RoterPapagei
2022-08-24 22:41:21
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Oops… the budget topic again (sorry): a plain solid house on a slab, flat plot, currently costs 3000€/sqm plus the usual costs (garden and landscaping, incidental construction costs, parking space)
and now see how much you can afford if you first have to invest a flat 100000€ of your budget for earthworks on the hillside. It’s a simple back-of-the-envelope calculation, but it roughly shows where it’s heading.
I’m missing the site plan. Flat. 2D. It looks as if the house is best consistently positioned at the front by the street. East terrace then on the ground floor on the basement level, upper floor with connection to the West garden.
The budget is probably more for the partial basement including garage, then 2 smaller floors without 7.5 fitness room etc. I already don’t see cantilevers because of setback rules.
Hillside plots should always be planned with an architect who has hillside experience.
So two things that stand out to me from the posts here:
1) Position the house as far as possible towards the street side (despite worse views), 2) cancel the south terrace and instead terrace on the west side. Is that correct?
Cantilevers as shown here are compliant with the local setback rules.
I have a friend who is an architect and I will ask him about the project after your insistence. Are there any other tips for finding architects (Rhein-Neckar district)?
Think about winter too. You have to clear every switchback when it snows. Slipperiness is also a big problem given the steepness.
Also, regardless of the weather, you need a lot of space for the switchbacks to be reasonable at 28% gradient. For the path, you will then have to build many retaining walls, which is costly and not very nice. I would rather invest the money in terracing medium-sized areas behind the house.
Are really larger retaining walls necessary for switchbacks?