Location of city villa or single-family house on 500 m2 plot - rectangular

I didn’t mean parking on the strip, but using the strip itself as an access road and parking behind the house. Because there you could build a paved parking space on the property boundary.

Oh, I see! I’ll have to think about that.

In the variant where the parking space is in front of the house, this area would officially be just grass; you could execute it with gravel lawn (google the term if you’re not familiar) and then simply park on it once the building authority has approved everything.

Yes, sure, I’m not officially allowed to place a parking space on the 5m boundary strip. Whether I still park there later would mostly depend on how the neighbors feel about it and I wouldn’t plan on it firmly.

The building authority might also require you to officially designate parking spaces on your own property. One option would be to indicate the rear area in the building application, but not actually develop it in reality...

I was told that 1 parking space per residential unit is mandatory.

You would only lose 2 meters of garden area if you planned your garden between the house and the street in the northwest (!). I wouldn’t do that, it wouldn’t make sense to me if you have a large southwest area next to the house. From a southwest terrace, you can also nicely watch the summer sunset to the northwest on the side. In the other seasons, the sun sets anyway in the southwest or west. So, a southwest garden is perfect.

Yes, I meant rather a contiguous garden area. If the house stands on the 5m line, you have moderately narrow strips in front of and behind the house. But I understand what you mean. I just have to think about it or discuss it again with the building professionals.

With 350k all in, you won’t get far. 300k remain for the house Withwachshaus Flair 148 has enough rooms or Lichthaus 152 then the attic can become an office if there are 3 children. Stadthaus Flair 152 RE However, you won’t have any leeway during the customization phase.

We know that we can’t have high demands there. But I’m pragmatic about it. We have some EL potential through the father-in-law. But of course, he can’t always help. I’m confident with click laminate for the living areas, I already managed that in a crooked old building. With a reasonably straight and level new build, it should be possible. I’m curious about the first offers anyway. The first construction company is already building on the rear neighboring property. That could bring synergies for the development and possibly the construction. I’ve now agreed they should first just go by size and number of rooms and calculate maximum expansion level (they don’t know my budget) and maybe price downgrade packages in advance. Then we step down gradually. And if it still doesn’t fit, fortunately we can still plan with someone else here, since it’s BT-free!

What about privacy screens? I can probably safely put up a 1.7m fence and a 2m hedge

That is not certain. What does the development plan say? What does the environment look like? Is there a design statute?

The grow-with-you house Flair 148 has enough rooms or Lichthaus 152, then the attic can become the study in the case of 3 children.
Townhouse Flair 152 RE

I just forgot: Thanks for the prefabricated house suggestions, I'll take a look at them right away.

That is not certain. What does the development plan say? What does the surrounding area look like? Is there a design statute?

Ok, I rely a bit on the statements of the realtors.
There is no development plan on the street side.
According to the Berlin building code, even a 2m fence is allowed, something was apparently adjusted. But the neighborhood mostly has 1.7m, I would say (an estimate based on my own height).
Hedges with corresponding boundary distance 50cm to 2m, 1m over 2m even higher.

I completely agree with , but I would place both parking spaces together behind the house and design the house as a rectangle:

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First of all, you only have one car anyway, and secondly, more terrace space remains. Maybe you can shift the vehicle a bit further down on the plan so that a footpath to the front door is possible:

Yes, of course, I am officially not allowed to place a parking space on the 5m boundary strip. Whether I would still park there later would depend more on how the neighbors feel about it and I would not plan it firmly. Yes, I meant rather contiguous garden area. If the house stands on the 5m line, you have rather narrow strips in front of and behind the house.

It’s just a question of how strict they are with the 5m strip in front of the house. That no parking space is allowed there is quite strange. Was that justified? Just doing it anyway is not that easy. You have to provide proof during construction and that definitely won’t be there in front.

Ok, I'll take away that I should have as much space as possible on the south side, which I also find absolutely sensible, so if it’s not square, the short side should be parallel to the street (i.e. landscape rather than portrait orientation). What I haven’t understood yet (or maybe I just have a different opinion) is why it’s better to have two smaller strips in front of and behind the house than a somewhat larger one in front. In my idea, the larger contiguous area provides more openness and also more possibilities. So I had already considered placing a small shelter for garbage bins, bicycles, etc. as a boundary structure directly on the border to the street and the GFL strip in the medium term, and then the one parking space next to it.

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