It’s now been 6 months since the building application was submitted. It will surely take another two months....
Cute! For us, it was two years because the municipality didn’t want to.
In a neighboring municipality, a builder is now disputing for 5 years – and the administrative court is on his side. That also hasn’t resulted in the start of construction yet.
So 8 months is really nice to have!
Surely sometimes it goes faster for a few lucky ones and usually for standardized procedures (finished building area with developer usually goes smoothly), but most have to show nerves.
If you already lose your composure now, you’re going to have a crisis during construction.
I’m even thinking about bringing them some drinks and snacks again now.
I always recommend taking good care of the construction crew. For us, they even got a fridge in the finished basement to keep their snacks cool. Drinks were a given and preferences were considered, sweets were always there and gladly taken, and in the final phase, when the freezer was moved, there was also ice cream to get from the freezer themselves (summer 2019 was hot).
We had a good atmosphere on the site and always nice people who were friendly to us and accommodating with a few extra requests.
I would recommend that to everyone.