Develop property in mixed-use area

Hello everyone,

We are currently looking for a detached house. Since the separate search for a plot of land unfortunately proved unsuccessful, we have now switched to the option of building with a construction company. Now we have also been presented with an attractive plot of land through this company.

Now to my problem/question. According to the seller, the plot is located in a mixed-use area and the future builder should have registered a business. Since I unfortunately do not have this, he recommends that I register a business, for example in buying and selling/baby second hand. The business registration is apparently not expensive, and if you make no revenue, there are apparently no further costs except for an increased garbage fee. It is only important that a room in the house is later declared as an office. This can then also be one of the children's rooms.

Have you ever heard of such a thing, can you do such a thing, what should be considered here?

The plot is really affordable and in a great location. We would also have no problem registering a business. Since we also have a small baby, the option with baby second hand would not be a bad idea, since we anyway plan to sell some items via online auctions.

Thank you in advance for your answers.

Hello Scum,
just talk to your responsible building permit authority about the idea, they will help you further.

Hello Scum,

in principle, residential development is permitted in mixed-use areas, not to be confused with commercial areas. A business license is not required for this.

However, a slightly higher noise disturbance from "non-significantly disturbing commercial operations" is to be expected here, e.g., arrival and departure traffic from grocery stores, etc., unlike in pure or general residential areas.

Best regards from the Osnabrück region
Thomas Brandenburg

By the way, 6Richtige and everyone else,

the employees of the building regulatory offices will certainly gladly provide one piece of information or another, but they are fundamentally not there to give prospective builders tutoring in building regulations.
If a company wants to sell a plot of land to a prospective builder, then it should definitely be able to inform them about what they are allowed to build on this plot and what they are not. If it is not able to do so, I would know what to think of this company.

Best regards from the Osnabrück region
Thomas Brandenburg

@Danton

The point is that sellers talk a lot but confirm little in writing. If, as I suspect, it is a commercial area, or what else should the tip about the alleged company apartment be for, it will probably be difficult with the building permit. That’s why Scum is supposed to get the information about the property firsthand. Of course, what you wrote about the company applies to the mixed-use area.

Hello 6Richtige, hello Scum and everyone else,

even in this case (commercial area), the statements of this company would be anything but credible.

In a commercial area, the commercially used area must outweigh the privately used area, meaning it must be at least 51%.
It is usually not enough to simply declare a child's room as an office, unless the child's room is larger than the rest of the house.

Furthermore, in commercial construction projects, a final inspection by the building regulatory office is practically always ordered and also carried out. If the building authorities find out, which can be assumed, a builder with such a manipulated building application will have quite a serious problem.

Best regards from the Osnabrück region
Thomas Brandenburg