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🤝 Advice and contact points

Property involves a lot of money. These nationwide offices and professions can help you.

advice notary Bauherren-Schutzbund Verbraucherzentrale specialist lawyer energy advice Haus & Grund

In brief

Get help before you sign.

  • Notary: gives independent and impartial advice on purchase contracts. The Bundesnotarkammer (Federal Chamber of Notaries) runs the portal notar.de for finding a notary.
  • Bauherren-Schutzbund: contract review by lawyers and construction monitoring by building experts.
  • Verbraucherzentrale (consumer advice centre): independent advice, among other things on energy and finances.
  • Haus & Grund: owners' association with local branches.
  • Lawyer or specialist lawyer (Fachanwalt): for tenancy and condominium law or construction and architects' law.
  • Finanzamt (tax office) and tax adviser: for tax questions.

If you lack the money, legal advice assistance (Beratungshilfe) is available for legal advice; check with the Amtsgericht (local court).

Step by step

  1. Choose the fieldChoose the office that fits your question: contract, construction, tax, financing.
  2. Collect documentsCollect the contract, notices, photos, correspondence.
  3. State the deadlinesSay right away which deadline is running.
  4. Ask about costsAsk beforehand about the cost of the advice.

Deadlines

Deadlines run from an event
For example 14 days for withdrawal, 1 month to challenge a WEG resolution, 3 months for notification to the tax officesee the respective page
Watch out – common mistakes
  • This page names only nationwide offices; you must look for local services yourself.
  • Advice from associations is often tied to membership.
  • Do not sign anything under time pressure.
  • Advice here is information, not legal advice.
In depth · legal basis, figures and practice – for advisers and professionals

Documented offices

Bundesnotarkammer: runs the portal notar.de, through which citizens can find notaries nationwide; by its own account independent and impartial legal advice. Bauherren-Schutzbund e. V.: by its own account the largest consumer protection organisation for private builders, flat buyers and modernisers; contract review by trusted lawyers, construction monitoring by certified advisers, defect inspection; uniform fees nationwide. Haus & Grund Deutschland: owners' association; the website could not be accessed during the check, so only the name is given here.

Not checked

Services of the Verbraucherzentralen on construction financing and energy (page could not be accessed), local mediation offices, debt counselling services and legal advice assistance in detail. Addresses and phone numbers are not given here.

Who is responsible
  • Notary (search via notar.de)
  • Bauherren-Schutzbund e. V.
  • Verbraucherzentrale
  • Haus & Grund Deutschland
Further reading
Overview: owners and buildersConsumer building contract, acceptance and defectsCondominium ownership: meeting, resolution, manager, service charge

Quick questions

Worum geht es bei „Advice and contact points“?
Property involves a lot of money. These nationwide offices and professions can help you.
Which deadlines and figures matter?
Deadlines run from an event: For example 14 days for withdrawal, 1 month to challenge a WEG resolution, 3 months for notification to the tax office (see the respective page)
What should I do first?
  • Choose the field: Choose the office that fits your question: contract, construction, tax, financing.
  • Collect documents: Collect the contract, notices, photos, correspondence.
  • State the deadlines: Say right away which deadline is running.
What do I need to watch out for?
  • This page names only nationwide offices; you must look for local services yourself.
  • Advice from associations is often tied to membership.
  • Do not sign anything under time pressure.
Evidence
  • Bundesnotarkammer, bnotk.de, retrieved 20 September 2026
  • Bauherren-Schutzbund e. V., bsb-ev.de, retrieved 20 September 2026
  • Haus & Grund Deutschland: website not accessible (connection error on 20 September 2026); name only
As of

September 2026 · Sources and method

A question about your situation that this page does not answer? Write to us or use the contact form – we will tell you which office is responsible and what to bring. Free of charge, without individual legal advice.