ᐅ Plot with a slight slope – Should the house be set lower?

Good day everyone,

We have made significant progress with our planning. To put it simply: the plot officially belongs to us. The house is fully designed, and the building permit / planning permission has already been granted.
Now we moved on to the drainage application. Since our plot slopes slightly downhill to the north, the house is currently set somewhat lower. This is partly because I need every centimeter of garage height I can get.

At the moment, the "lower-set house" bothers me a bit. I have already spoken with our engineer. He gave me two options: A. leave it as is. B. raise the ground level, but then we would have to make the garage significantly lower because the 3m (10 feet) measurement must be taken from the original ground level (a frustrating rule).
We might ask the neighbors for permission to raise the level higher, but those who own the adjacent or rear plots have not yet been determined.

What would you do? Does anyone have an idea?
So far, I have thought of a compromise. That means only a slight raise of the ground, not all the way to the southern street level. This way, there is less slope at the driveway, and the garage can still be built relatively high.

I hope I was able to explain my problem clearly enough.

I’ve attached some pictures of the views and the site plan including elevation markers.

Maybe someone has a bright idea.

Best regards,
Brauki

Garage with a sloped roof as an alternative?
In times of increasing heavy rainfall events, I would definitely never build a house in such a depression.

Is the road along with the sidewalk already completed?
At the end, they often raise them significantly higher as well.

For exactly these reasons, we obtained a deviation permit in the building permit process. It took some time and cost a bit, but it was worth it to me.

I had the feeling that no one had really given it much thought in the zoning plan.

Otus11 schrieb:

Garage with a sloped roof as an alternative?
With the increasing heavy rainfall events these days, I definitely wouldn’t build a house in a depression like that.

Is the road including the sidewalk already finished?
They usually raise those quite a bit at the end.

Yes, that would be an alternative. We don’t have any windows facing the garage.
Well, the house wouldn’t be in a depression. It would slope downward on the south side and then level out towards the neighbor. The neighbor’s property is also on a slope, just further “downhill.”

Snowy36 schrieb:

We obtained a special permit for an exemption during the building permit / planning permission process exactly for these reasons… It took a while and was somewhat costly, but it was worth it for me…

I felt like no one really thought that through properly in the development plan…

In what way was the exemption permit? That you’re allowed to build the garage higher than 3 meters (10 feet) above natural ground level?

Hello Brauki
Am I correct in understanding that the house is located below the backwater level? If so, you should plan for an effective surface drainage system. I don’t think you are allowed to simply raise the house higher after the building permit / planning permission has been granted. Is the garage intended for passenger cars? In that case, a rough construction height of 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) should be sufficient, plus foundation and roof structure, leaving about 25 cm (10 inches) clearance.