Receiving the approval for land purchase from the municipality

We are on the applicant list for a from a municipality. According to the municipal building department staff, we have a good chance of being awarded one because we have four children. The plots are allocated according to a points system (e.g., whether you are a local resident, how many children you have, whether you hold a voluntary office, etc.). The one with the highest points receives a plot first, then the second highest, and so on.

But what does "being awarded" actually mean? As far as we understand, you receive a plot immediately, regardless of how many points you scored in the selection criteria? Or how is that to be understood? And who decides who gets awarded?

In reality, the process doesn’t work as simply as the municipality imagines. As I understand you, as an applicant with, for example, the seventh-highest score, you are allowed to choose a plot before the competitor with only the eighth-highest score. But it often happens that two or more applicants have the same high score; and even more often that several applicants have indicated the same favorite plots. Let’s assume you are in seventh place on the list and are allowed to choose four plots, your order of preference being D, M, U, C. In eighth place is someone who selected K, A, U, J. The six applicants before you have chosen so that A, C, D, K, M, and R are already gone. That means D and M are no longer available for you because they have already been selected; you are left with U and C. You now choose U, which is then no longer available for the next applicant because you chose before them. If your competitor has the same score and is not in eighth place but tied with you in seventh place, then of the still available plots, U would be the favorite for both of you and a draw must be made (or they take J and no longer compete with you for U).

Depending on how bewildered the employees at your building department look, the more surprised they are by this phenomenon of reality, which is more complex than their theory.

By the way, this applies similarly to other procedures where, for example, the point ranking list is not simply processed downwards but the list of plots is. Then your fourth favorite C would be up before your first favorite D, and it would be your “luck” that one of the first six applicants has already snatched C.

You see: either way, practice is always more complicated than theory (and the skill distribution at the building department is about the same as at the school board, youth welfare office, or cultural office).

And hopefully you also see that it doesn’t hurt to find out the allocation method in more detail.

In reality, the game doesn’t work as simply as the community imagines. As I understood you, as an applicant with, for example, the seventh highest score, you are allowed to choose a plot before the competitor with only the eighth highest score. But it often happens that two or more applicants have the same score; and even more often, that several applicants have named the same favorite plots. Let’s assume you are in seventh place on the list and were allowed to name four plots; your favorite order is D, M, U, C. In eighth place is someone who named K, A, U, J. The six applicants before you have chosen so that A, C, D, K, M and R are already gone. That means D and M are gone for you because they have already been chosen; you are left with U and C. You now choose U, which is therefore gone for the next applicant, because you were allowed to choose before them. If your competitor has the same score and is not in eighth place, but with you in seventh place, then of the remaining available plots U would be the favorite for both of you and a drawing of lots would have to be done (or he takes J and no longer competes with you for U).

Depending on how dumbfounded the employees at your building authority look, they are more or less surprised by this phenomenon of reality, which is more complex than their theory.

This also applies, roughly speaking, to other procedures where, for example, the list of plots is processed rather than the ranking list by points. Then your fourth favorite C would be up before your first favorite D, and it would be your “luck” that one of the first six applicants already snapped up C.

You see: one way or another, practice always remains more complicated than theory (and the smart distribution at the building authority is about the same as at the school office, youth welfare office, or cultural office).

And hopefully you also see that it doesn’t hurt to find out the allocation method more precisely.

Thanks for your feedback. I am familiar with the allocation guidelines. One does not actually apply for a specific plot. The person with the highest score is allowed to choose first, the person with the second highest score second, and so on. In the case of a tie, a drawing of lots decides who chooses first.

Since I otherwise never had anything to do with buying land, the phrase "to be awarded" was indeed unfamiliar to me and I wanted to know exactly what that means.

Thank you for your feedback. I am familiar with the allocation guidelines. One does not actually apply for a specific plot. The person with the highest score gets to choose first, the person with the second highest score chooses second, and so on. In the event of a tie, a draw determines who may choose first.

That sounds reasonable. Then I wish you that there are still nice plots left when you go to the buffet. If you need advice on the selection: this is a popular discussion exercise here (and has accordingly often been played through).

That sounds reasonable. Then I wish you that there are still nice plots available when you get to the buffet. If you still need advice on the selection: this is a popular discussion exercise here (and has accordingly been played through quite often).

I will definitely come back to that. Thank you, also for the good luck wishes.

P.S.:

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Even a third child regularly exceeds the scope of the tested catalog home floor plan proposals. So you will probably soon need advice for the planning as well. As far as I remember, the highest number we have to offer here is five children (from ) see: (even on a hillside), and also has four children:

From me too, good luck with the award of the contract. Do you already know which plot is your favorite?

The all-important question is: Do you have a financing plan? The project with 4 children is not a bargain.

You may have applied a long time ago, back when construction prices and interest rates were still a bit different.

The award is often linked to conditions. Start of construction, start of planning, completion of construction, district heating, etc.