We went to the town hall today to do something most exciting, yet slightly anti-climactical. We picked up our building permit!
Getting a building permit in Neckartailfingen involves going up to the second floor of the town hall. You need to bring not only the invitation to come pick up the permit, but proof that you actually electronically transmitted the 2900 Euro to the town government. We also had to sign another bunch of plans on the house, as we had made a change to the roof overhang. The whole process took about 5 minutes, and ended with a handshake, a congratulations, and a bunch of cheesy smiles.
We now need our architect, who will be our project manager as well, to formally list himself as the project manager, so that we receive our "Baufreigabe" or "Red Point," which gives us the allowance to build. Technically, we have the permisson of the town to build, now we need to prove to the county that the house has had a structural analysis completed, and that we have a qualified building project manager. It is all very confusing, and very German. I think it has something to do with fitting in the laws, and then proving that the house will be sound.
Once you have the building permit, you only have to complete a few more steps to receive the actual allowance to build the house. We're almost there!
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