ᐅ Concrete offer for a turnkey home only available with proof of land ownership?

Hello everyone,

My wife and I are currently applying for a municipally owned building plot, or several. Since we also live in this community, we will probably get a plot.

However, some construction companies are hesitant to provide a concrete, turnkey offer upfront because we do not yet have the mentioned plot.

What are your experiences? Similar?

Order books are full. You will hardly receive price quotes without a specific project. From the providers’ perspective, it is much more likely that you will build with them if you already have the building plot.

Once it is clear that you will get a building plot, the situation changes: however, it must be clear which plot it is. Usually, a prompt purchase is also in the interest of the local authority. Therefore, after the purchase commitment, you can approach the construction companies again. Then you will receive responses.

Construction companies are simply afraid that you might, for example, come across a plot of land tied to another developer, making all your efforts pointless. Unfortunately, it is currently a very tough supplier market.

goalkeeper schrieb:
Hello everyone,

My wife and I are currently applying for a municipally owned building plot, actually several. Since we also live in this municipality, we will probably receive a plot.

However, some construction companies are now refusing to prepare a concrete, turnkey offer in advance because we don't yet have the mentioned plot.

What are your experiences? Similar?

That’s simply a waste of time. That’s why you will have to wait until you have a plot, which makes sense because just living in the municipality doesn’t automatically mean you will get land.

Every municipality has different challenges when it comes to the fair allocation of plots.

Our development phase has 22 parcels. We were always told that each parcel would be allocated on a first-in, first-out basis. Also, only a written reservation with a signature was valid.

And what happened?

- When the information was released, 8 plots were crossed out (sold informally)
- So, when I showed up at the building authority at 8 a.m. the next day with my signed reservation confirmation, the response was, “Unfortunately, all your preferred plots are gone because emails were received yesterday afternoon.”
I wanted to strangle them.

You see, it’s not that simple after all!

Zaba12 schrieb:
This is simply a waste of working hours. That’s why you will have to wait until you have a plot of land, which makes sense, because just living in the municipality doesn’t necessarily mean you will get a plot.

Every municipality has a different “background” when it comes to the fair allocation of land plots.

Our building phase consists of 22 parcels. We were always told that each parcel would be allocated on a FIFO (first in, first out) basis. Also, only a written reservation with a signature counts.

And what happened,

- When the information was released, 8 plots were already crossed out (basically sold under the table)
- So when I showed up at the building authority at 8 AM the next day with my signed reservation confirmation in hand, their response was “unfortunately, all your preferred plots are gone, because emails already arrived yesterday afternoon.”
I really wanted to strangle them.

As you can see, it’s not that simple after all!

Here, we have an application procedure with a point system that clearly favors locals, since, for example, one third of the maximum points is based on how long you have lived in the municipality.

I work in sales myself and often have many appointments that cost time and money before an actual order comes through. I’m quite surprised because we’ve also had appointments where the developers had no problem with it.

I just found it unusual – but those times will come again when construction companies are happy just to have a potential client walk in the door.

Zaba12 schrieb:
This is simply a waste of working time. That’s why you will have to wait until you have a plot of land, which makes sense, because just living in the municipality does not guarantee you will get a plot.

Every municipality has a different “background” when it comes to fair allocation of plots.

Our building phase has 22 lots. It was always communicated that each lot would be allocated on a first-in, first-out basis. Also, only a written reservation with a signature would be valid.

And what happened?

- When the information was released, 8 plots were already crossed out (sold informally)
- So when I showed up at the building authority at 8 a.m. the next day with my signed reservation confirmation in hand, the answer was, “Unfortunately, all your preferred plots are gone because emails were already received yesterday afternoon.”
I was so frustrated I almost lost it.

As you can see, it’s not that simple after all!

Wow... that’s a process I hadn’t encountered before ^^

In our case, there were 12 building plots marketed by the municipality. According to verbal information, there were over 100 applicants, about half of whom were local residents. The application process was stopped after, I believe, 3 or 4 weeks. Allocation was based on various factors (current residence, family/children, workplace, club membership, parents/relatives, etc.).

From future neighbors, I know that even after being granted a plot, they had difficulties finding an architect or general contractor. Sort of the idea that if infrastructure development hadn’t even started yet, it was too early to proceed...