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
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AllThumbs29 Apr 2021 14:10Tolentino schrieb:
I'm starting to think I'm dealing with some tricksters. Some of you might know that I removed the staircase from the construction contract and hired it out myself.
When I asked about it, I was told that I have to provide the temporary construction staircase because it’s supposedly usually supplied by the staircase installer. That seemed reasonable to me.
Now the neighbor received their temporary construction staircase (which, by the way, is not compliant with standards) and it was provided by the roofer—one of the few trades I left in the contract... 🙄
I have now followed up and expressed my confusion.
I'm curious to see how they’ll justify this. In our case, the temporary construction staircase actually comes from the staircase installer who will install the final staircase. But I have no idea if that’s standard practice everywhere.
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pagoni202029 Apr 2021 14:21Tolentino schrieb:
Yes, that makes sense, but my neighbor is using the same general contractor! Then it should be the same for him as well. He’ll probably have to come up with a smooth explanation for a long time, I think. We also removed the staircase; the topic of the construction stairs will be covered later... we’ll see. 🤨
Hey, I recently had the same discussion with my general contractor. He claimed that during the meeting with the site manager, he definitely mentioned that there would be additional costs involved. The steel stringer staircase we chose can only be installed after the plastering, unlike a concrete staircase or those profile staircases.
He wanted to charge us 600€ (about $650) for it, from the basement to the upper floor. He offered to cover 50% of the cost, and in the end, we agreed on a compromise in the interest of customer loyalty.
It seemed quite odd to me, and I wonder if this is common practice even in normal times in terms of material costs and availability? It could also be a measure to optimize cash flow.
He wanted to charge us 600€ (about $650) for it, from the basement to the upper floor. He offered to cover 50% of the cost, and in the end, we agreed on a compromise in the interest of customer loyalty.
It seemed quite odd to me, and I wonder if this is common practice even in normal times in terms of material costs and availability? It could also be a measure to optimize cash flow.
tomtom79 schrieb:
I consider the construction staircase as a separate trade, but it doesn’t matter who installs it—it could also be the HVAC installer, although it would be tricky with the pipes 🙂 Fine by me. But it’s quite unlikely that the general contractor (GC) assigns the trade to a different subcontractor every time.
He smelled an opportunity to save a few hundred euros and took it. I had asked, so I actually gave him a chance to do so.