Difficult Plot and Monument - §34

Once again about the number of floors, after you misclassified the single-story building: are actually 2 real floors possible?

This is taken from Google Street View. It is located 2 houses away. Of course, it may be called a residential basement below; I would have classified it as a full floor.

If this is not a hillside house and the brick-faced floor sinks into the ground or the house also has a mega single-storey extension, then it is a two-storey building. See [Landesbauordnung]

Many building authorities do approve constructions on existing foundations (or even in their place and size), but a formal legal protection of the existing building above is not established by a basement alone.

Here, they turn a blind eye, including to corns, and are happy about anyone who stays or moves in. Especially when it's within the town and an empty existing building. We received a free consultation on what is possible, ranging from renovation to a draft of how the new house could fit on the plot. That is truly invaluable when the plot is not flat and square in a new development area.

Well, today I spent some more time on the property and thought about possible constructions. Unfortunately, the building authority here does not really have an open consultation hour. You can call, but you don’t even get the responsible caseworker on the line, and all conversations always end with: we can’t make any statements about that now, you have to submit a building pre-application... Too bad.

It has been established that a closed development is possible, but I don’t want to use it entirely because I would like to keep an option open to access the property with vehicles. There are some foundations on it that will have to be removed later, but not in the first construction phase.

Since I would like to integrate the half-timbered house at the front into the house, the only option is to build on the right side next to the neighbor and leave a distance on the left. However, I have also considered abandoning the plan with the connection. I could renovate the historic monument and rent it out, then I would also leave the ceiling inside. That would give me many more options for our new building, right? After all, the left neighbor has already built right up to the boundary. You could build right up to the edge there. Then the south side of the house would be free, and I would have more possibilities on the property.

What do you think? I really liked the idea of the study with the passage. But am I ruining the flexibility for a possible construction with this idea? Renting and the historic monument also offer many tax advantages...

Well, today I spent some more time on the property

And where are the photos?

building to the right next to the neighbors and to the left

Where is right and where is left for you?

Unfortunately, the building authority here does not really have an open consultation hour. You can call, but you don’t even get the responsible caseworker on the line, and all conversations always end with: we cannot make any statement about that now, you have to submit a preliminary building request... Shame.

Don’t go to Schmidtchen, go straight to Schmidt. Tell the head of the building authority or better yet, the department head, about the benefits of consultation hours that relieve his employees. Even in Knieritz an der Knatter, this has already been recognized, unless it’s carnival there.