ᐅ A private road is required to provide access to the property.

We (3 parties – planned 3 single-family homes) are about to purchase a plot of land. We still need a private road for access.

Does anyone know how to proceed here? Is it necessary to hire an architect for the construction, or is "just an engineer/civil engineer" enough?

Has anyone had experience with this?

Thanks

Rollo1512 schrieb:

Does anyone here know how to proceed in this case? Do you need an architect or just an engineer/civil engineer for the development?

Wow. You can ask questions :-(

I'll try to throw in a few thoughts: one consideration might be to hand over the road to the municipality after construction and dedicate it as public # you should ask how far the road would be counted as an accessory area to the built-up plots or whether it makes sense to register it as a separate parcel # as a purely private road, it is only seen publicly as a driveway: for local road maintenance fees, for street sweeper charges, etc., you would probably all be treated as if the properties were located directly on the public road # I assume the houses will be arranged one after another, and the plot with public road access wouldn’t really need the private road?

And two more general thoughts regarding such a group of homeowners sharing the situation: first, I would recommend finding a common architect and a joint contractor (for the houses, I mean); and second, I would consider a shared utility connection and heating center, for example installed in a fourth garage.

By the way, about the garage: consider placing the parking spaces/garages together near the public road. Then, towards the back, use narrower driveways or even just pedestrian paths. Something like 3m (10 feet) wide should be enough for furniture trucks and emergency vehicles, with posts to close it off for everyday use as a pedestrian path only. Just some advice ;-)

And I would think in terms of a property developer—they have experience with the overall situation, such as when they build housing developments on former commercial sites; and their business model basically also works the other way around with homeowners already involved as clients from the start.

---

https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/

Hello, I am also a private road user.
From one large plot, we now have five plots plus the parcel for the private road.
We all need the road to access the public road.

In our case, a real estate agent handled the subdivision for the original private owner, the drawings with the architect, the contract for the development, and finally the processing with the notary. The development was carried out by a civil engineering company.

ph710 schrieb:
We all need the road to access the public street.

That means none of the plots border directly on the public street – so how does the private road do it? Did you leave the road "private" after completion?

---

https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/

11ant schrieb:
So none of the plots border directly on the public road – how does the private road then connect? Did you keep the road "private" after completion?

For example, see attachment. Plots 1–5 are located in the second row, and the newly constructed private road (red) connects the private properties with the public pathway area (green).

@TE: As always, a plan helps. In general, I suggest handing over the road to the local authority at the end of development, if at all possible. Exceptions prove the rule.

Best regards,
Dirk Grafe

11ant schrieb:
So none of the plots border directly on the public road – how does the private road connect then? Did you keep the road private after completion?

One plot touches the public road at a corner. It is not yet built on. There are three trees in that corner.

We were only able to purchase these plots by acquiring shares in the private road.
This is common practice in this area.