Land reservation

My experience with our community and it costs there nothing.

Much to my regret ...

If a reservation required a fee, which would be credited in the case of the land purchase, it would prevent many of my competitors from blocking municipal plots via straw men

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To my great regret ...

If a reservation required a fee that would be credited in the event of the property purchase, it would prevent many of my competitors from blocking municipal land through straw men.

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But then you also have to ask yourself whether this should not be better checked instead of immediately having to bear costs. Because the honest private individual would suffer again.

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But then you also have to ask yourself whether this should not be checked better than immediately imposing costs.

That’s not possible; I have been in talks with a municipal developer about this for years. How is he supposed to determine whether it is a straw man or a serious interested party?

Incidentally, a reservation fee for municipal plots also serves other land-seeking builders. It would also prevent interested parties from arbitrarily blocking several plots – often for a period of 6 months.

At least municipalities are now moving towards only allowing an application for a plot "x" if the application is accompanied by proof of financing. Maybe this approach could be a solution...

Because the honest private individual would suffer again.

I do not understand this logic? If an interested party wants to reserve a plot, they usually do so to build a house on the desired object, right? Of course, I assume that potential builders have informed themselves about their financial situation beforehand.

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Requesting a sworn statement under penalty of perjury that the reservation is made exclusively in one's own interest could also help. I consider a financing confirmation to be nonsense; for example, we bought our plot of land without even having spoken to the bank.

That doesn’t work; I have been in talks about this for years with a municipal developer. How is he supposed to determine whether it’s a straw man or a serious interested party?
Besides, a reservation fee for municipal plots also serves other homebuilders looking for building land. It would also prevent interested parties from arbitrarily blocking multiple plots - often for a period of 6 months.
After all, municipalities are now starting to only accept an application for plot "x" if the application is accompanied by proof of financing. Maybe this approach could be a solution ...

Yes, that may be true or if the name appears more often it would already be noticeable.

But it is also like this, at least with us... a reservation or “pre-booking” is only valid until another interested party comes along. Then the first interested party has 2 weeks to decide and if they say “yes, I want it” the purchase contract is coordinated, otherwise the newest interested party gets it.

I don’t understand this logic? If an interested party wants to reserve a plot, they usually do so to build a house on the object of desire? I assume, of course, that potential homebuilders have informed themselves in advance about their financial situation.

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Of course they inform themselves about their financial situation in advance, only if such a reservation involved fees, that would again be small fry causing trouble and there would be, even if only small, costs that the builder would have to bear again (he already has enough during the house-building phase).

That’s what I meant ^^

Regarding the land purchase, I am like SirSydom.

Requesting a legally binding, sworn declaration that the reservation is made solely in one's own interest could already help.

For us laypeople, yes. However, it does not seem legally unassailable, as a comparable proposal was rejected for me - with reference to legal difficulties.

I consider a financing confirmation nonsense; for example, we bought our plot of land without even having spoken to the bank yet.

Then you had sufficient equity, and your bank could very well have issued a confirmation for this. It doesn’t cost the world, if at all. Rhineland regards