Climbee
2018-12-27 09:04:52
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Like the elephant, I’m also not entirely sure whether there is a development plan here or if it can be inserted according to §34.
With §34 you can definitely stand your ground and the chances of getting through with it are not bad. The only limitation here is the setback areas. Insertion does not necessarily mean that you have to build in the same style as the surrounding development, but that the manner of construction must fit in. So you will hardly be allowed to put a multi-story apartment building with dozens of units in an area mainly with single-family houses, no commercial building in a residential area, etc. Many municipal council members are not aware of this; they fail due to their lack of knowledge and are convinced that insertion means the new house must look like the ones around it. But that is exactly not true.
If you have enough space and the prescribed setback areas allow it, in my opinion there is basically nothing against a single-family house with a knee wall of 2m. Even if the municipal council prefers a Swabian-village style or what they imagine that to be (often two very different things...). In that case, my good advice: find a competent architect and go through the higher building authority (usually the district office). The architect should have connections to that building authority and be willing to advocate for the building application. You can get much more out of it than a municipal council could ever imagine in their wildest (alpine) dreams, and still stay nicely within the limits of §34.
It’s of course different if there is a valid development plan. Then you are much more restricted and the specifications for knee wall, roof shape, etc. are indeed binding.
200sqm on one level is definitely possible but requires good, thoughtful planning. Possibly as an L-shaped bungalow or with staggered areas. There are many and quite interesting and beautiful possibilities. Usually, however, a bungalow will be more expensive than the same square meterage distributed over two floors.
If roof slopes can be avoided, I would always do that. You can achieve coziness in other ways and don’t have to restrict yourself so much when furnishing.
With §34 you can definitely stand your ground and the chances of getting through with it are not bad. The only limitation here is the setback areas. Insertion does not necessarily mean that you have to build in the same style as the surrounding development, but that the manner of construction must fit in. So you will hardly be allowed to put a multi-story apartment building with dozens of units in an area mainly with single-family houses, no commercial building in a residential area, etc. Many municipal council members are not aware of this; they fail due to their lack of knowledge and are convinced that insertion means the new house must look like the ones around it. But that is exactly not true.
If you have enough space and the prescribed setback areas allow it, in my opinion there is basically nothing against a single-family house with a knee wall of 2m. Even if the municipal council prefers a Swabian-village style or what they imagine that to be (often two very different things...). In that case, my good advice: find a competent architect and go through the higher building authority (usually the district office). The architect should have connections to that building authority and be willing to advocate for the building application. You can get much more out of it than a municipal council could ever imagine in their wildest (alpine) dreams, and still stay nicely within the limits of §34.
It’s of course different if there is a valid development plan. Then you are much more restricted and the specifications for knee wall, roof shape, etc. are indeed binding.
200sqm on one level is definitely possible but requires good, thoughtful planning. Possibly as an L-shaped bungalow or with staggered areas. There are many and quite interesting and beautiful possibilities. Usually, however, a bungalow will be more expensive than the same square meterage distributed over two floors.
If roof slopes can be avoided, I would always do that. You can achieve coziness in other ways and don’t have to restrict yourself so much when furnishing.