Building a garage on the boundary is not possible according to the architect.

If I have correctly interpreted the parameters, this would only be possible through a Baulast. This involves additional costs; the relevant plans may be prepared by any publicly appointed surveyor or cadastral office in NRW. Architects are expressly _not_ allowed to prepare location plans for Baulast registration.

Another disadvantage: for further/future building applications, the location plans for the building requests (extension, additional garage, carport, etc.) must also be executed by a publicly appointed surveyor/cadastral office as an official site plan. Although this does not always become apparent during the review, the owner can be lucky that an architect's plan is accepted, but this should at least be kept in mind for further construction projects. This applies especially to the neighbor, as the Baulast rests on their property. For the beneficiary property (yours), this is actually also the case, but it tends to be overlooked during the building authority’s review.

However: the neighbor may, for example, build a garage (i.e., a so-called privileged construction project) on the Baulast, meaning that with mutually clever planning, there is no structural disadvantage despite the Baulast registration.

Best regards Dirk Grafe

Now that I see the heights and still have your floor plan in mind! Place the garage to the right of the house and the entrance on the right side and open your entire house to the southwest!

Oh I see... And the neighbor's windows wouldn't bother me at all! Surely a privacy screen will be installed at the boundary at some point and you probably have curtains too... :) The light in the right rooms would be muuuch more important to me!!!

Hey, well, we wanted to place you on the left because the sun comes from the right. That was the reason. But it will probably end up on the right because otherwise the effort is too high. Garage on the right and entrance on the right is a bit inconvenient because space would be wasted between the entrance and the garage. That would have to be at least 2 m. With the entrance at the front, we still have the option to create a terrace on the left from SW to NW. That’s the plan.

Well, but the sun only comes from the right in the morning... Most of the day it is in the front and on the left... I didn’t think so before either, but it is extreme how much warmer and sunnier the west side is compared to the south side. And this way you can put large windows in the front and on the left and have light in the rooms all day. You can also move the garage on the right further back and then have the entrance in front of the garage. Then you don’t need space in between and still have parking spaces in front of the garage. But even with some space in between it can look very nice and be used sensibly. I just think that with your property the entrance from the front is the unfavorable option regarding the orientation of the house...

Hey Kisska, moving the garage further back is not possible due to the steep slope. The only option is not to put it directly against the house, but then we lose the distance to the other neighbor for the front terrace. We received our current elevations today. You can find them here: