Notary fees. Who should bear them?

Beautiful, quiet location and you can really get to the city quickly. Schools, shops right on the doorstep. It is exactly on the border between NRW and Niedersachsen

Nice, quiet location and you can really get to the city quickly.

OT: Getting quickly into or out of the city is currently relative in OS, depending on where you come from; with all the construction sites here at the moment. I can hardly get home sensibly anymore when I finish work in the evening. Either traffic jams due to diversion from the closed A33 or the routes are officially only open to residents because there is also construction work there. The latter is actually the better choice in the evening, I have a reason to be there and the construction site is deserted anyway ;-)

Personally, I find the proposal from very practical:

Fix the handover date as 01.09.2017 and also the rental payments in case of delay (tiered).
With 01.09. you show your goodwill for the last time, but secure the acquisition of the house. With the rental payments, you secure yourself against financial loss.

The concept fits, I would just not speak of "rent." When entering into a tenancy, there are rights and obligations on both sides. As often said, it can be hard to get rid of a tenant. Furthermore, you would have to pay taxes on the rental income.

You could provide additional attractiveness to the seller if you are willing to pay well before handover. When I sold my apartment, I had such a buyer who paid months in advance. Of course, everything is regulated in the land register.

I would still withhold a sufficiently high amount in case the condition significantly deteriorates...

However, I have often read here that in the current "construction time" delays of one year with start of construction (and thus end of construction) are not that uncommon.

BUT: If the market situation is such that he can always find a buyer who agrees to his wishes (early payment, continuous postponement, or infinitely deferred date), then you have the short end of the stick.

If you sell your house because you are building a new one, then you actually have the calculable dates fixed.
It can happen that the construction is delayed. In my opinion, that is then the risk of the seller – he is not the first to have to temporarily store his furniture and get a temporary apartment.
However, that would be a worst-case scenario.
Positioning a house on the market requires careful timing. On the one hand, the risk of construction delays, on the other hand, the certainty of finding a buyer and knowing that you get the planned equity from the sale.

The seller is already involved very early, so I cannot imagine that he sees himself in a position to quickly sell his house for a good price.
He should be careful not to burn his own property on the market.

But you see: somehow you have to rock yourself in patience – good luck!

The concept fits, I would just not speak of "rent." When a rental agreement is entered into, there are rights and obligations on both sides. As people often say, it can be difficult to "get rid of" a tenant. Besides, you would have to pay taxes on the rental income.

You could make the offer more attractive to the seller if you are willing to pay well before the handover. When I sold my apartment, I had such a buyer who paid months in advance. Of course, everything is regulated in the land register.

So, I would probably even forgo rental income because you would have to pay taxes on it. The house has a plaster facade that should be cleaned or painted sometime. I would rather suggest to the seller that he takes care of this and, for all I care, may live rent-free for 3 months. I wanted to have the facade cleaned anyway. Or what do you think?