House too deep in the ground, groundwater entering through the basement window

I don't see any chance to answer you without it becoming individual legal advice. By the way, your settings prevent sending you a private message.

I also can't write to you, would need over 100 posts for that, but I don't have Non-Follower or Nobody listed, but "Members," so it should work.

Otherwise, if you state at the beginning that it is your personal opinion and at the end "this is not legal advice," much more would probably be possible?

If you could contribute something well-founded on the subject, I would be interested in that, maybe via email?

Hello,

without wanting to be rude, but what exactly do you want?

You built a house nearly 30 years ago in a flood area/area with an extremely high groundwater level (I can't tell from your post whether it's one or the other or both). Apparently without designing the construction accordingly. No idea if a waterproof shell was already common back then, but floodproof basement windows certainly existed. Apparently you didn't install them, for whatever reason.

Apparently you think the house was planned too low? If that only becomes apparent after 30 years, it will be difficult to complain...

Best regards, Andreas

We have a watertight shell, but flood windows are also interesting because the weather is becoming more interesting as well.
Plus the planned flood retention basin.
My now deceased husband "let it slide" back then like so many things, that's why I'm only starting to "complain" now.

I am not familiar with this, so I am asking out of interest: why should someone from the [Amt] determine the height of the house? Isn't that decided by the builder?

I also can’t write to you, I would need over 100 posts for that, but it doesn’t say Non-Follower or Nobody, it says "Members" so it should work.

I have over 100 posts but when I want to write to you, the message appears: "Oops! We encountered a problem. This member restricts who can see the full profile.", so unfortunately I cannot write to you despite having enough posts.

Otherwise, if you start by saying this is your personal opinion and at the end "this is not legal advice" much would probably be possible?

This misunderstanding already occurred a few posts earlier:

Simply adapt the wording from the law forum, then it fits

If you could contribute something well-founded on the topic, I would be interested, perhaps via email?

In this case it is not a formality, but my firm conviction after reading about your situation that you need professional competent advice. I am a technical salesman and specialist journalist, certainly opinionated and happy to give advice, but at sea no inland skipper will help you.