Question about land and soil survey

  • Erstellt am 2015-05-11 15:02:15

Wickie

2015-05-11 15:02:15
  • #1
Hello everyone!

I have already vigorously used the search function but can’t really get any further and hope someone can help me with my questions. We would like to buy a plot of land with a slight slope. When I asked the real estate agent, he told us that the sale had already failed twice (once someone was supposed to have planned a house, but then didn’t accept the job here in the region and therefore no longer wanted the house. Once a M*ss* house was planned on the plot and the contract never went through for unknown reasons).

However, following the last failed sale, there was already a soil report, which the agent also handed over to us (I would also like to attach it here, but I get an error message because of the file size – how large can the file be?) However, the builders wanted to build a house with a slab foundation; we would now like to build one with a basement.

Can this already existing soil report be “transferred” to our needs?

I have already spoken with the appraiser. He did not give me the impression that he necessarily wanted to “sell” us a new report. He said he would only not create a new report for a construction method with a basement on the same plot but would merely “expand” the existing one. Is that common practice?

What makes us extremely suspicious is that the plot is still available. In this region, nothing stays empty for long (unless it’s total rubbish or too expensive or too expensive rubbish o_O) and we are afraid of buying a “problem child” of the first order.

On the other hand, my hope is that the other builders lost their patience. The building regulations are not so great. The house would have to look different than we would have liked (allowed roof pitch and direction, number of floors) and you have to deal with the plot a bit “imaginatively” (it’s not just digging a straightforward hole and seeding the rest with grass). Can someone read the report? According to the appraiser, there is no serious situation. Nothing that would suggest high costs for earthworks. The builder we have already contacted always gives such an overly motivated and positive impression (nothing that we couldn’t do...) that I find it hard to believe all of that.

I have only understood so far that large amounts of soil have been piled up (this was apparently done on behalf of the agent, who bought and developed the entire area) and that you can therefore suggest again that what he had piled up will have to be removed anyway and that you can agree on sum X.

It would be great if someone could say something about this and many thanks in advance :)

Regards Wickie
 

Bauexperte

2015-05-11 17:22:13
  • #2
Hello,


There is a foundation recommendation on every soil survey; last or second to last page; it is sufficient if you just insert that here.


What exactly does he want to extend and why?


There is already a buyer looking somewhere for every plot. Where in NRW is the property located?


It is always a problem who you look for property with a certain idea in mind. Why should your current favorite not be reasonably planable?


Why were "large" amounts of fill added?

Rhineland regards
 

Wickie

2015-05-12 14:09:09
  • #3
Hello construction expert!

Thank you very much for your quick response. Unfortunately, I am unable to upload the file (the new error message now says: an error occurred). I will try again this evening.


He just explained that new drillings are not necessary, and he can extend or rewrite the foundation recommendation concerning a basement construction. Is it common that drilling would not have to be done again?


Of course that happens, but at the moment hardly any property makes it to the real estate exchanges. Peripheral area of Sauerland – about 25-30 minutes by car to the Ruhr area (DO).


Whether it is not reasonable is another matter. We just cannot build with a flat roof (which we would like), but a nice shed roof would also be great. Overall, we just have to make compromises, but these would be acceptable to us.


The real estate agent could not answer us the "why" (or does not want to). It is the last plot in an area and apparently they got rid of excavated material from other plots. But this is only a guess on our part.

 

Wickie

2015-05-12 14:10:52
  • #4
Apparently, I can simply copy the PDFs in here. Then I’ll also add the other pages.
 

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