Slight slope, building with a basement or a floor slab?

Hello everyone,

we have finally found a plot of land that we really like in terms of location, size, and price. Unfortunately, it has a slight slope. We originally wanted to build only with a slab foundation, as the plots are more expensive than expected and the budget is of course limited.
My question now is: Would it be possible to build on this plot (see attachment) with a slab foundation?
The plot extends to the end of the curb edge.
My idea was to leave the parking space at the neighbor's L-stones at street level and then create a kind of embankment from the street down to the house in front of the house, so that the house would be 1-2 meters below street level (if that much is even necessary). Then plant the embankment as a front garden and build stairs from the parking space down to the house entrance.
The alternative would be a basement, as we would like to have direct access to the garden at ground level, but that would probably be really expensive.
What do you think would be sensible and feasible?

Thank you very much in advance.

The Wüstlings

I would build with a basement. And the money for it, as far as possible, can be partially recovered through personal labor. Or rather, such a basement doesn’t necessarily have to look nice on the inside. So you can also skip plastering the walls.

Now you also have to remove a part of the earth. So the excavation for the basement is already done to that extent.

If you build the house below street level, it could happen during heavy rain that your apartment gets flooded. A basement can be built in such a way that no water penetrates.

from the parking space down to the house entrance a staircase.

I wouldn’t do that. We have experienced ourselves how quickly one can end up in a wheelchair, and in that case, such a staircase is the last thing you want. That doesn’t mean I wish that on you, quite the opposite. I just want to draw attention to something you normally wouldn’t expect.

Basement costs 60k either way. without basement!

What is more sensible regarding the property now must be told to you by an architect. I personally do not like basements, but here I would not speak of a basement either, rather of a lower level. Otherwise omit. Maybe the architect has a great suggestion.

Hello Wüstling,

we had a similar challenge and question as you, only our plot is a bit more "extreme".
We decided to build a basement, but for now only in the "bare" shell state, and plan to finish the basement later as a DIY project.
Currently, it looks like this for us: we enter our living floor at ground level, and the bedrooms are located on the upper floor, a balcony on the ground floor facing the garden is also planned.
In the basement, there is the utility room and a storage room plus an additional room facing the garden. This room will later provide access to the garden terrace and therefore should offer garden furniture, grill, etc. a roof over their heads.

Hello everyone,

thank you for your previous responses.
and : as we said, we wanted to be able to go from the living room/kitchen to the terrace, so the basement would have to be finished when we move in and also look nice.
Instead of the stairs from the parking space down to the front door, one could also create a path.

When €60,000 is mentioned for a residential basement, it raises the question for me whether, given the slight slope, a partial basement could be done. So basically only properly basement the small part into the slope and then build the rest normally with masonry? Because for the exposed part, you save on the corresponding insulation of the walls against moisture from the ground. Right?

Of course, we will talk to the architect; a soil survey has not yet been carried out, etc. But before we buy the plot, we wanted to know roughly what the cost would be if we actually had to build with a basement. I simply have no experience with this.

Best regards

Wüstling