ᐅ Location of a city villa or detached single-family house on a 500 m² rectangular plot
Created on: 17 Jan 2020 18:03
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Tolentino
Dear all,
after sharing the floor plans of my possible hamster cage with you in the other thread , here comes the next thread (thanks again for all the constructive suggestions there).
Just so you know, the semi-detached house is not off the table yet, as this plot of land is highly sought after and it’s not clear whether it will work out. But this one would be my favorite.
Now to this plot. For now, I’m mainly concerned with where and roughly how the house should be positioned on this plot.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 500 m² (5400 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.2
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) from the street, 3 m (10 ft) from neighbors
Edge development: allowed for garages and sheds, none existing on the plot
Number of parking spaces: 1-2
Number of floors: 1.5–2.5
Roof shape: no preference
Architectural style: no preference
Orientation: aligned parallel to the street
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height max. 9 m (30 ft)
Below are the site plans I created myself based on the details from the listing.
This is a rough overview of the plot with building boundaries and dimensions.
My question is: where to put the house?
The broker suggests placing it towards the back, since you already have the 5 m (16 ft) setback at the front and would “gain” about 3 m (10 ft) of garden. My partner doesn’t like this because of the visibility from the street. I say: privacy screen! But I also think, a fence too high might create a prison-yard feel.
But even if you follow this suggestion, I wonder if a more square floor plan (-> town villa style) would be better?
Like this, for example:
Then parking space might be tricky, right?
Or upright like this?
I really want as much of a west-facing view and garden as possible. I tend to be an evening person and that side is less built up, due to the road. So I think more light comes through.
But the narrow floor plan caused lots of problems with the semi-detached house already. Well, here you could build longer instead.
What do you think?
Best regards
Tolentino
after sharing the floor plans of my possible hamster cage with you in the other thread , here comes the next thread (thanks again for all the constructive suggestions there).
Just so you know, the semi-detached house is not off the table yet, as this plot of land is highly sought after and it’s not clear whether it will work out. But this one would be my favorite.
Now to this plot. For now, I’m mainly concerned with where and roughly how the house should be positioned on this plot.
Development plan / restrictions
Plot size: 500 m² (5400 sq ft)
Slope: none
Site coverage ratio: 0.2
Floor area ratio: 0.4
Building envelope, building line and boundary: 5 m (16 ft) from the street, 3 m (10 ft) from neighbors
Edge development: allowed for garages and sheds, none existing on the plot
Number of parking spaces: 1-2
Number of floors: 1.5–2.5
Roof shape: no preference
Architectural style: no preference
Orientation: aligned parallel to the street
Maximum heights / limits: ridge height max. 9 m (30 ft)
Below are the site plans I created myself based on the details from the listing.
This is a rough overview of the plot with building boundaries and dimensions.
My question is: where to put the house?
The broker suggests placing it towards the back, since you already have the 5 m (16 ft) setback at the front and would “gain” about 3 m (10 ft) of garden. My partner doesn’t like this because of the visibility from the street. I say: privacy screen! But I also think, a fence too high might create a prison-yard feel.
But even if you follow this suggestion, I wonder if a more square floor plan (-> town villa style) would be better?
Like this, for example:
Then parking space might be tricky, right?
Or upright like this?
I really want as much of a west-facing view and garden as possible. I tend to be an evening person and that side is less built up, due to the road. So I think more light comes through.
But the narrow floor plan caused lots of problems with the semi-detached house already. Well, here you could build longer instead.
What do you think?
Best regards
Tolentino
Not yet. I thought this could be done by laying the empty conduits up to the transfer point... And then I also have to do it with the set of four KG pipes. These are for electricity, communication, and the doorbell. So far, all the pipes only run laterally into the ground. There are no further pipes connected yet...
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Grillhendl8 Dec 2020 08:36Tolentino schrieb:
From today at 4 PM.
I get the impression the work is progressing quite quickly...
We were at the stage you are at today a year ago...
Within three days, we had a slab foundation at the beginning of December. We were surprised at how fast it went....
So, yesterday was the first appointment with the building inspector (an independent one who also inspected my condo 5.5 years ago and luckily was the only one still available for me). He didn’t really have any major complaints, but the report is still pending. However, he didn’t exactly praise the workmanship either. A bit of reinforcing steel is still missing on one side (it had run out), but the structural workers who were still on site had already mentioned this.
What’s interesting (to me) is that the formwork for the slab is being done together with the insulation. I had always seen the process done by installing wooden formwork first and then adding the perimeter insulation afterward.
The workers also mentioned that my general contractor always installs an additional 5cm (2 inches) of insulation afterward. Is that unusual?
All wall and pipe penetrations are in the correct places, and there should be sufficient coverage everywhere.
A few pipes are still too short and will be extended. One of their angle grinder discs broke yesterday, and they didn’t have a replacement yet.
What’s interesting (to me) is that the formwork for the slab is being done together with the insulation. I had always seen the process done by installing wooden formwork first and then adding the perimeter insulation afterward.
The workers also mentioned that my general contractor always installs an additional 5cm (2 inches) of insulation afterward. Is that unusual?
All wall and pipe penetrations are in the correct places, and there should be sufficient coverage everywhere.
A few pipes are still too short and will be extended. One of their angle grinder discs broke yesterday, and they didn’t have a replacement yet.
Trust the expert; they have real knowledge or, even better, expertise in construction, and your independent building inspector knows that the work will be checked.
All the workers and subcontractors on our project said they already knew the construction would be inspected. And before they did anything twice, they made sure it was done correctly the first time.
Our site manager always wanted to be present during the inspections and was able to attend almost every time.
All the workers and subcontractors on our project said they already knew the construction would be inspected. And before they did anything twice, they made sure it was done correctly the first time.
Our site manager always wanted to be present during the inspections and was able to attend almost every time.
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