Buying a shell construction - Experiences

with/without roof windows ?!

we are interested in a shell construction with roof and windows

It's right there

For our interior construction back then, we calculated about €80,000 including some extras. It could have been done with €60,000 as well. (Heating, electricity, interior walls, plastering, sanitary, stairs, wall work, floor coverings, interior door, front door (this was missing, was only a construction door)). The house connections including sewage/rainwater were finished.

All that for €60,000, really? That covers heating, ventilation, sanitary for us, without electricity, plaster, stairs, floor coverings, interior doors. In my opinion, all that money only works with an extreme amount of own work or at execution quality of "social housing".

@ Payday

A building permit once granted can be extended any number of times.

Beware of half-knowledge!

Construction expert on the go

@ Payday

A building permit that has been granted once can be extended any number of times.

Beware of half-knowledge!


Construction Expert on the go

that is not correct.

§ 62
Duration of validity of the building permit
(1) The building permit and the partial building permit expire if construction work has not begun within three years of the granting of the permit or if it has been interrupted for one year after this period.

(2) The period according to paragraph 1 can be extended in writing upon written application for up to three years each time. The period can also be extended retroactively if the application is received by the building authority before the deadline.

for the building project mentioned above that may be true, but not for the building projects that were available to us. the house was finished from the outside, but as said nothing happened on the inside. however, the house has been standing like that for 10 years. the building permit has therefore long expired, as it was not always extended in writing. the building authority also said that a new application would have to be submitted including the currently valid energy saving regulations.

Oh man ....

I clarify: the written application for the extension of the building permit must be submitted within the deadline (three years) after the issuance of the building permit. If the validity period expires, a new building application must be submitted.

Accordingly, the permit for the shell construction, which the original poster is interested in, is still valid... unless the masonry work was started significantly later after the building permit was issued.

Rhineland greetings

well, 3 years is a long time, but the case could easily arise that the approval needs to be reapplied for. that could quickly end in a legal dispute if, as a paid expert (or similar), you forget to tell the potential buyer about such a small detail.

I gladly return the caution regarding half-knowledge; of all topics, I have researched this one extensively and ultimately had to cancel because a new approval would be necessary.