Building a house or buying property

Overview of the Saarland property market

If you would like to clarify individual questions regarding the permissibility of your building project before submitting the building application, you can submit a preliminary building application. The responsible lower building supervisory authority will provide you with binding information on these questions in a preliminary building permit.

You must apply for a certificate of separate ownership if a separate property is to be created or a permanent residential right is to be asserted.

You can apply for state funding from the Saarland State Office for Monuments for the protection, preservation, restoration and partial reconstruction of monuments.

If you are buying or building residential property for your family for your own use, you can apply for building child benefit under certain conditions.

You would like to know whether there is a suspicion of contaminated sites or harmful soil changes on a property? If so, you can request information from the register of contaminated sites from the relevant authority.

Standard land values help to answer the question of how high the value of an area of land is roughly.

Standard land values help to answer the question of how high the value of an area of land is roughly.

If you are a public corporation involved in the legal sale of agricultural or forestry land, you require the approval of the competent authority under state law.

If you have a home subsidy account, you can save tax through single taxation.

If your project crosses a body of water or takes place in or on a body of water, you require a permit for this, which you will receive if the approval requirements are met.

In order to be able to change supply lines, you need the consent of the property owner to change this infrastructure. If the property is a public road, you must submit the application to the responsible road owner.

If your (building) project deviates from building regulations, you must apply for approval of the deviation and justify it. Further information can be found here.

If you own a railroad property that is no longer used for transportation and whose infrastructure will no longer be used in the long term, you can apply to the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) for exemption of the property under certain conditions.

With the partial building permit, you can start construction work on building sections before the building permit for the change of use is granted. To do this, you submit an application for partial building permission to the responsible lower building supervisory authority.

You can also use public roads and paths for purposes other than traffic and public use. To do so, you generally require a special use permit.

It is possible to carry out the simplified building permit procedure for special structures. In this case, fewer requirements are checked by the responsible lower building supervisory authority.

In order to be able to lay supply lines, you need the consent of the property owner to lay this infrastructure. If the property is a public road, you must submit the application to the responsible road owner.

You can inspect the register of building encumbrances for a property, create an extract or request a copy if you can demonstrate a legitimate interest.

As the owner, you want to construct a new building or modify an existing one in such a way that the floor plan changes. Then you must arrange for a building survey.

For cultural assets worthy of protection, you can apply for a certificate for the tax office for production and maintenance measures and their costs.

For monuments or buildings within listed areas or protected complexes, you can apply for a certificate for the tax office on measures carried out for the preservation or appropriate use of the monument or building and their costs.

If there is a localized right on a property (e.g. right of way) and this property is divided, it can be certified that this right only applies to certain partial areas, while other areas of the property are not encumbered.

Here you will find information on the regulations applicable to the purchase and sale of real estate.

If you make premium-preferred expenditures to promote housing construction, you can apply for a housing construction premium.

When payment of your pension plan begins, the Central Allowance Office for Pension Fund Assets (ZfA) will determine the balance of your home subsidy account, the reduction amount and, if applicable, the liquidation amount and notify the relevant tax office of these amounts.

If you are planning a major construction project, you must notify the relevant health and safety authority in advance of setting up your construction site.

The land register provides information about the legal circumstances of a property. You can inspect the land register under certain conditions.

The land registry issues (certified) copies or (official) printouts from the land register and the land file on request.

The land registry issues (certified) copies or (official) printouts from the land register and the land file on request.

Registration of ownership of a property or encumbrances and restrictions on a property.

If you intend to remove an installation, you must notify the lower building supervisory authority at least one month in advance. Exempt from the notification requirement are building projects that do not require a procedure in accordance with Section 61 of the State Building Code.

If you carry out a legal transaction (e.g. purchase) relating to a domestic property, this is subject to real estate transfer tax.

At least one week before the start of construction, the start of construction must be notified to the responsible building authority and those responsible must be named in accordance with § 53 LBO.

As the operator of a water supply or non-drinking water system, you are obliged to register your system with the responsible health authority. This also applies to significant changes to the system or a change of operator.

A subdivision survey must be carried out if part of a property is to become a separate property.

If you want to merge your directly adjoining parcels into one parcel, you must apply for a merger.

Do you need a map representation of your property for private use? Then use the Saarland online store

If you need an official map when you want to build or if you want to take out a bank loan, you can purchase an extract from the property register, which can consist of a map and owner details.

Property tax is linked to the ownership of land. It must be paid regularly by the property owner.

If you need an official map when you want to build or if you want to take out a bank loan, you can purchase a property map. This can consist of a map and owner details.

If you move into a new home, you must register in person with the registration office responsible for you at your new place of residence within two weeks of moving in.

You can apply for the repayment amount to be fixed after termination of the Riester contract.

To find out the current status of your housing subsidy account, you can apply to have it determined.

If you give up your residential property or no longer use the tax-subsidized property yourself, your housing subsidy account will be closed and you will have to pay tax on the resulting liquidation amount.

Do you provide a construction service in Germany to another entrepreneur or to a legal entity under public law and they have to pay construction withholding tax on the consideration? Then you can apply for exemption from tax liability.

Have you provided construction services for a company or a public corporation and construction withholding tax was withheld on your consideration? If so, you can apply for a refund of the tax withheld under certain conditions.

Information on the building permit procedure