Buying an idle shell: Turning the existing construction state into your own completion project
How do I check an unfinished shell in Lower Austria that I am to have completed myself after purchase.
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Buying a house with an existing photovoltaic system: link operator change and feed-in contract before handover
How do I clarify the takeover of an existing PV system including operator status and feed-in contract when buying a house in Austria.
Buying a share despite a pending partition action: jointly check the proceedings, note and your planned acquisition
What must I clarify before buying a share of co-ownership in Austria if a partition action is already pending.
Reading the Austrian land register for purchase: Clarify plot, ownership share and rights as a coherent acquisition scope
How to evaluate an Austrian land register extract with the associated documents for my specific property purchase.
The subsidy expected at purchase does not materialise: checking the special withdrawal case under § 3a KSchG in good time
How do I have an Austrian property purchase reviewed if a significant public subsidy presented as likely by the business seller does not materialise or turns out considerably lower?
Evaluating the energy certificate before buying property: link building key figures, current condition and your own cost needs
How to use the Austrian energy certificate for a complete purchase decision, without deriving a fixed personal heating bill from building key figures.
Determining incidental purchase costs in Austria: Record every type of cost with its actual basis and due date
How do I determine the incidental acquisition costs of an Austrian property purchase completely, without calculating taxes, land registry and fees from the same unchecked flat rate?
Buying a property privately from the insolvency estate: jointly check offer, announcement and approval
How do I prepare an Austrian private purchase from the insolvency estate when the offered transaction still requires judicial approval?
Buying a property with missing occupancy documents: clarifying the gap in the file, usability and moving in before becoming bound
How do I decide on an Austrian property purchase when proof of the permitted use is not fully available?
Preparing the Austrian property purchase: turning individual assurances into a clear contractual and processing position
How do I prepare an Austrian property purchase for contract drafting so that object, price, conditions and execution are consistent.
Buying your first flat: From a suitable home to a fully prepared takeover
How do I bring living needs, available funds, communal risks and legal execution together into a robust decision for my first Austrian flat purchase.
The Wohnungseigentumsorganisator fails: As a purchaser group review continuing construction by another Organisator
How Austrian Wohnungseigentumsbewerber arrange the decision under § 44 WEG on another Organisator after insolvency.