ᐅ Building a Plot - Is It Still Possible to Build Without a Developer Today?
Created on: 1 Dec 2019 12:29
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blaekridor
Hello everyone,
We are planning to build a house in the outskirts of Leipzig. There are offers from developers that include both house and land. However, I would like to stay in control of the process and build with an architect. For this plan, I have spent six months searching for land. The result: it is almost impossible to find a plot, even in the more rural areas. Most of the available land has already been secured by developers (such as Heinz von Heiden, Kern, Rensch-Haus...).
So far, my land search has been through well-known online portals and local municipalities.
Do you have any tips on other ways to find land?
Do architects also help with finding land? They should have an interest in planning a house for their clients.
Looking forward to your replies.
Best regards
Martin
We are planning to build a house in the outskirts of Leipzig. There are offers from developers that include both house and land. However, I would like to stay in control of the process and build with an architect. For this plan, I have spent six months searching for land. The result: it is almost impossible to find a plot, even in the more rural areas. Most of the available land has already been secured by developers (such as Heinz von Heiden, Kern, Rensch-Haus...).
So far, my land search has been through well-known online portals and local municipalities.
Do you have any tips on other ways to find land?
Do architects also help with finding land? They should have an interest in planning a house for their clients.
Looking forward to your replies.
Best regards
Martin
Jean-Marc schrieb:
Especially in desirable locations, you are very unlikely to be the first to inquire, and not everyone is happy when unexpected strangers show up at their door.Single elderly ladies are usually quite open to conversations with friendly visitors—though mostly when a woman is standing alone at the door; if it’s a couple, they assume they are Jehovah’s Witnesses, and they usually don’t open the door for men alone.Jean-Marc schrieb:
Online platforms are notoriously overloaded on the demand side. It’s like tossing a snack into a piranha tank—private sellers quickly become overwhelmed within hours because their email inbox overflows or the phone never stops ringing. You can forget about that.No, don’t forget. Instead, write down the contact details and get in touch once the flood of calls from last-minute bargain hunters has died down.Jean-Marc schrieb:
Developers have the right contacts. There are people whose job almost all day is to acquire plots of land.They are quick and eager but not necessarily clever or diligent. They are therefore not competitors via alternative routes.Isokrates schrieb:
Fortunately, at the time of my inquiry, 8 out of 40 plots were still available.Put differently, 32 out of 40 (that is, eighty percent) were already taken—mind you, at a stage “before public knowledge.” You can’t just sit back and expect deals to fall into your lap.https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
ypg schrieb:
??? Where is the logic in that? What’s the point of excluding something you don’t know?I am familiar with the locations of the plots.Lumpi_LE schrieb:
I would never build a house on the plots of land you find online. ...the ones you find online...
When reading this, it refers to plots of land in general. After all, there were lengthy tips given here, and the original poster was asking generally about listings found online.
Lumpi_LE schrieb:
I know the locations of the plots. Are you referring to the ones in the Leipzig area? That’s not clear from the text…
blaekridor schrieb:
So far, the search for land has been through the well-known online portals and the local municipalities.
Do you have any other tips on how to find plots of land? Hello Martin,
if Grimma is not too far outside, you might want to check there.
Lumpi_LE schrieb:
I would never build a house on the plots you find online.On some websites, you really have to wonder if it’s bulky waste disposal day today ;-(https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
ypg schrieb:
Are you referring to the one in the Leipziger Allerlei? That's not how it reads...I was just referring to your post. Of course, this does not apply generally.