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 own a railway property that is no longer used for transportation and whose infrastructure will not be used in the long term, you may, under certain conditions, apply to the Federal Railway Authority (EBA) to have the property released from its designated use. 

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.

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 wish to install a sidewalk crossing that is not part of the public right-of-way, you must apply to the appropriate authority

If you have a housing savings account, you can save on taxes through the one-time taxation system.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If you do not know the course of your parcel boundary or if there are no boundary signs, you can apply for a boundary determination/restoration.

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.

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.

You must immediately report any changes in the use of a historic building to the State Office of Historic Preservation.

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 payments from your retirement savings plan begin, the Central Allowance Office for Retirement Savings (ZfA) determines the balance of your housing subsidy account, the reduction amount, and, if applicable, the termination amount, and reports these amounts to the relevant tax office.

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.

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.

You must notify the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments of the sale of a historic building, a movable cultural artifact, or an archaeological site.

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.

The client must notify the building supervisory authority of the resumption of construction work after an interruption of more than three months at least one week in advance (Section 73 (8) LBO).

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.

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.

You can request that the repayment amount be determined after terminating your Riester contract.

To find out the current balance of your housing assistance account, you can request a statement.

If you wish to modify a sidewalk crossing that is not part of the public right-of-way, you must submit an application to the appropriate authority.

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

If you sell your home or no longer use the tax-subsidized property yourself, your housing subsidy account will be closed, and you will be required to pay taxes on the resulting closure 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.