How long until the building application?

Hello dear forum!

We signed the house contract in mid-May and at that time it was said that the shell construction would definitely be finished by winter.

So far, there have repeatedly been some uncertainties that made it impossible for the construction company to send out the building application.

But now we are waiting for the approval so that we can finally go there and sign.

How long did it take for your construction company to send out the building application?

Is it normal that the interest-free provision period has already expired before the house is finished?

Assuming the building application would be sent out in the next few days and approved in October (=3 months), would it still be possible to at least finish the shell construction for a bungalow this year?
Can construction then start immediately (assuming it is still frost-free)
or do I have to factor in some other points?

I would be happy to receive answers

Best regards

I can't say exactly how long it took to submit the building application, as several things were pending with us. The building application has now been approved for 3-4 weeks.

Our contract states that once the financing commitment is in place, the sample selection has been completed blablabla, and the detailed planning has been signed off, the company has 4 weeks until construction starts. So far, we have fulfilled all our tasks except for the sign-off. The only problem is that the detailed plans are delayed, and we cannot sign them off. So the 4-week period does not start running.

Now it is vacation time, and after that our detailed plans will be processed. Construction start is therefore earliest at the end of August.

You can take a look at my construction blog, which is linked here. We also had the "problem" that we miscalculated and didn't consider things that take time. Our waiting is listed there in detail. We're simply not the only ones who are building ;)

we have finished the shell construction and are already past the rent-free period. due to the long winter, everything has been delayed by 3 months.

They have already started building with us and we are still waiting for the [Notarvertrag] :-) The city is taking an enormous amount of time to set up the land registers... The building permit was also available within 4 weeks.

After the contract was signed, the building application was sent out after approximately 3 weeks.