Buy public parking lot next to the property

In my opinion, you have two options:

[*]Purchase of the area including the costs for surveying, notary, purchase price to the city, real estate transfer tax – which is relatively expensive in total compared to the small area. [*]Lease/rent – then the area remains city property and you pay annually for the use; in return, you may put up a sign with your license plate or your house number on it so that everyone can see that it is not a public parking space.

Best regards Dirk Grafe

I have to pay for the surveying of the property anyway, I was told, since the house is on a large plot and it needs to be precisely surveyed what part I am buying.
Until now, this was irrelevant to the city because the houses were rented out and sold immediately upon vacancy. I am the first one to buy.
I wanted to do it all in one go, not two contracts. That would mean paying twice, which makes no sense.

Hmm, it's not an ideal solution either. Especially since the city can revoke my lease permission again?? But if there’s no other way, it’s worth considering.
How about the building encumbrance you mentioned?

Ok, if the plot of land is going to be created anyway, the additional parking space probably does not matter.

Always referring to the situation in NRW, it might look different in BW:

Here, ideally, the subdivision would be carried out for all houses at once and the costs would be allocated proportionally to the individual buildings. Even with individual parceling, as a buyer, I would not take on the full costs because the city benefits from the subdivision as well, at least that can be argued. So aim for proportional cost sharing.

A building encumbrance probably does not come into question here, but that depends on how the city views the matter. If you need a surveyor anyway, you should get in touch locally with one who can certainly explain the details of the different options.

Best regards Dirk Grafe

I don’t think the city will carry it out directly, I think they will measure it the way it is being sold. A few weeks ago, I was told right away upon inquiry that I would have to bear the costs of the survey, about 1500 euros + –, is that correct? I also think that someone from the city will be sent to do the surveying and I don’t have to find anyone, since they have people working there.

I will still address the partial cost coverage, what benefit does the city get from it? I can’t think of anything right now. Then I can incorporate that into the conversation.

Quite simple - the city can sell the remaining piece as a whole if it wants to. That sounds silly at first glance, but a new border always has two neighbors, so two neighbors also benefit from the border. The cities always act as if this effect does not exist, but at the latest with the last division the advantage for the city becomes obvious - the penultimate buyer is supposed to pay for the last division ... and the city receives the last individual plot fully surveyed ... without having contributed to the costs.

€1,500 is also acceptable, in NRW that would definitely be more expensive, but it also depends on how the fees are regulated in BW and which costs are included in the mentioned amount. Whether the city can measure it itself depends on whether the city can carry out land divisions itself (I don’t know where the property is located). Not every city can do that on its own.

If you are already supposed to pay for the music, you can also choose who should do it. If the city still insists on carrying it out with its own people, then it should also share the costs and keep them as low as possible for all parties involved, i.e., have it surveyed as a whole.

Best regards
Dirk Grafe

Yes, sounds logical. I will see what I can achieve on Monday and write the result here. Thank you very much for the kind information so far.