ᐅ Number of floors

Hello everyone,

I’m a bit confused right now...

It concerns a note on a development plan: number of full stories mandatory ( II )

What exactly does that mean for me?! Oh, and a pitched roof with a slope of 38 - 45° is required.

The first house is a two-story house. How does it look for the second one?

Thanks!

Check your national building regulations; that’s where it is defined. The second picture could represent either option... hard to tell from a single image (feels close to two stories).

Hello,

alex85h schrieb:

It is about the specification on a zoning plan: Number of full floors mandatory (II). What exactly does this mean for me?!

It means you must also build two full floors if it is truly mandatory as stated. Like in the first picture; the roof pitch could roughly fit, probably around 38°.

alex85h schrieb:

How about the second one?

There the knee wall is very high and constructed like a dormer; therefore, it is probably only a "theoretical" two-floor building. The roof pitch looks to be about 42°, if that can be estimated from the picture at all.

Regards, Bauexperte

You definitely need to calculate in detail and know the plans. The attic has a high knee wall and could quite possibly be considered a full story. But as mentioned, this requires detailed calculation. Our attic is not a full story by more than two decimal places, but an outside observer would never be 100% sure about that.

I assume that option/image 2 is a house favored by you?

So, no worries. A slightly lower knee wall or roof pitch will make it a single-story with attic, while the opposite—a higher knee wall or steeper roof pitch—will create a two-story house, without any visible difference from the outside 🙂