Building with a knee wall of 50 cm?

By the way, a gable roof with a 25-30% pitch is prescribed as the roof...

Thank you for your answers! My parents built with a knee wall of 75cm and I always found it stupid and my parents did too. I have the feeling that if you already spend so much money and hopefully only build once in your life, it should also be (almost) the way you like it... On the other hand, there are simply hardly any plots and the location would really be very good. By the way, with a basement we would probably have to/would build anyway, because the plot lies slightly on a slope. The neighboring houses around all built with a high basement. Best regards

Well, then the question is not really open. And if you plan it cleverly, you also get enough daylight into the basement for the rooms that need it.

On a slope, it should rather work with a basement anyway. What do you mean by slightly on a slope? Show the site plan, preferably with contour lines. Or photos of the property. The best way to see which exceptions the building authority accepts is by looking in the surrounding area.

By the way, we would probably have to build with a basement anyway, since the plot is situated on a slight slope.

How many floors are allowed? For a slope, I would also recommend building a ground floor with a basement, in builder's language basically a half-buried city villa. Bury the ancillary rooms and then place the children's rooms on the open slope.

Hello MelW2024,

we have the same situation here. Old development plan from the 70s and only a knee wall of a maximum of 50cm. Gable roof.

I already wanted to write off the plot because of that, but the development plan also states that two full floors are allowed. From a certain knee wall height, a floor is considered a full floor; we are going for a knee wall of 2 meters which we wanted anyway), which solves the problem. We asked the responsible building authority for the current definition of a full floor valid for the building area. Of course, that depends on the federal state.

Inquiries with the municipality and the responsible district office were very positive for us; both clerks had full understanding ("nobody builds like that nowadays anyway") and already indicated that a change request with the building application would not be a problem (that was our plan B).

How is it with you, how many full floors are allowed?

Thank you for all your answers! I didn't expect that at all.

On a slope, it should actually work with a basement anyway. What do you understand by slightly on a slope? Show the site plan preferably with contour lines. Or photos of the property.

You can see which exceptions the building authority accepts best in the surroundings.

The property has a slope of about 10%. Unfortunately, there are no exceptions on the street. All the houses were built in the 80s and have a knee wall of 50 cm. "Our" property is the only one that has not been developed.

How many stories are allowed? I would also recommend building a ground floor with a basement on a slope, in builder's German, basically a half-buried city villa. Bury the ancillary rooms and then put the children's rooms on the open slope.

Unfortunately, only one full story and then the knee wall of 50 cm are allowed. Two full stories are not allowed!