How is the municipality (or whoever it may be) supposed to know where you put your house? There is also a difference whether one is talking about development costs (up to the property boundary) or house connection costs (on the property). Reminders can also be taken relatively calmly. It only gets interesting when a payment order lands in the house. I still wonder who commissioned the house connection, because it seems to be about these costs.
The commission is the crux of the matter for me as well. It wasn’t me. My site manager also writes to me that he did not commission the company. The company itself once said in a telephone call (which one can no longer remember now...) that it was commissioned by the municipality.
Therefore also my answer: Please contact the client.
The statute says the following for us:
Here, the property connection is equated with the house connection
As a result, the municipality is obligated to connect.
The one at 1) is also a thing: If I pay the company’s invoice, the connection belongs TO ME. Not to the municipality... should I charge 1€ for every liter of water as a path fee? :D
At 3) it is clarified that the municipality builds the house connection.
Let us come to the costs according to the statute (and it was exactly the same in the purchase contract)
These are also the ONLY reference values for the costs – there is no mention of a length restriction.
The purchase contract then states:
The buyer further undertakes to make advance payments to the seller for the production contributions for water supply and wastewater disposal according to the Municipal Charges Act (KAG) and the municipal statutes as follows: For the construction of the facilities for water supply per square meter of property area an amount of €3456...
The amounts are final; any additional claims or refunds are generally excluded.
The market municipality furthermore points out to the buyer the following: Each building plot in the development area receives a water house, a sewage, and a rainwater connection within the framework of the initial development.
I simply do not see anywhere even the slightest indication that extra costs for the water connection arise for me beyond a certain length, which I should pay to a company from the private sector unknown to me.
I have been trying for over 2 months to get a basis for the invoice from both the municipality and the company. There were three responses:
- the submission for an intimidating talk
- the information with “we’ve always done it this way”
- the reminder
I am not very keen on turning this into a legal dispute now. If the matter is to be paid, then it is. If not, then not. Hence my wish for reliable information through the notary.