Difficult Plot and Monument - §34

What are the external dimensions of the monument?

I roughly come up with 3.52 x 6.70 m, quite exactly matching the plans from . His layout of the property and the construction matches my idea very well. But a lot of earth would have to be moved there. However, with the footprint, I could definitely accommodate all our wishes well. If we know a bit more about the possible construction, the next step would be a soil survey, right? Just so I better understand how the architect proceeds.

The enclosed construction style in the neighborhood is always only one story when I look around. So, border construction could possibly mean a recessed top floor.

Freestanding could, however, also mean two stories. I quickly tried with my program, which cannot handle slopes (so please filter out program errors):

With its floor plan

By the way, this is Yvonne.

A lot of earth would have to be moved there

Unfortunately, I have not fully understood this situation regarding the existing structure yet. Am I right in seeing that the "tear-down house" at the front is one-and-a-half stories and at the back on the upper floor there is a single-story flat-roof extension? Or is the whole shack built on one level?
The question would first be, what remains if everything is cleared away? Or do you leave something standing as support? I wouldn’t be a fan of old residues in this case. Too much old rubbish.

I could imagine that you build similarly again to avoid moving earth masses. So two stories in the front and only one story + roof in the back, only this time all in one piece. That will be quite tall but you wanted the view. I do have my doubts about the construction in the rear part because of the distances to the neighbor.

I am afraid that the earthworks for the detached house will exceed the budget.

How large is the floor area of the demolition house actually?

Do I see it correctly that the "Wegreißhaus" is one and a half stories high at the front and has a single-story flat-roof extension attached at the rear on the upper floor? Or is the whole hut founded on one level?

Is this now a single-story extension, just like the front yard at ground level? Or would it already be the (imagined) upper floor?

Here is the answer from the builder:

Currently, it is still at ground level.

By the way, this is Yvonne.

Oh, hello Yvonne, thank you very much for your effort! Until now, I only knew the YPG as a Kurdish liberation organization. Those are really good suggestions!

How large is the footprint of the demolition house actually

That is almost exactly 60 sqm of footprint.

Today the sun was shining and I went to the property once again. The photos were taken at 3:45 p.m. Actually, I was a bit sobered by how deeply the house is dug into the slope. I never noticed that at first. In particular, the property seems to lie significantly lower compared to the southern neighbor. I think that is a retaining wall and not just a fence. Unfortunately, I cannot see the neighbor's property well. At first, I found your little terrace in the south very charming! But I cannot bear that prison wall right in front of it. I would be interested to know if it is legally possible to extend the connection between the monument and the main house and thus raise your terrace one story higher onto the roof. Then it could be very nice. What do you think?

Now the views: just before four o’clock the sun hits the courtyard towards the street. There is little traffic but of course you sit then on a display platter. If the courtyard is nicely designed, e.g., paved and large pots frame the seating area, it could be really nice:


Now you go right through the gate. I think the wall on the right side (at least in the rear part), also supports some of the slope at the neighbor. This is where the south terrace was planned, unfortunately that won’t work like this.


Now once again the rear part of this ominous wall to the neighbor’s property to the south (here I am already standing behind the house, so looking directly at it):


The view in the same direction behind the house. Obviously the slope was dug away for this extension. Very unfortunate. But that’s where the “basement” could land, the first floor should then end higher. That’s where the sun starts then (well, higher house -> more shadow):


In the rear part of the property, the barrier to the neighbor is fortunately no longer so high (but still there, as you can see from above):


And now the side to the northern neighbor. I find the possibility to park cars there and make the garden “driveable” attractive and also consider it possible with moderate effort as soon as the house is gone.


The really beautiful parts of the property lie then up on the slope but that is irrelevant for the construction for now....