Do you need the building approval from the building authority?

Hi basti,

Thanks for your reply. Did you then receive a document? Acceptance certificate or something like that?

I'm not quite sure if I received any letter. Basically as a response to my completion notice... I somehow felt that way. But I would have to check at home first.

We are currently building in RLP. We only need to notify shortly before the house is completed that the building is finished. No one from the building authority comes to inspect it.

Since 01.01.16, there has been a law in RLP that requires a site manager. § 56a Regional Building Code RLP states:

"The site manager must ensure that the construction measure is carried out in accordance with public building regulations (...)"

This means: Since 2016, the site manager in RLP must check whether all public building regulations are followed and is also liable for this. Therefore, the building authority no longer has to handle this stuff themselves.

However, "your" house was already built in 2014. Unfortunately, I don't know how it was at that time. So I can't really help you. But because of the change in the law, information from builders who are currently building or built in 2016 also doesn't help you.

Thank you very much for your answers, that already helps me a lot. So the builder/owner is probably right. I can then buy the house even without a completion certificate from the building authority. That already puts me at ease. I was just a bit suspicious when the seller told me there is no paper about it..

Whether the staircase was installed with or without soundproofing is so not important to the building authority. Whether the hut was built 2m higher than allowed, it is.

Yes, he told me that too, and he also told me that the cadastral office measured everything and then entered it into the development plan... So everything should be correct with the dimensions, etc...