ᐅ Plot purchase only after signing the contract with the developer

Created on: 6 Mar 2019 13:47
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Andrea85
Hello,
maybe someone here can explain the following to me: When searching for a plot of land, I often come across so-called planned building projects from various providers (Streif House, Best House, Okal House, Sika House, etc.). They offer a plot with a general location and a matching house. When you contact the provider, they say that a contract for a building order must be signed first before you get the exact address of the plot. This happened with Scanhaus Marlow and Streif. Streif assured me that the plots are sold commission-free by the company itself. That’s why I don’t understand their approach. Either way, I wouldn’t be able to take the plot to another company. Can someone explain why this is common practice?
I don’t want to sign a contract with a company without knowing if and which plots they actually have. I mean, I wouldn’t go to a furniture store and sign a purchase contract for a cabinet at the entrance without having seen it in the store first.
I’m curious if someone can shed some light on this.
Regards,
Andrea85
Golfi908 Mar 2019 05:54
I didn’t expect the letter drafted by the notary to be so ridiculous.
Because it only states the truth...

The land comes from the municipality, and we are building with a general contractor of our choice...

The notary said that he prepared this kind of letter for every property in the development so that the buyer doesn’t have to deal with possible issues with the tax office...
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Maria16
8 Mar 2019 07:15
And because he can profit from it, maybe even more...? I mean, why should anyone pay for the ability to inform the tax office and the municipality about a land seller afterwards, when it can be easily clarified that the municipality does not have a construction company?
Golfi908 Mar 2019 08:05
But maybe we simply don't want to deal with something like this ourselves?

We thought it was a good idea.
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Yosan
8 Mar 2019 08:11
But if you bought the plot of land from the municipality, that was actually completely unnecessary. The tax office is unlikely to assume that the municipality is also the general contractor or something like that.
Golfi908 Mar 2019 08:21
The municipality operates as the "Kommunale Siedlung- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Wittlage mbH (KSG)."

I am not sure if they have their own construction company for site development, etc.
montessalet8 Mar 2019 10:46
Golfi90 schrieb:
But maybe we don’t really want to deal with something like that ourselves?

We thought it was a good idea.

That was a good idea – but only for the notary… so they can earn more money. Legally pointless and completely irrelevant for the tax authorities!