BAFA funding depends on the form "Confirmation of the Developer"

Hello everyone,

this is about the BAFA funding for the air-water heat pump (renewable energies in the heating sector from 01.01.2020). Has any of you built with DFH Haus GmbH (Okal Haus, Allkauf Haus,Massa Haus) and applied for the funding?

Specifically, it is about the fact that DFH does not want to fill out the form "Confirmation of the Builder" because they see themselves not as a builder but as a housing cooperative.

I do not understand how it can be that there is a form that the largest German prefab house provider does not want to sign. How did you resolve this? I have already sent all kinds of confirmation letters from Okal Haus, but these are not accepted. They want their form "Confirmation of the Builder."

Best regards

Has the funding been extended again now? I knew March 31, 2021, as the final deadline for application.

Our application was submitted a long time ago; it is about the payment. After completion of the construction project, BAFA requests some forms to prove the installation - and the form I described above is one of them, all other required forms have already been accepted.

Specifically, the issue is that DFH does not want to fill out the form "Bestätigung des Bauträgers" because they see themselves not as a developer but as a housing cooperative.

I only know them as a holding company of a group of house manufacturers, not as a developer (and certainly not as a cooperative). What role have they actually played for you: as a general contractor or as a developer?

I only know them as the holding company of a group of house manufacturers, not as a property developer (and certainly not as a cooperative). What exactly were they active as for you: as a general contractor or as a property developer?

That is due to BAFA or their form. According to BAFA, there are only property developers (in the sense of "overall contract for a house") and self-award (in the sense of "individual invoice for each trade"). According to BAFA’s interpretation, the general contractor falls into the "property developer" category, even though we know that is not correct.

Do you have an invoice for the funded cost items? Then you can also use the self-award form. Otherwise, without the signature of the construction client, you have no chance.

This is due to the BAFA or their form. According to BAFA, there are only developers (in the sense of "overall contract for a house") and self-awarding (in the sense of "individual invoice for each trade"). According to BAFA's interpretation, the general contractor falls into the "developer" category, even though we know that this is not correct.

Is it possible to write in the margin: "we are developers in the sense of the form but do not wish to be called that"? - or how would you recommend calming the resistance to this terminology?