Mavis42
2020-05-05 14:04:22
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Dear building experts among you,
My husband and I have a building plot of approximately 600 sqm, floor area ratio 0.4, plot ratio 0.8 in Baden-Württemberg in sight. However, we are not experts and are trying to make sense of the development plan. The state building code BW from 1972 applies. According to the development plan, a single-family house I+IU may be built. An attic is also allowed as long as it does not exceed the 2/3 rule with a clear height of 2.0m. So far so good. A roof pitch of 22-33° is permitted. Now the catch: on the valley side, the eaves height may be a maximum of 5.7m and on the mountain side a maximum of 3.5m. In our opinion, the plot is on a very slight slope (not yet measured, but viewed from the top edge of the street the highest point is approximately +1.5m) so we simply can’t imagine how a maximum eaves height of 3.5m is allowed on the mountain side. This of course significantly reduces the knee wall height for the attic. In addition, the sun comes from the valley side onto the long side of the house which should run parallel to the street, so a terrace on the street side in the southwest makes more sense than on the mountain side in the north.
Now to my questions:
1. As a reference point for the eaves heights, the following is stated: "measured from the intersection between the house base and the defined ground level to the intersection between the outer wall and the roof covering."
How should we understand this definition? What is the house base, for example the floor of the ground floor or the point where the terrain intersects?
2. Is it worth fighting for this plot based on the given information, as there are several interested parties?
Thank you for your help
My husband and I have a building plot of approximately 600 sqm, floor area ratio 0.4, plot ratio 0.8 in Baden-Württemberg in sight. However, we are not experts and are trying to make sense of the development plan. The state building code BW from 1972 applies. According to the development plan, a single-family house I+IU may be built. An attic is also allowed as long as it does not exceed the 2/3 rule with a clear height of 2.0m. So far so good. A roof pitch of 22-33° is permitted. Now the catch: on the valley side, the eaves height may be a maximum of 5.7m and on the mountain side a maximum of 3.5m. In our opinion, the plot is on a very slight slope (not yet measured, but viewed from the top edge of the street the highest point is approximately +1.5m) so we simply can’t imagine how a maximum eaves height of 3.5m is allowed on the mountain side. This of course significantly reduces the knee wall height for the attic. In addition, the sun comes from the valley side onto the long side of the house which should run parallel to the street, so a terrace on the street side in the southwest makes more sense than on the mountain side in the north.
Now to my questions:
1. As a reference point for the eaves heights, the following is stated: "measured from the intersection between the house base and the defined ground level to the intersection between the outer wall and the roof covering."
How should we understand this definition? What is the house base, for example the floor of the ground floor or the point where the terrain intersects?
2. Is it worth fighting for this plot based on the given information, as there are several interested parties?
Thank you for your help