Are the house connections already one meter on the property?

Hello everyone,

for our new building plot, according to the building authority, one meter of pipe for water, sewage, and stormwater respectively will be laid one meter into the property during the development work. Costs are 1000 €/pipe each.

The same applies for electricity and telecommunications.

Is it standard that the connections are laid this far into the property, and does this now bring us a price advantage for the house connections, or is this normal?

Largely normal, but it is handled differently depending on the region. The advantage for you is that you can connect directly there (have it connected) and neither the street nor the sidewalk needs to be opened. So, only excavation work on your own property.

I took over a shell construction (Baulücke) and the electricity and drinking water were already on the property. Extending them into the house then cost almost exactly the same as if you could have connected directly. So basically double the cost. (But it hardly works any other way, you need these utilities to build the shell construction) For wastewater and rainwater, the street was now closed and dug up, and there is now a corresponding pipe on my property, and it is now my responsibility to install the transfer shafts (I can only do that afterwards because the height conditions were not entirely clear) and connect the house (gas was also completely taken care of). The residents were not amused about the announced two-week full closure, but it only lasted one week... So having everything on the property is definitely the clean solution in a new development area.

It also depends on what you can do yourself. A few hours of excavator work on your own land and the materials don't cost a fortune.

It has the advantage that you save the costs of having to connect your property to the public network on public land. We are then talking about five-figure sums.

Otherwise, no advantages. The usual connection costs apply.

The usual connection fees apply.

I would be interested to know what is considered usual costs? Separately for drinking water and wastewater. Are there any saving possibilities or similar?