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Guides and tips on building permits, carports, parking, and wallboxes.
Whether your fence or privacy screen is allowed is mostly decided by local rules: the development plan, municipal fencing by-laws, and your federal state's neighbour law. Check these heights and distances before you build.
A wallbox needs no building permit, but it must be registered with the grid operator. Above 11 kW the grid operator must also approve it. Here is what to clarify before installation.
Terrace roofs up to about 30 mĀ² are permit-free in most German federal states. What matters are area, depth, and the distance to your neighbour. These are the sizes and rules that currently apply.
Whether your garden shed needs a building permit depends mostly on its gross volume in cubic metres and your federal state. Many sheds are permit-free. Here are the limits and exceptions you should know.
A carport on the boundary is practical, but it is the sensitive point in building law. Area, height, boundary length, development plan, and the front garden decide whether it may stand there. Here is what to clarify.
In Bavaria a carport up to 50 mĀ² is permit-free under conditions. But that does not apply in the outer area and does not free you from setbacks, the development plan, and local rules. Here is what counts in Bavaria.