Construction of a 144 sqm bungalow in Fichtenwalde (near Potsdam)

I only lived in Berlin for 9 months

Time seems to pass differently there, with your so-called cousins you've been here longer and you’ll still be living in Berlin for at least a few more months, you bad Berliner you :cool:, I wish you a speedy and stress-free construction phase

Thank you for the insights into your construction activities. It is interesting to see even the small steps. Please continue just like this. Thank you.

This point regarding the felling was no longer present to me at all. Would you have been allowed to leave some standing at the front?

Allowed to leave them standing, yes. But there was only one tree in question. However, we did not want to because of the planning. We want to build a carport at the front and who knows what else. Later, the felling is very difficult to get through due to the tree ordinance in Fichtenwalde.

How lovely with the nest boxes and bat boxes! We have hung up 8 bat boxes at our place, 2 are still missing.

Hello, we want to build around the corner from you in Borkwalde and have similar conditions. I am interested in a few things. You had planned €25k for the conversion. Was your plot forest? Did you have a clarification statute or was it already building land? Somewhere in the middle I read that you had to pay 4??? thousand euros to the forestry authority, was that the compensation for the felling? Could you also have offered replacement land? Are the nesting boxes a requirement from the forestry authority/nature conservation authority? Last but not least, did you have problems with the Teltow building authority? You have the same caseworker in the planning area and she is giving us a hard time, too big, too bulky, garage not connected to the house, every week I get in a worse mood. I thank you in advance for the answers and wish you good luck.

Hello, we want to build around the corner from you in Borkwalde and have similar conditions. I would be interested in a few things. You had planned 25 k€ for the conversion. Was your plot forest? Did you have a clarification statute or was it already building land? Somewhere in between I read that you had to pay 4??? thousand € to the forestry authority, was that the compensation for the felling? Could you have also offered replacement land? Are the nesting boxes a requirement from the forestry/nature conservation authority? Lastly, did you have problems with the Teltow building authority? You have the same caseworker in the planning department and she is acting so difficult with us: too big, too bulky, garage not attached to the house, every week I get in a worse mood. I thank you in advance for the answers and wish you good luck.

The woman at the building authority only complains. With us, she filed documents incorrectly so that they were not forwarded to the forestry authority. I called after 3 weeks, so it was then noticed. You have to keep on it. She also never met appointments she promised us, when we were supposed to receive the building permit. At some point she was sick and I politely but firmly “demanded” that someone else create the building permit. Then it suddenly happened in 1.5 weeks...

The plot was forest, but within the inner development area. The costs for the conversion (1,462 sqm) were: - 10,000 € replacement planting (you have to find this yourself, for me it was the Brandenburg Land Agency) - 10,750 € felling (I can recommend a very good and above all reliable tree cutter) - 4,800 € deposit with the forestry authority in case initial trees do not grow. - about 2,000 € to the forestry authority for processing the conversion.

We had the requirement to hang 3x nesting boxes and 1x bat box.

It took us 10 months until the building permit (application was submitted at the end of December). In addition, there were 3 weeks for approval to build a construction road and use/cross the sidewalk.