Terminate house contract before expiry - withdrawal clause/property

Hello,

we are currently facing the same problem. How did the case turn out?

Best regards

Katharina

Legally speaking, the developer is entitled to compensation; the contract usually states 10% of the total amount if you unilaterally withdraw from the contract.
And he will enforce that, no matter what the seller said in the preliminary discussions.

Because, even if it doesn't seem obvious at first glance, the developer/general contractor suffers a real loss if you withdraw. You have tied up capacities. Your plot/house or the capacity for it could not be marketed elsewhere.
As a rule, the developer has already begun internal planning/preparation...

You can prove to the developer/general contractor in court that no costs have been incurred. But that can take years, and the outcome is uncertain...

I am already thinking about how I can best make this public to put an end to this playing with the desire for a home of one's own.

I probably got ahead of you and have addressed the topic here in several places since May 2018; the probably still most recent summary of findings on the search term "11ant Leerverkauf" can be found here:

we are currently facing the same problem. How did the case turn out?

Take a look at when the OP was last online here ... but the above list of sources should also show that you can be pretty relaxed about how small the "risk" is that the farm-trapping "land service" provider has become successful in the meantime. This is by no means excluded, however, but on the topic of legal advice, there is no need to scroll far back in this thread.