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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Mangolicious16 Sep 2024 19:50We were offered a semi-detached house plot No. 10. Quite a letdown. According to the city, all single-family house plots are suddenly gone, so it seems there won’t be any other options for us. With two children, and potentially three in the future, a semi-detached house is currently hard to imagine.
Otherwise, I find the plot with the west-facing garden and no overshadowing house still acceptable. Still, it’s a setback that you need some time to process.
Otherwise, I find the plot with the west-facing garden and no overshadowing house still acceptable. Still, it’s a setback that you need some time to process.
Mangolicious schrieb:
We were offered semi-detached house plot No. 10. Quite a setback. Mangolicious schrieb:
Blue 9.5m (31 feet) ridge height; 4.5m (15 feet) eaves height Mangolicious schrieb:
With two children and potentially three in the future, a semi-detached house is currently hard to imagine. Have we already discussed the floor area ratio / plot ratio? How large is the plot?
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Mangolicious16 Sep 2024 21:03ypg schrieb:
Oh, . .
Oh,
have we already discussed the floor area ratio / plot ratio? How large is the lot? 294 sqm (3,165 sq ft)
The street frontage is 12.80 m (42 ft), so the lot is roughly rectangular, approximately 12.80 x 22.97 m (42 x 75 ft).
Two stories, roof pitch between 25 and 45 degrees
Attached is the buildable area. At the moment, I can only photograph it and have not been able to save it on my phone.
Mangolicious schrieb:
We were offered semi-detached house plot No. 10. [...] With two children and potentially three in the future, a semi-detached house is currently hard to imagine. Parents with two or three children are exactly the typical residents of the semi-detached house model that dominates the market in my opinion. So it is quite easy to imagine, as you can find information about it there.
What bothers me (as you can read in my post "A semi-detached house has TWO halves" or here in the Goalkeeper thread https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/reihenendhaus-mit-gue-in-eigenregie-bauen.31198/) is the allocation of semi-detached house plots to individual builders. I believe coordination between neighbors of semi-detached houses is by far the most important disaster prevention measure. For more on this, refer to the original quote
11ant schrieb:
More precisely: agree on a joint architect, and build together at least up to the upper edge of the foundation slab / upper edge of the base plate (OKKD/OKBP); even better up to the shell construction / topping-out ceremony. After that, the paths can safely diverge. (The key points are ideally matching profiles on the shared wall side and the keywords "with basement / without basement").
Mangolicious schrieb:
According to the city, all single-house plots are suddenly sold out; it seems we won’t have any other options. That actually sounds very convenient as it allows you to quickly resell the middle house on the market when the time comes. A perfect plan B.
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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Mangolicious28 Sep 2024 11:24We now have access to Plot 9, which is our preferred lot. It features a west-facing garden and is situated within the residential area.
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