Water is present on the construction site

Hello, We have found a building plot in the middle of a town. There is a meadow on the plot where water often stands. In the immediate neighborhood, there are regular single-family houses. Is the water a problem? The person who always mowed the meadow said that he mows a different plot every time because the contour constantly changes. The plot is completely flat and at street level. A soil survey will be done before the purchase.

Wait for the [Bodengutachten].

There can be 100 possible causes for this and just as many different solutions. It can mean anything from very affordable to "unpayable."

Clay soil...groundwater...as Mottenhausen says, it can have many causes. But I guess it will go in this direction.

Is the water a problem?

It is not the water that is the problem, but possible costs to build there. However, only a soil survey can tell you that.

Do you want to build in our village? There is a plot of land - and I would never want to build there. The risk is too high for me. It is an old, established village and no one has built there for generations. In my opinion, the ancestors already knew why. Around it are single-family houses or farms, but nothing on this meadow.

Oh no - Saarland, then not in our area
But I would also be cautious and wait for the soil report. Please report here what comes out!

Install proper drainage. Costs are unknown to me but shouldn't be too expensive.