Now it’s solved: German family has to demolish the house because of a legal slump

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The W. family of four made their dream come true ten years ago when they built their house in Brandenburg, Germany. Since then she has been at home in the idyllic Rangsdorf (D) on a 1000 square meter property.

The shock followed in June of this year: your home is going to be demolished! Blame it: A judicial error – the property already belongs to someone else, as a court ruled. As the “Bild” reports, the decision is now final: the house of the W. family is actually razed to the ground.

Heir refused to sell the house

Christin (42) and Philip W. (43) tried in vain to persuade the current owner, a manager from the US, to sell. “His lawyer said he was not prepared to sell under any circumstances,” said Brandenburg Justice Minister Susanne Hoffmann (63) (CDU).

For the W. family, this means that their house must be demolished within a year. This was ordered by the Higher Regional Court (OLG).

The W. family has to raise almost 300,000 euros themselves

It all started in 2010, when the family bought the property through a regular foreclosure auction from the court of Luckenwalde. The land was auctioned because the heir had accumulated debts with the city of Freiburg and was not available.

A few years later, the heir suddenly made contact. It was an American living in Switzerland with German roots. He insisted he owned the property and demanded it back. Finally he went to court. It turned out that the heir was right.

The reason for the debacle was a legal error, it turned out. The court concludes that the court has insufficiently searched for the heir.

Unbelievable: the W. family has to pay the basic costs of 280,000 euros (converted to 268,000 Swiss francs) themselves. After all, the judiciary pays for demolition, relocation and new construction. In addition, the federal state paid court and attorney fees. (dzc)

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Source: Blick