Building a single-family house with/without a basement on a small plot

The community has made it clear that one could/should definitely build 1m from the building line (the whole thing was designed by an architect as part of a competition and he "didn't really think through the building line properly")

Unbelievable! The planners must be related to .

What do you want to do with the meter in front of the house? Do you want to give it to the city because they were too stupid for a proper plan and now have to build the public sidewalk themselves? Do you know how much or rather how little 1 meter distance is? Honestly, I think I would just ignore that distance and rather perfect my hut/terrace.

State? Depending on that, you either have to

- maintain a border distance of 2.5 or 3 meters with the garage
or
- place it directly on the border.

Bavaria. Yes, according to the development plan I have no alternative. I have to build the garage or carport north or south of the house and can use the full 3 meters to the border. It is the same with the neighbors to the south and north.

It also heavily depends on your habits, whether you store a lot (decorations, etc.) or rather little? Are you handy and have a lot of tools, possibly want a small workshop and so on? If you store relatively little, then a basement is not a must. But if you do have quite a bit to store and three children tend to be the wish, then I would rather lean towards a basement.

I completely agree with you, it depends on our habits. A workshop is not necessary, but we are somewhat "stuff hoarders" or "collectors."

In general, it is advisable to involve a construction supervisor for the critical phases. Then, even with "difficult" building ground, a basement is no problem.

Definitely. If with a basement, then also with an external construction supervisor. He is worth his money.

What do you want to do with the meter in front of the house? Do you want to give it to the city because they were too stupid for a proper plan and now have to build the public sidewalk themselves? Do you know how much or rather how little 1 meter distance is?

Yes, I know. On the one hand, it is kind of silly. But the front door practically right on the street, even if hardly any traffic?? I don't know...

The definition of a setback floor is usually 2/3 of the area of the floor below. So 6x9m would also be possible. Or a terrace of 3x9m.

Two rooms and a bathroom would already fit in there well, but it would also greatly depend on the exact position of the staircase then.

We will certainly consult an architect about that. I wonder if the setback floor counts as a full floor. I find different statements on the internet. If it does count, then we will have to significantly reduce the living area.

Do you mean on the upper floor?

Yes, the narrow room shown in the plan below on the upper floor and also the study/laundry room on the ground floor.

Draw your plans (even if they are just brainstorming) on graph paper, 1 cm equals 1 m, and furnish the rooms to scale with the essentials. Then you will see mistakes right away while drawing.

h wonder if the attic floor counts as a full floor. I find different statements on the internet

No, it does not. The binding reference for you is first of all the development plan, and there it says II+S in a circle. So you have to build 2 full floors plus the attic floor. How the attic floor is defined you can find out in the building regulations of your federal state, which we still do not know.

But the front door practically right on the street, even if hardly used?

The street is at the end of a dead-end with nothing but detached houses. Most likely it will become a "play street," ask the building authority or look in the legend of the development plan. We also have a traffic-calmed dead-end street at the end of a row of terraced houses, and basically only two neighbors drive back there. The "front yard" is about one meter deep as with all neighbors and without fencing. That is basically our sidewalk, that causes no problems since there is no through traffic and mutual consideration is not an unfamiliar word.