Hello everyone,
I more or less stumbled upon a plot of land after someone let their reservation expire.
The plot is about 606 square meters (6,521 square feet), according to my "measurement" approximately 18.10 meters by 33.50 meters (60 feet by 110 feet), not officially surveyed yet, and now I’m wondering exactly what I can do with it.
The development plan sets out the following for "my plot":
Here I have placed an example house measuring 9.60 meters by 11.95 meters (31.5 feet by 39 feet), which I like based on my initial review (Viebrockhaus Edition 600).
Next to the house, in the 5.50-meter (18 feet) wide space there would be a carport – is that enough space for two parking spots? I would prefer not to make the house narrower just to accommodate vehicles... but then there’s hardly any room left for fencing?!
The terrace and garden at the back are, of course, limited by the tall trees – but that’s a compromise I’ll have to accept.
I’ve never built a house in my life before... so this is my first time dealing with this topic in detail. What would you do in this situation? Make the house a bit smaller?
If you need more information, just ask – as I said, I’m a beginner and eager to learn 🙂
My wishes are:
- Starting from 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) upwards
- I’m currently thinking about a basement and budget around $100k extra for it
- I don’t like long corridors
Once the plot situation is reasonably clear, I’d like to hear your advice on floor plans – that will surely be a more extensive topic.
Best regards
I more or less stumbled upon a plot of land after someone let their reservation expire.
The plot is about 606 square meters (6,521 square feet), according to my "measurement" approximately 18.10 meters by 33.50 meters (60 feet by 110 feet), not officially surveyed yet, and now I’m wondering exactly what I can do with it.
The development plan sets out the following for "my plot":
- 0.35 floor area ratio
- Single-story buildings only
- Maximum building height 10 meters (33 feet)
- Eave height max 4.50 meters (15 feet)
- One driveway with max width of 4 meters (13 feet)
- Two parking spaces are mandatory
- Roof pitch between 15° and 51°
- Roofs of garages etc. may differ in shape
- Garages, carports, and ancillary buildings as defined by §14 (1) of the building use ordinance, which are buildings, must not exceed the street-side building boundaries of the access roads.
- Dormers and roof recesses: the total length of dormers or roof recesses per roof side may not exceed 50% of the total length of that roof side.
- Standard distance to property boundary is 3 meters (10 feet)
- In the southern area, there is an 8-meter (26 feet) deep strip across the full width of the plot (approx. 18 meters (60 feet)) where trees and shrubs must be preserved. This area is quite densely vegetated and reaches heights up to 10 meters (33 feet) – I’ve tried to visualize this below
- In the middle of this vegetation is a downward slope... the building boundary to this strip was reduced from the normal 3 meters to 2 meters (7 feet) so the plots aren’t too restricted.
Here I have placed an example house measuring 9.60 meters by 11.95 meters (31.5 feet by 39 feet), which I like based on my initial review (Viebrockhaus Edition 600).
Next to the house, in the 5.50-meter (18 feet) wide space there would be a carport – is that enough space for two parking spots? I would prefer not to make the house narrower just to accommodate vehicles... but then there’s hardly any room left for fencing?!
The terrace and garden at the back are, of course, limited by the tall trees – but that’s a compromise I’ll have to accept.
I’ve never built a house in my life before... so this is my first time dealing with this topic in detail. What would you do in this situation? Make the house a bit smaller?
If you need more information, just ask – as I said, I’m a beginner and eager to learn 🙂
My wishes are:
- Starting from 160 square meters (1,722 square feet) upwards
- I’m currently thinking about a basement and budget around $100k extra for it
- I don’t like long corridors
Once the plot situation is reasonably clear, I’d like to hear your advice on floor plans – that will surely be a more extensive topic.
Best regards
SaschaL schrieb:
That wouldn’t make it easier for me, and I am actually leaning towards a single carport with two parking spaces arranged one behind the other (he said that would be possible)... A parking bay is being created opposite my house, so that might be an option. We’ll see...I consider building fewer parking spaces than the number of cars one owns to be irresponsible. Residential areas are already quite crowded nowadays, and permanently taking up a public parking spot for personal use is problematic...I can't really think of any better options. So now it’s more like 4m (13 feet) to the neighbor, at least 6m (20 feet) for the carport, leaving 8m (26 feet) for the house, which is also limited in length because of the trees and shrubs.
Giving up that much width to park two cars side by side… doesn’t seem like a good idea either. In the end, a lot will depend on how wide the plot actually is and how far I really need to be from the neighbor.
If things go really well, the plot will be 18.30m (60 feet) wide and the distance to the neighbor will be 3.50m (11.5 feet). That would leave space for two parking spots between 5.20 and 5.80m (17–19 feet), depending on the house—tight but doable.
If things go badly, the plot is only 17.70m (58 feet) wide and the distance to the neighbor must be 4m (13 feet), leaving just 4.10 to 4.60m (13.5–15 feet).
We’ll see—there will definitely be a solution. I’d prefer the plot was 22m (72 feet) wide, but that’s just not the case. It will work out.
Let’s see… with an 11.60m (38 feet) house length, maybe the house could be set back 4m (13 feet) from the street—then it might be possible to fit a parking space across in front of the house without any building overlap. I’ll check that too.
Giving up that much width to park two cars side by side… doesn’t seem like a good idea either. In the end, a lot will depend on how wide the plot actually is and how far I really need to be from the neighbor.
If things go really well, the plot will be 18.30m (60 feet) wide and the distance to the neighbor will be 3.50m (11.5 feet). That would leave space for two parking spots between 5.20 and 5.80m (17–19 feet), depending on the house—tight but doable.
If things go badly, the plot is only 17.70m (58 feet) wide and the distance to the neighbor must be 4m (13 feet), leaving just 4.10 to 4.60m (13.5–15 feet).
We’ll see—there will definitely be a solution. I’d prefer the plot was 22m (72 feet) wide, but that’s just not the case. It will work out.
Let’s see… with an 11.60m (38 feet) house length, maybe the house could be set back 4m (13 feet) from the street—then it might be possible to fit a parking space across in front of the house without any building overlap. I’ll check that too.
Here is a brief update:
- Now 9.60 meters (31.5 feet) wide, which is very helpful for the upper floor; the bathroom should fit with the 2-meter (6.6 feet) line, etc.
- We decided to skip the upstairs office. There are currently two of us, so we have enough rooms. Even if that changes significantly (;)), the basement offers plenty of space, and I am leaning strongly towards a ceiling height of 2.33 meters (7.6 feet) there, which would be quite usable.
- Instead of an upstairs office, there is now a storage room (maybe still too large?). This solves the problem of light exposure, and the vacuum cleaner needs a place too...
- The windows on the plan are far from final—so far, they have mostly been placeholders without exact measurements, which also leads to inconsistent spacing between them, etc.
- The pantry is actually more like a general storage room for all sorts of things...
- Now 9.60 meters (31.5 feet) wide, which is very helpful for the upper floor; the bathroom should fit with the 2-meter (6.6 feet) line, etc.
- We decided to skip the upstairs office. There are currently two of us, so we have enough rooms. Even if that changes significantly (;)), the basement offers plenty of space, and I am leaning strongly towards a ceiling height of 2.33 meters (7.6 feet) there, which would be quite usable.
- Instead of an upstairs office, there is now a storage room (maybe still too large?). This solves the problem of light exposure, and the vacuum cleaner needs a place too...
- The windows on the plan are far from final—so far, they have mostly been placeholders without exact measurements, which also leads to inconsistent spacing between them, etc.
- The pantry is actually more like a general storage room for all sorts of things...
The staircase is too short. But there is still some room for adjustment. The hallway upstairs will simply be recessed.
Where is north?
Personally, I would avoid a staircase with a landing in the entrance area, which is often sandy, if there is an option (meaning more space than 55/60 sq.m (592/646 sq.ft) on each floor).
Where is north?
Personally, I would avoid a staircase with a landing in the entrance area, which is often sandy, if there is an option (meaning more space than 55/60 sq.m (592/646 sq.ft) on each floor).
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