In December, we discovered a vacant house in the neighboring village. According to a neighbor, the owner was suddenly admitted to a care home and now has a legal guardian. There is a disputed acquaintance involved in a northern German city, and the house is supposedly going to be sold through a real estate agent.
I have contacted all the agents working in this area, but without any success. I also asked other neighbors and villagers, but they didn’t have any additional information. The mail carrier is still delivering letters to the house’s mailing address, and there is no forwarding order. After that, I sent a letter in the hope that the guardian still checks the mailbox regularly. Finally, I wrote to the guardianship court, but they are either unable or not permitted to help me. My ideas are running out... this is really frustrating 🙄
I could try calling nearby care homes, but due to privacy regulations, they probably can’t share any information with me either...
Does anyone have any other ideas?
I have contacted all the agents working in this area, but without any success. I also asked other neighbors and villagers, but they didn’t have any additional information. The mail carrier is still delivering letters to the house’s mailing address, and there is no forwarding order. After that, I sent a letter in the hope that the guardian still checks the mailbox regularly. Finally, I wrote to the guardianship court, but they are either unable or not permitted to help me. My ideas are running out... this is really frustrating 🙄
I could try calling nearby care homes, but due to privacy regulations, they probably can’t share any information with me either...
Does anyone have any other ideas?
Tassimat schrieb:
I renovated a house for over a year. During that time, I also received three letters with children's drawings. However, they were just as impersonal as the real estate agent advertisements arriving every two weeks. That last mistake isn’t necessary to make (for more details, see my Barthel posts or feel free to contact me directly). Still, I wouldn’t fixate on just one property.
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No one is talking about committing fully. But when you spread your interest this way everywhere and engage in conversations with many people, other opportunities can arise on the side.
You only put in this effort due to a lack of alternatives. As soon as better properties are found, those new properties will certainly become the focus.
You only put in this effort due to a lack of alternatives. As soon as better properties are found, those new properties will certainly become the focus.
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pagoni202026 Jan 2021 16:39Alex124 schrieb:
Buy a bouquet of flowers and visit all the nursing homes to give it to him. If he’s not there, then Aunt Marta must have given you the wrong information, move on to the next one. Great idea, ideally shake hands with everyone there as well 🤨
I think nursing homes and their residents currently have other priorities and concerns than having to deal with behavior like this, similar to a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesperson.
If you try to put yourself in the shoes of those affected, you quickly realize that this kind of approach is absolutely intrusive and annoying.
JuliaMünchen schrieb:
With everything you do, I would always consider how you would feel if it were your own vacant house. Actually, these people have a legitimate right to keep their house empty as long as they want and not be pressured by interested parties.Expressing interest and "pressuring" someone are two very different things. There are owners who are bothered by this, and others who appreciate finding a buyer for their house without lengthy viewing tours and realtor fees. However, the interested party cannot know this in advance; they can only try. And honestly, especially in small towns, 90 percent of sales happen informally. If you don’t make yourself known somehow, your chances are very slim.
Recently, there was an article in our local newspaper about a young couple here in Kassel who distributed around 2,000 house-hunting flyers in other people's mailboxes, including a personal introduction and photo. Probably some of those houses were recently inherited, but in this way, they ultimately found a house in the desired location; they even had several to choose from — all without competition.
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SumsumBiene26 Jan 2021 17:29Thank you very much for your input.
We definitely do not want to be intrusive or disrespectful. However, the gentleman apparently lived very privately.
We will inquire at the local registration office through a few contacts. Although my connections there are not very up to date.
Ultimately, the house might not appeal to us from the inside at all, or the price could be completely excessive, or who knows what else.
I would be happy if it works out... If not, then it probably wasn’t meant to be.
The location is simply almost ideal for us... So we want to try as much as possible within our limits.
We definitely do not want to be intrusive or disrespectful. However, the gentleman apparently lived very privately.
We will inquire at the local registration office through a few contacts. Although my connections there are not very up to date.
Ultimately, the house might not appeal to us from the inside at all, or the price could be completely excessive, or who knows what else.
I would be happy if it works out... If not, then it probably wasn’t meant to be.
The location is simply almost ideal for us... So we want to try as much as possible within our limits.
Jean-Marc schrieb:
And honestly, in rural areas, 90 percent of transactions happen unofficially. If you don’t make yourself noticed in some way, your chances are very slim. Although, if I understood correctly, relatives don’t live in the same village here; and nothing is known about the guardian. From my point of view, the situation where the owner is already in a care facility fits the saying “like the child that fell into the well” (though of course not the same as drowning).
SumsumBiene schrieb:
The location is simply almost ideal for us... But does that also apply to the framework conditions (actual building window, etc.; let’s not assume the existing building is still suitable without changes)?
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