globetrotter
2015-05-06 00:05:29
- #1
Hello everyone,
while searching for a plot with the municipal housing company, we came across a plot (see attachment) for which there is no development plan, and accordingly, construction is supposed to be done according to §34 of the Building Code in accordance with the surroundings. The housing company has already warned that the city wants a "tower house" as a boundary building on the plot, adjacent to a 3-story multi-family house. However, they also believed that, due to the presence of a maximum 2-story detached single-family house in the immediate vicinity, this would be legally very doubtful, and I should submit a building enquiry for a normal detached single-family house to the city to challenge any rejection. Therefore, I was at the urban development office today to clarify whether this expectation is factual, where it was confirmed to me exactly as such. The goal is to have a similar eaves height.
Now the questions to the group. Are such challenges promising in terms of success and how much do they delay the normal process? We are still at the beginning of our planning but originally wanted a single-family house of around 140 sqm. We are generally not even bothered by the 3-story design, but think that it drives the price up (rightly so?) and costs us planning flexibility.
Legend for the attachment:
Red: desired plot
Green: 3-story multi-family house to be attached to
Blue: single-family house 1 1/2-2 stories
Yellow: terraced houses 2 1/2 stories

while searching for a plot with the municipal housing company, we came across a plot (see attachment) for which there is no development plan, and accordingly, construction is supposed to be done according to §34 of the Building Code in accordance with the surroundings. The housing company has already warned that the city wants a "tower house" as a boundary building on the plot, adjacent to a 3-story multi-family house. However, they also believed that, due to the presence of a maximum 2-story detached single-family house in the immediate vicinity, this would be legally very doubtful, and I should submit a building enquiry for a normal detached single-family house to the city to challenge any rejection. Therefore, I was at the urban development office today to clarify whether this expectation is factual, where it was confirmed to me exactly as such. The goal is to have a similar eaves height.
Now the questions to the group. Are such challenges promising in terms of success and how much do they delay the normal process? We are still at the beginning of our planning but originally wanted a single-family house of around 140 sqm. We are generally not even bothered by the 3-story design, but think that it drives the price up (rightly so?) and costs us planning flexibility.
Legend for the attachment:
Red: desired plot
Green: 3-story multi-family house to be attached to
Blue: single-family house 1 1/2-2 stories
Yellow: terraced houses 2 1/2 stories