ᐅ Gentle Slope – Should You Build on the Slope or Add Fill?

Created on: 25 May 2018 08:24

Hello dear forum members,

we are interested in a plot of land that has a slight slope (see attached photos).

What do you think? Based solely on the pictures you see, is it possible to fill in or redistribute the soil to level the plot, or would we inevitably have to build following the slope? What approximate costs might we expect? A basement is not planned; we would like to build with a slab-on-grade foundation.

Thank you very much!

Außenansicht eines pinken Hauses mit Garten, Hecke und offener Landschaft unter blauem Himmel.

Grünes Gartenland mit Haus links, grasige Fläche, Hecke im Hintergrund, blauer Himmel

Gruenes-grasfeld-vor-haeusern-mit-parkendem-auto-und-blauem-himmel

Grünes Grasfeld mit langer Hecke im Hintergrund und Bank, blauer Himmel

Ländliche Häuserlandschaft mit Grasfeldern, Gartenbereich und blauem Himmel

Grünes offenes Grundstück mit Gras, Hecke und Häusern im Hintergrund unter blauem Himmel

Altes Haus mit verputzter Fassade vor grünem Feld und Gartenbereich.

haydee26 May 2018 11:20

#37

The house would then be far away from the street, right?

Solvin26 May 2018 11:53

#38

Yes, the installation of the utilities would become more expensive. However, I do not know what the costs per meter would be for each connection.

Solvin26 May 2018 12:41

#39

The front door would be about 12m (39 feet) away from the street.

11ant26 May 2018 13:02

#40

Avoiding a basement is, in my opinion, not a value in itself. Therefore, I don’t think it is worth investing basement-level costs in earthworks, slope stabilization, and drainage, or even placing the house in a location where the land could be used for something more valuable. I also wouldn’t want to end up with what is essentially a football field-sized driveway paving just because a basement was avoided unnecessarily.

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Solvin26 May 2018 17:53

#41

I will now have the architect explain exactly what would be possible here. I don’t necessarily want to avoid a basement, for example. If the basement costs 5,000 more than the excavation work, then I would of course go for the basement, especially since it can provide additional storage or living space.

11ant26 May 2018 19:21

#42

Solvin schrieb:
We had already chosen the house. The dimensions of the house are 9.5m x 9.5m (31 ft x 31 ft). It is a prefabricated house, [...] We already have an architect,

Why a prefabricated house if you have an architect – is it at least a custom design? Or do you mean by architect someone from the manufacturer who just adjusts the knee wall height of a standard model for the building permit / planning permission?

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ᐅ Gentle Slope – Should You Build on the Slope or Add Fill?

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