Hello,
There is a development plan for a plot of land to be built on, which does not specify a maximum building height but requires that a new house be adapted to the surrounding buildings. These are typical single-family houses with pitched roofs, built around forty years ago.
Now, a so-called townhouse (or urban villa) with the so-called two-thirds compensatory area is preferred. A construction company has already indicated that this would not be a problem. However, if you sign something here and it later turns out that the building authority does not allow such a house to be built, you are tied to that company—even though you might prefer to build a different, approved house with another company.
Therefore, here are my questions:
1) Is the roof of a so-called townhouse officially also classified as a "pitched roof," or is this term reserved only for the aforementioned single-family houses?
2) If a townhouse is approved, could the single-story two-thirds compensatory area be covered with a pitched roof (to allow a possible later conversion, currently just to be used as an attic storage)? Or would it have to be a flat roof?
Thank you very much for all professional answers and personal experiences!
There is a development plan for a plot of land to be built on, which does not specify a maximum building height but requires that a new house be adapted to the surrounding buildings. These are typical single-family houses with pitched roofs, built around forty years ago.
Now, a so-called townhouse (or urban villa) with the so-called two-thirds compensatory area is preferred. A construction company has already indicated that this would not be a problem. However, if you sign something here and it later turns out that the building authority does not allow such a house to be built, you are tied to that company—even though you might prefer to build a different, approved house with another company.
Therefore, here are my questions:
1) Is the roof of a so-called townhouse officially also classified as a "pitched roof," or is this term reserved only for the aforementioned single-family houses?
2) If a townhouse is approved, could the single-story two-thirds compensatory area be covered with a pitched roof (to allow a possible later conversion, currently just to be used as an attic storage)? Or would it have to be a flat roof?
Thank you very much for all professional answers and personal experiences!
EveundGerd9 Apr 2016 22:47Payday schrieb:
You can, but you don’t have to. In any case, your roof design offers more possibilities in the attic. Our attic is really not worth much to us. We also built a city villa with a 22-degree (22°) pyramid roof. However, we consider the nearly 16 square meters (172 square feet) under the cold roof, which are accessible, to be acceptable. We have set up shelves there and currently store all the items that no longer fit in the garage.
The standing height is really limited, but at least we don’t clutter up the space as we did in our old house, where we had 120 square meters (1,292 square feet) of attic space available.
f-pNo schrieb:
had to check myself first: 32 degreesand how much headroom do you have under the roof (can you stand upright)?
Best regards
Sabine
Curly schrieb:
and how much standing space do you have under the roof (can you stand upright)?
Best regards
SabineYou can stand yourself – in the middle, I will probably have a height of about 3-4 m (10-13 feet) up to the ridge. I should measure the area at some point – but I’m not sure yet when I will find the time for that.
Curly schrieb:
And how much standing space do you have under the roof (can you stand upright)? f-pNo schrieb:
You can stand – in the middle, I expect the height to the ridge will be around 3-4 m (10-13 feet). I just measured again – especially for you . I had slightly underestimated the height to the ridge beam.
Height to ridge beam: 2.75 m (9 feet)
Floor area with headroom: 4.70 m (15 feet) x 11 m (36 feet) = 51.70 sq m (557 sq ft)
If you lower your head slightly, you can add about 1 m (3 feet) to the width.
At the moment, we are storing most of our "stored items" under the sloped ceilings (we plan to declutter a bit again in winter). So the entire "headroom" space is currently still available. When I have time (probably in winter), I plan to build a nice, large workbench from the leftover OSB boards and some beams – as far as my "nonexistent" DIY skills allow .
S
Steffen8011 Apr 2016 22:51f-pNo schrieb:
I just measured again—especially for you . I slightly underestimated the height up to the ridge beam.
Height to the ridge beam: 2.75 m (9 ft)
Floor area with head clearance: 4.70 m (15 ft) x 11 m (36 ft) = 51.70 m² (557 sq ft)
With a slightly lowered headroom, you can add about 1 m (3 ft) to the width.
At the moment, most of our stored items are under the sloped ceilings (we will declutter again in winter). So the entire "head clearance" space is still available. When I have time (probably in winter), I plan to build a nice, large workbench from the leftover OSB boards and some beams—if my “nonexistent” DIY skills allow it .We are building something similar. Just a 25-degree pitched roof but about 12 m (39 ft) by roughly 10 m (33 ft). I’m looking forward to the large open space and already have many ideas.
Also designed as “cold” space but with a window and a proper staircase. You never know.
Regards, Steffen
f-pNo schrieb:
I just re-measured—especially for you . I had slightly underestimated the height up to the ridge beam.
Height up to the ridge beam: 2.75 m (9 feet)
Floor area with full headroom: 4.70 m x 11 m (15.4 ft x 36 ft) = 51.70 m² (557 sq ft)
If you allow for slightly lowered head clearance, you can add about 1 m (3.3 ft) to the width.
At the moment, most of our stored items are under the sloped ceilings (we'll declutter a bit in winter). So the entire full headroom area is still available. When I have time (probably in winter), I plan to build a nice, large workbench from leftover OSB boards and some planks—if my limited DIY skills allow it . That’s quite a huge area! Do you have a concrete floor there?
Best regards,
Sabine