Hello everyone,
A plot (see above) is within reach, and I have been considering the house for some time now.
I am uncertain about a few points and hope to get your opinions.
It concerns the outlined plot.
Problem: The plot is only 17m (56 feet) wide AND on the south side of the plot an access road (3.5m (11.5 feet)) will be built for the rear properties.
This means there will be no usable space on the south side of the plot.
On the right (north), a setback of 2.50m (8 feet) from the property boundary must be maintained.
So, the building area is only 11m (36 feet) wide.
My idea is to place the kitchen on the southwest side to have a window but also to avoid a direct view into the living room from the access road.
This would require building the house sideways to the street.
Advantage: wide west-facing front, kitchen with a south-facing window.
Disadvantage: the views from the windows on the first floor would be heavily limited due to neighboring buildings. It could feel very cramped... Views to the east and west would be much more open.
I am now considering a hipped roof to allow windows to the east and west as well, not only facing the neighboring houses to the north and south.
According to initial discussions with the builder, it would still be possible to keep the house single-story (planning permission/building permit) if the hipped roof starts at 1.90m (6.2 feet).
The floor plan would then look like this:
Facing north:
First floor:
Plot size: 750 sqm (8,073 sq ft)
Style, roof shape, building type: single-family house, gable roof, 35 degrees
Basement, floors: no basement, 1.5 floors
Number of occupants, ages: 2 (38, 13)
Room requirements ground floor, upper floor: office on ground floor, 3 bedrooms upstairs
Office use: family use and home office
Guests per year: rare
Open kitchen, kitchen island: yes
Number of dining seats: 6
Fireplace: yes
Music/stereo wall: yes
Balcony, roof terrace: no
Garage, carport: carport
Utility garden, greenhouse
House design
Who did the planning:
- Planner from a construction company
kbt09 schrieb:
Alright, then please update your post 1 with accurate drawings, etc. .. see here Just did.
By the way, the base model here is the Maxime 610 from Viebrockhaus.
Well, I’m not sure if editing posts afterward is really such a good idea. If someone joins the thread late (or new users in a few weeks), the posts won’t match the original thread and the flow of the discussion will no longer be clear.
On the topic: the development plan seems to be important. Does this information
come from there? If so, a hip roof wouldn’t be allowed at all? Why don’t you simply change the ridge direction? Or is that maybe already fixed in the development plan, since all houses in the aerial photo have their gable ends facing the street?
Generally, the building envelope refers to the buildable area on the plot defined by setback lines and building boundaries in the development plan. However, you seem to mean the maximum permissible area according to building regulations, and you are still planning 11.55 m wide. If the sewage pipes are also going to be installed under the access road that has yet to be measured, in my opinion it needs to be at least 3.5 m wide.
The minimum cross-section of an access road in settled areas is 3.50 m
(Source: City of Hamburg, Building Inspection Service 3/2010)
That extra half meter shouldn’t be underestimated, and with such tight dimensions, the roof overhang should also be taken into account. Is it allowed to extend into the airspace above the access road?
Just don’t forget to include it in the purchase contract. Easements are not cheap.
On the topic: the development plan seems to be important. Does this information
Hamburch schrieb:
gable roof 35 degrees
come from there? If so, a hip roof wouldn’t be allowed at all? Why don’t you simply change the ridge direction? Or is that maybe already fixed in the development plan, since all houses in the aerial photo have their gable ends facing the street?
Hamburch schrieb:
The building envelope is only 11 m wide.
Generally, the building envelope refers to the buildable area on the plot defined by setback lines and building boundaries in the development plan. However, you seem to mean the maximum permissible area according to building regulations, and you are still planning 11.55 m wide. If the sewage pipes are also going to be installed under the access road that has yet to be measured, in my opinion it needs to be at least 3.5 m wide.
The minimum cross-section of an access road in settled areas is 3.50 m
(Source: City of Hamburg, Building Inspection Service 3/2010)
That extra half meter shouldn’t be underestimated, and with such tight dimensions, the roof overhang should also be taken into account. Is it allowed to extend into the airspace above the access road?
Hamburch schrieb:
It’s certain, can we please just accept this as given now?
Just don’t forget to include it in the purchase contract. Easements are not cheap.