When looking for a vacant lot or a piece of leftover land, you need to take the initiative. Because you rarely find an ad on the Internet or from a broker. Exploring the city on your own can help. Take a walk or bike ride in the area you’d like to live in and look for vacant lots there. But look closely. The remaining properties are easy to overlook and often only become apparent upon second glance.
To prepare for your walk or bike ride, you can explore the area of interest in advance using the satellite view of Google Maps. In this way, potential vacant lots and remaining properties or even second-row properties can be identified in advance and can then be observed more closely on site.
It may also be worth contacting the relevant building authority or municipality. The authorities can provide information on whether and where other properties with potential are available. And they might even be happy to do so, because many cities and municipalities are more likely to focus on internal development—that is, closing down existing vacant lots—than on new development areas on the outskirts of the city.
Otherwise, rely on word of mouth. Ask friends, family and colleagues if they have a suggestion for a vacant lot or remaining land in your favorite area.
If you’ve discovered vacant land with potential one way or another, the next step is to find out who owns the property and whether the owner is willing to sell it. The easiest way is to ask your neighbors for information about the owner of the property. Otherwise it is useful to contact the land registry or land registry office, but you must demonstrate a legitimate interest. If you do not receive any information, the only solution is to take the expensive detour via a notary, who always receives the data. If you have the owner’s name, you need to find out if he is willing to sell directly. Friendly questions cost nothing.
ADVANTAGES OF A GAP
Vacant buildings or remaining land are often located in desirable residential areas with good transport links and close to shops, doctors and schools or in areas with high recreational value. However, since they are usually small and not perfectly cut, there is less interest in purchasing them. This makes the price per square meter cheaper than a normal building plot in the same location. Furthermore, the small size of the property already determines a lower purchase price.
Furthermore, in most cases, vacant lots have already been developed. This means there are no additional development costs when building a home other than your home connection.
Since the surrounding development already exists, in the case of vacant land, unlike a property in a new building area, when purchasing the property you will already know who your future neighbors will be and whether you will get along with them. With your new home you basically settle into a nest and benefit from the existing infrastructure from day one, which over time only develops into a new development area.
WHAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER WITH A STEAM IN A BUILDING
The downside of the small size and unique structure of a vacant lot or piece of leftover land is that builders must be willing to make compromises when designing the home. Also, if you have a vacant lot or a leftover piece of land, you generally can’t expect a large yard.
If available, the development plan shows which limits must be respected in terms of height, floor and surface area of the house. If there is no development plan, section 34 of the Building Code applies, meaning the building must fit in with the surrounding development. In this case it is better to speak beforehand with both the building authority and the neighbors to avoid later disputes. In any case, when designing the house it is necessary to take into account the minimum distances from neighboring properties.
If the home you are building is directly adjacent to a nearby building, it may feel a little cramped and your home may be shaded by nearby buildings. In such circumstances, if you have doubts, you will have to make further compromises on your personal ideas for your dream home.
In any case, due to the small size of the plot and the individual layout, a vacant plot requires individual house planning and flexibility regarding your own ideas, in order to be able to optimally use the vacant plot or the remaining property. A prefabricated house or a standard house is not suitable here. The construction partner closest to you will be happy to advise you on the optimal house planning for your vacant land or your remaining property. His many years of experience in designing solid, fixed-price individual homes more than pays off here.
Your regional construction partner from will find a solution even if space for cranes and construction vehicles is very limited on your vacant lot.
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