Inherited house - and now?

@ W. Pickartz

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Okay. The following idea won't leave me alone: can the property be split in half, selling one half including the house and building your own little house on the other half? I mean, the whole thing would be about ~650 sqm. In the picture, the street is on the left, that should be about 22m. A few numbers to juggle. Is that possible? Does it make sense? Is that allowed? You get rid of the house and the buyer can fully renovate it, but you still have a little piece of land. And more money. Is that then too small? Is it all nonsense? I'll probably go to the office with this idea next week. Unless someone here talks me out of it already.

Is that allowed?

That depends on the development plan. What does the floor area ratio say, which limits the floor area of the built-up area of the plot? Is there a building boundary at the back? Is the rear plot perhaps only garden land? Is the plot part of a continuous development? (only approval for semi-detached/terraced houses) How large (small) can an individual property be? Is a second residential unit permitted?

These questions occurred to me spontaneously. Most answers can be found in the development plan or at the building authority.

Regards Yvonne

Edit: Used properties are usually sold because the garden is unique. Houses in need of renovation are not exactly a treat on the market now, unless they are old, well-maintained farmhouses/country houses. For an unattractive semi-detached house, the plot has to score points. I don't think it does if a new building is developed on it. A new building also does not get any cheaper...

can you split the property, sell one half including the house, and build your own little house on the other half?

Now I know, that’s not possible.
§34 gets in the way, which I encountered for the first time like this and honestly can only wonder about it.
The only reason why it doesn’t work is the following: all the properties in the neighborhood are large. Period. So you’re not allowed to reduce the size of a property. But on ONE property I could build 2 houses (not that I wanted to, but I probably could), just not split the property and then put 1 house on each property, that’s not allowed.
Too bad.

Now I know, that doesn't work.

Hello ,

please get in touch with me on Monday, I would like to get to the bottom of that statement because in my opinion it is not tenable or entirely correct. However, it may also depend on the federal state, so it needs to be examined in detail.

Contact me via my profile.

Best regards
Dirk Grafe

A new building doesn't get any cheaper either...

No. But there is more money available for building and the follow-up costs are also lower due to a smaller plot. Insurance, property taxes, and whatever else there is.

Contact via my profile.

Gladly, thank you very much.

The man from the office also said – apart from the fact that §34 prohibits subdivision and development – the new house would be far too narrow after observing all distances. We had measured something different. Now, however, I only spoke to the gentleman on the phone. Should one appear in person at the office? Basically with every fixed idea, so that the counterpart deals with the question for longer than 4 seconds?