete mixer truck to come back a second time. The building permit or planning permission should also include the garage. The dimensions are 6.4 m x 9 m (21 ft x 30 ft) including a workshop area, with boundary development.
Is it possible to build the house completely finished with exterior plaster and, after final inspection, then add the garage (build up 3 or 4 walls?, flat roof on top)? I also want to have high-voltage wiring prepared to the garage and later have the electrician do the final wiring inside the garage.
I am interested in your experience with general contractors. How did you handle this technically and in terms of scheduling?
I want to have a single-family house built "turnkey" by a construction company and would like to save money on the garage (costs about 35,000 EUR for a double garage, solid construction).
The garage will be attached to the house, so there will be no gap between the garage and the house. I plan to have the foundation made larger by the general contractor to cover both the house and the garage. I think this will save the need for the concrete mixer truck to come back a second time. The building permit or planning permission should also include the garage. The dimensions are 6.4 m x 9 m (21 ft x 30 ft) including a workshop area, with boundary development.
Is it possible to build the house completely finished with exterior plaster and, after final inspection, then add the garage (build up 3 or 4 walls?, flat roof on top)? I also want to have high-voltage wiring prepared to the garage and later have the electrician do the final wiring inside the garage.
I am interested in your experience with general contractors. How did you handle this technically and in terms of scheduling?
EdStark schrieb:
I have to do that anyway. And who is the licensed designer responsible for the construction documents?
EdStark schrieb:
Have we really gotten to the point in our bureaucracy where you have to hire an architect just for a garage? No, not for a garage alone. At least not in NRW. But since you want to apply for it together with the house, it becomes part of the building permit and falls under the responsibility of the designer, just like the residential building. It is a single construction project and is approved collectively.
EdStark schrieb:
With a proper building permit, because I don’t want to risk a construction stop on the house due to some circumstances. Where does the idea come from that the risk of a construction halt would be higher with an exemption from permit requirements?
EdStark schrieb:
I’ll just install the drywall later... You can do that after the final inspection. But then don’t include a workshop in the building application either.
I don’t see any issue with building the garage independently, but rather with mixing partial services by submitting a joint building application and combining the foundations for the garage and the house.
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