We are once again considering applying for plots.
To the east of the development area runs a relatively busy road at the town’s edge. From this road, you can enter the development area in the southeast (see image).
Plots 1 and 2 are accessed via the road above. Plot 2 is only accessible through plot 1.
To the southwest, there is a primary school and a playground.
The letter M marks the waste bin storage area for the semi-detached houses 3–6.
In the east, there is a former industrial site where groundwater has occasionally shown contaminant levels. Therefore, restrictions apply to groundwater extraction for plots 14–22, and stricter criteria regarding excavation depth apply for plots 16–22.
Regarding the house types:
Orange indicates classic two-story villas (9.5 m (31 ft) ridge height; 6.5 m (21 ft) eaves height)
Blue shows 9.5 m (31 ft) ridge height; 4.5 m (15 ft) eaves height
Purple with 6.5 m (21 ft) ridge height is not of interest to us
Light yellow with 11 m (36 ft) ridge height is not relevant due to the road
Our current thoughts:
We have decided on a single-family house, not a semi-detached. We tend to prefer the orange house type, but the blue is also acceptable.
The farther into the residential area, the less through traffic there is. We currently live in a neighborhood with only one access point, and for the first houses, the traffic is already quite annoying.
At the same time, to the west, we are farther from the former industrial site and the town-edge road.
Preferences are for plot 9 (located deep within the development area, garden facing west, slightly larger than 14 and 15), with the limitation that waste bins would be stored there. Then plot 2 (the largest plot with over 600 m² (6,460 sq ft), garden facing southwest), with the limitation that it is only accessible via plot 1 (we are unsure if this could be inconvenient) and there might be difficulty finding the connection to the rest of the neighborhood via the separate access road.
Then plots 14 and 15 (still sufficiently far from the road and former site), with the limitation that the garden faces east.
What are your thoughts on this?
Thank you.
To the east of the development area runs a relatively busy road at the town’s edge. From this road, you can enter the development area in the southeast (see image).
Plots 1 and 2 are accessed via the road above. Plot 2 is only accessible through plot 1.
To the southwest, there is a primary school and a playground.
The letter M marks the waste bin storage area for the semi-detached houses 3–6.
In the east, there is a former industrial site where groundwater has occasionally shown contaminant levels. Therefore, restrictions apply to groundwater extraction for plots 14–22, and stricter criteria regarding excavation depth apply for plots 16–22.
Regarding the house types:
Orange indicates classic two-story villas (9.5 m (31 ft) ridge height; 6.5 m (21 ft) eaves height)
Blue shows 9.5 m (31 ft) ridge height; 4.5 m (15 ft) eaves height
Purple with 6.5 m (21 ft) ridge height is not of interest to us
Light yellow with 11 m (36 ft) ridge height is not relevant due to the road
Our current thoughts:
We have decided on a single-family house, not a semi-detached. We tend to prefer the orange house type, but the blue is also acceptable.
The farther into the residential area, the less through traffic there is. We currently live in a neighborhood with only one access point, and for the first houses, the traffic is already quite annoying.
At the same time, to the west, we are farther from the former industrial site and the town-edge road.
Preferences are for plot 9 (located deep within the development area, garden facing west, slightly larger than 14 and 15), with the limitation that waste bins would be stored there. Then plot 2 (the largest plot with over 600 m² (6,460 sq ft), garden facing southwest), with the limitation that it is only accessible via plot 1 (we are unsure if this could be inconvenient) and there might be difficulty finding the connection to the rest of the neighborhood via the separate access road.
Then plots 14 and 15 (still sufficiently far from the road and former site), with the limitation that the garden faces east.
What are your thoughts on this?
Thank you.
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hanghaus20232 Oct 2024 11:47No slope, but the street is at least 1 meter (3 feet) higher.
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hanghaus20232 Oct 2024 12:03There is no utility room planned. Then, a basement?
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Mangolicious2 Oct 2024 12:32hanghaus2023 schrieb:
There is no utility room planned. Then with a basement?
There is a floor plan with a utility room; I would rotate (and mirror) the house so that the entrance faces east. The northern window in the study would be omitted, and a smaller carport placed next to the bin storage area. The nice living-dining area would still have a south-west orientation.
Yes, about 80cm-100cm (31-39 inches) below street level.
I can’t say how much earthworks will cost. I estimate quite a lot?
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hanghaus20232 Oct 2024 13:27That depends on the quote from the earthworks contractor. I would request about 400 m³ (520 cubic yards).
Do you mean something like this?
Do you mean something like this?
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hanghaus20232 Oct 2024 13:35Or with CP in the north? Then your house is quite far south, though.
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Mangolicious2 Oct 2024 14:29Attached is the corresponding floor plan.
The idea was to position the main entrance slightly more towards the east, with a small carport ending just before the living room window. In front of it is the parking space, so that not too many square meters of the front garden are lost (meaning no parking space directly in front of the house).
I am not sure what the legal requirements are regarding parking spaces.
This layout allows for some garden area on the sunny, window-rich south and west sides, with the boundary to the bin storage area marked by the carport.
The idea was to position the main entrance slightly more towards the east, with a small carport ending just before the living room window. In front of it is the parking space, so that not too many square meters of the front garden are lost (meaning no parking space directly in front of the house).
I am not sure what the legal requirements are regarding parking spaces.
This layout allows for some garden area on the sunny, window-rich south and west sides, with the boundary to the bin storage area marked by the carport.
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