Hello,
I am new to the forum. We are at the beginning and in the planning phase for a single-family house. We want to accept an offer where the house is pre-designed and the plot is already included. A small development with 21 houses is being built.
The developer is called "Allegro-Haus." Has anyone had any experience with this company?
What should you definitely pay attention to when signing the contract?
I am grateful for any good advice!
Regards
I am new to the forum. We are at the beginning and in the planning phase for a single-family house. We want to accept an offer where the house is pre-designed and the plot is already included. A small development with 21 houses is being built.
The developer is called "Allegro-Haus." Has anyone had any experience with this company?
What should you definitely pay attention to when signing the contract?
I am grateful for any good advice!
Regards
We are still looking to buy a property preferably within the city limits. Meanwhile, we are already considering various preliminary details.
One of these is the following: If a newly built house can only be purchased together with a plot of land as a package, this is less advantageous concerning additional costs, but it cannot be changed.
A friend of mine has bought such a property and is now about to sign a construction and performance specification for the house, including his custom requests.
Does the so-called construction performance specification have to include the floor plan and the size of the plot? Both are to be considered part of the purchase. He is concerned that after signing, changes might still be made to the plot.
If he disagrees with such changes and, in the worst case, wants to withdraw from the contract, would he incur costs, such as penalties due to the preparation of the construction performance specification?
Is there any experience regarding this? This will surely be interesting for other homebuilders as well!
Thanks for your feedback
Condor
One of these is the following: If a newly built house can only be purchased together with a plot of land as a package, this is less advantageous concerning additional costs, but it cannot be changed.
A friend of mine has bought such a property and is now about to sign a construction and performance specification for the house, including his custom requests.
Does the so-called construction performance specification have to include the floor plan and the size of the plot? Both are to be considered part of the purchase. He is concerned that after signing, changes might still be made to the plot.
If he disagrees with such changes and, in the worst case, wants to withdraw from the contract, would he incur costs, such as penalties due to the preparation of the construction performance specification?
Is there any experience regarding this? This will surely be interesting for other homebuilders as well!
Thanks for your feedback
Condor
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Bauexperte23 Jul 2012 08:17Hello,
A clear no.
The construction work description is, as the name implies, a description of the construction work and services; ideally, it contains a detailed list of the services to be agreed upon—supplemented by an additional agreement in which any additional, deviating, or supplementary items to the construction work description are recorded and mutually signed.
The plot belongs in the main contract (the construction work description is only part of the contract), and all relevant data about the plot—before surveying, the size is indicated as "approximate"—should be included in that main contract.
If this is a genuine developer project, both the main contract and the payment plan (Zahlungsplan, ZV) as an attachment to the notarized contract—which mainly concerns the land purchase—are mandatory.
Kind regards
Condor schrieb:
Does the so-called construction work description also have to include the floor plan and the size of the plot? Both are to be considered part of the purchase object. He is concerned that after signing, changes might still be made to the plot. If he no longer agrees and wants to withdraw in the worst case, he fears he would incur costs in the form of a contractual penalty due to the preparation of the construction work description.
A clear no.
The construction work description is, as the name implies, a description of the construction work and services; ideally, it contains a detailed list of the services to be agreed upon—supplemented by an additional agreement in which any additional, deviating, or supplementary items to the construction work description are recorded and mutually signed.
The plot belongs in the main contract (the construction work description is only part of the contract), and all relevant data about the plot—before surveying, the size is indicated as "approximate"—should be included in that main contract.
If this is a genuine developer project, both the main contract and the payment plan (Zahlungsplan, ZV) as an attachment to the notarized contract—which mainly concerns the land purchase—are mandatory.
Kind regards
Bauexperte schrieb:
A clear no.
The plot must be included in the construction contract (the scope of work description is only a part of the contract) and all relevant details about the plot – before surveying the size is stated as "approximate" – should be mentioned as part of that contract.
Thanks, I will pass this on to my acquaintance accordingly.
Regards, Condor
After this post was published yesterday, it disappeared again today. Therefore, I am sharing it once more as a warning to everyone.
We planned to build a single-family house in 2012 with Allegro-Haus as the developer.
From the very beginning, everything felt a bit uncertain, so we didn’t really feel supported. But what can you do? Plots in the Dresden area are scarce, and we were glad to have found something with Allegro-Haus.
We paid a reservation fee of €2000 for one plot. Later, we learned that according to the Federal Court of Justice ruling case number III ZR 21/10, this is not legally permissible anyway.
After half a year, it was time to sign the contract. However, beforehand, a so-called building and service specification (building specification) had to be signed. This must clearly describe the fixtures and materials to be used inside and around the house. The very first point in the building specification also mentions this.
This is where a major conflict arose because Allegro-Haus either could not or did not want to give satisfactory answers to some outstanding specific questions, and some were even avoided entirely. Repeated inquiries were met with no success. This was totally incomprehensible to us, as it concerned several thousand euros in optional services we wanted to purchase additionally from the developer.
We accepted even inflated prices because we wanted everything from a single source. Surely, one has the right to know which company’s components are being installed in the house. Not to mention functional descriptions.
It is repeatedly emphasized to carefully review the building specification and, if necessary, consult an advisor. Because what is not included will not be built!!!
Perhaps there was fear that the true prices could be discovered on the internet? Ultimately, they even offered to cut ties with us if no contract was signed—in other words, to kick us out.
We were completely stunned; you can’t just buy a pig in a poke!!! Half a year of planning and looking forward to having our own home was lost. Since the trust relationship with the developer was already broken, we eventually gave up and requested a refund of our reservation fee.
Thank you, Allegro-Haus, we learned a lot from you and want to warn other potential buyers against too much naivety.
We planned to build a single-family house in 2012 with Allegro-Haus as the developer.
From the very beginning, everything felt a bit uncertain, so we didn’t really feel supported. But what can you do? Plots in the Dresden area are scarce, and we were glad to have found something with Allegro-Haus.
We paid a reservation fee of €2000 for one plot. Later, we learned that according to the Federal Court of Justice ruling case number III ZR 21/10, this is not legally permissible anyway.
After half a year, it was time to sign the contract. However, beforehand, a so-called building and service specification (building specification) had to be signed. This must clearly describe the fixtures and materials to be used inside and around the house. The very first point in the building specification also mentions this.
This is where a major conflict arose because Allegro-Haus either could not or did not want to give satisfactory answers to some outstanding specific questions, and some were even avoided entirely. Repeated inquiries were met with no success. This was totally incomprehensible to us, as it concerned several thousand euros in optional services we wanted to purchase additionally from the developer.
We accepted even inflated prices because we wanted everything from a single source. Surely, one has the right to know which company’s components are being installed in the house. Not to mention functional descriptions.
It is repeatedly emphasized to carefully review the building specification and, if necessary, consult an advisor. Because what is not included will not be built!!!
Perhaps there was fear that the true prices could be discovered on the internet? Ultimately, they even offered to cut ties with us if no contract was signed—in other words, to kick us out.
We were completely stunned; you can’t just buy a pig in a poke!!! Half a year of planning and looking forward to having our own home was lost. Since the trust relationship with the developer was already broken, we eventually gave up and requested a refund of our reservation fee.
Thank you, Allegro-Haus, we learned a lot from you and want to warn other potential buyers against too much naivety.
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