Buying Guide - Weekend Plot in the Forest with Old Cabin

You will most likely have to dismantle and remove the unauthorized extension.

Then all that will remain is the actual hut. You would have to rebuild it piece by piece under the protection of existing rights.
So tear down one wall and rebuild it, then the next. Completely tearing down and rebuilding is not allowed.

There’s just too much money involved. With the crazy authorities and regulations, something like this just doesn’t make sense in Germany anymore.

Many years ago, I also bought a very nice meadow plot at the edge of a forest for little money. 1€ per square meter.
The plot is located right next to residential development, but in a non-building zone. Even all supply lines like water, telecom, sewage, and electricity run through our property. So it is fully developed. Conversion into a small building area was rejected. But then the municipality wanted to buy it themselves. In the town of 5000 inhabitants, there is exactly one building plot for sale. I could realize 5-6 building plots.

But they don’t want that. I don’t want that anymore either.

As I just read. In 1990 there were 5,000 building regulations, today we have more than 20,000.

As if now, as in your case, a small garden hut with an extension and terrace as a new building would bother anyone.

As if, in your case, a small garden shed with an extension and terrace as a new building would bother anyone.

Well, where do you want to draw the line... That's exactly what laws and regulations are for (although there are now too many). In individual cases, you feel screwed, but that's just how it is.

Oh, that was still the picture with the red marking.

Many years ago, I also bought a very nice meadow plot on the edge of the forest for a small amount of money. €1 per sqm. The plot is located directly next to residential development, but in the outer area. Even all supply lines like water, telecom, sewage, electricity run through our property. So it would be fully developed. A conversion into a small building area was rejected. But then the municipality wanted to buy it themselves. In the town of 5,000 inhabitants, there is exactly 1 building plot for sale. I could realize 5-6 building plots.

You yourself have almost worthless land as long as it is not a building site. When a new construction area was developed, the municipality bought these meadow and garden plots in the anticipated development land on the outskirts from the owners at €3.50/sqm, and the municipality converts it into developed building plots. You get the right of first refusal for your former plot, and if you exercise it, €3.50/sqm is deducted from €500/sqm.