Preparing the site for the floor slab on a slight slope

Offer a house with/without a basement. Offer civil engineering with/without a basement. Then you know exactly what it costs. For me, it was 70k. It is also feasible without a basement. GD

We expect costs for the house including the floor slab of up to approximately €400,000.

For what size? That is already relatively tight. There’s really no money left for a basement. But, you must not only look at the invoice for the house in the whole story, but consider the property and house together, including the planned outdoor facilities.
Our plot has a similar slope (2m diagonally across, about 70cm of that in the building area). The house digs in slightly at one corner and comes out at the other. The adjoining terrace amplifies that and extends quite a bit further. You also don’t really have much space to terrace down, especially towards the rear access road. It can be that you have to support not only the soil but also part of the house. I would definitely not decide anything here without once reasonably calculating the necessary work for the outdoor facilities.

Is there a development plan?

A 10% slope is just about at the limit where a basement is worthwhile.

For what size? That is already relatively tight. There isn’t really money left for a basement. But you shouldn’t just look at the calculation for the house in this whole story, but consider the plot and house together, including planned outdoor facilities.

Between 140 and 150m² over 2 floors, we have already done an exemplary selection and decided that we can pretty much live with keeping the standard everywhere. If we build with a basement, 130m² would also be enough for us.

Our plot has a similar slope (2m diagonally over it, about 70cm within the building window). The house digs in slightly at one corner and comes out at the other corner. The adjoining terrace reinforces this and extends even further out. You also don’t really have much space to slope off, especially towards the rear access. It can be that you not only have to retain the soil but also part of the house. I would definitely not commit to anything here without at least reasonably calculating the necessary work for the outdoor facilities.

How did you ultimately implement it?

Is there a development plan? 10% slope is just about the limit where the basement pays off.

There is no development plan. The development must be oriented on the neighboring development; we have already briefly consulted with the city about this.

Between 140 and 150m² on 2 floors, we have already carried out an exemplary selection and decided that we can pretty much live with the standard everywhere. If we build with a basement, 130m² would also suffice for us.

Selection sounds like quite concrete ideas about the house, the numbers mentioned rather not.

Sampling sounds like fairly concrete ideas about the house, the numbers mentioned rather not.

To me, the story sounds like a prefab house builder has already been decided on, which is why there is also the preliminary sampling. Now, "only" the right house has to be chosen from the catalog and placed by the draftsman in the building application. That is why there is talk of preparing the plot. For me, it screams expensive surprises later.