A property is more than its surface area. Prepare usage, legal situation and price assumptions before formulating an offer.
| Information | Review |
|---|---|
| Ownership and scope of property | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Area and current use | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Condition/restrictions | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Income or usability | Document the source, status and open questions |
| Price assumption and costs | Document the source, status and open questions |
Start with the actual ownership and parcel situation, current use and existing documents. Then write down what you can already prove and what is still open. A building plot, a garden area and an agricultural plot are different tasks. The term “building land” alone is not proof that a specific building can be approved. DDORF helps organize your information; a sale or buyer contact is not brokered here.
The official standard land value describes a zone and reference date. Check its associated characteristics before multiplying it by the area of your land. Differences in use, plot shape, infrastructure or rights may matter. Area multiplied by the reference value is a simple guide based on your inputs, not a reliable individual valuation or guaranteed selling price. Do not use the apartment calculator to value land. Our standard land value pages and official BORIS NRW information help explain the figures.
If a development plan covers the property, its specific provisions matter; § 30 BauGB also requires access to the necessary infrastructure to be secured. Other planning-law situations need separate assessment. Clarify intended use, access, utilities and outstanding questions with the authority responsible, rather than assuming that neighbouring buildings establish development rights. Identify a pending preliminary planning enquiry as pending. Prospective buyers need clear documents, not a promise of planning permission based on online guidance.
Organize the land register status, parcel information, site plan, area documents and the existing planning law information. Add information about development, lines, existing uses and known restrictions. Agree on which documents are currently required and from whom they can be obtained. For a partial area, it must be clear what exactly is to be sold and which surveying or land register-related steps are still outstanding. A general checklist does not replace this coordination.
Describe the documented area, use, location and status of your enquiries. Separate approved facts from ideas for future development. Use your own or authorised images and plans, not unverified third-party project images. Prospective buyers must be able to see which information is still outstanding. Our Exposé tool creates a working draft, does not publish a listing and does not assess development rights. You organise viewings and questions yourself.
List potential surveying, document, loan repayment and contract costs separately. Tax questions depend on your situation and history; a blanket claim of tax exemption based on a general time limit is not an assessment. Clarify price, payment, outstanding conditions and the process before making a binding commitment. DDORF does not promise a quick sale, buy land or guarantee buyers or maximum prices.
Local source data belongs on the existing location page, general sales questions on this shared page. Select the city below for land value, price monitoring or sales documents. An available apartment valuation does not mean that DDORF automatically values the property. Additional city pages only become useful when they actually offer their own local information; a new URL alone does not create a reliable data basis.
Organize ownership details, the land parcel, use, access to utilities and infrastructure, and available information. Prepare a factual property brochure and flag unresolved points. These templates replace neither a building permit nor the specific contractual process.
No. The standard land value relates to a zone, a reference date and specified characteristics. Multiplying the area by that value does not produce an individual valuation. Differences in usability, plot shape and rights must be considered separately.
First clarify the extent of the property to be sold and the information required. A plan you draw yourself does not automatically prepare part of a plot for sale. Surveying, access and legal implementation must be coordinated for the specific plot.
Clarify who owns the property and who someone can act for. Check the previous history and tax issues separately. The existing inheritance page explains preparation and decision-making processes without deciding on the individual case.
For individual apartments, a supported local model is required. Approved single-family and two-family home models have a separate calculator. These calculators do not automatically value plots or entire apartment buildings.
View available valuations →Compare your own selling costs, remaining debt, rental surplus and reserves. The calculation scenario does not automatically decide the best strategy.
Compare your own scenarios →Selling a house or apartment privately: check the documents, prepare a factual property brochure and document the handover. No contact form or agency instruction.
Use the home selling checklist →Organize the rent, details and images. Save a free advertisement draft; it is not published or shared with agencies.
Create a rental listing draft →Use local data for context. Official land values and advertised rents are not an individual valuation of your plot or apartment building.
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