Ganz allmählich entwickelt sich unser Traum vom Grundstückskauf und Fertighaus Bau zum leichten Albtraum.
Nachdem unser Anwalt mich letzte Woche anrief, um mir die Daten zur Zahlung der Steuer mitzuteilen, was ich auch umgehend tat, waren wir zuversichtlich, dass der Kaufvertrag nun in Kürze unterzeichnet werden würde.
Wir haben daraufhin am Montag unserem Architekten sowie der Fertighausfirma unseren Haus-Entwurf zugemailt.
Kurz darauf teilte uns die Fertighausfirma mit, dass sie die Preise nicht mehr halten könne und ihr, uns vorliegendes Angebot, um 8 % erhöhen müsse. Gestern Abend informierten sie uns nochmals, dass sie wiederum Preissteigerungen bei den Materialien bekommen hätten und uns deshalb den neuen Preis nur noch bis 8.5.26 anbieten können.
Trotz der Erklärung, warum wir uns nicht bis zu diesem Termin entscheiden können, blieben sie unbeeindruckt und teilten uns mit, sollten wir das aktuelle Angebot nicht annehmen können, müssen sie komplett neu kalkulieren.
Tja, was nun tun?
Wir sprachen mit dem Makler, der auch die Vollmacht des Verkäufers zur Vertragsunterzeichnung hat. Dieser meinte aber nur, solange das notwendige Bankformular aus den USA der griechischen Bank nicht vorliegt, könne er den Kauf nicht beschleunigen. Dies wäre aber für die nächsten Woche zugesagt und dann läge es nur noch an der Bank, wie lange diese für die Verifizierung des Kontos benötige.
Parallel dazu führte ich mehrere Gespräche mit unserem Anwalt, der daraufhin mehrmals mit dem Notar telefonierte. Dieser ist nicht bereit, was auch verständlich und rechtlich so korrekt ist, einen Vertrag zu beurkunden, ohne eine ordentliche Bankverbindung des Verkäufers. Eine Art Treuhandkonto, wie es hier in Deutschland üblich ist, scheint der griechische Notar nicht zu haben. Ob es trotzdem möglich ist, wurde mir leider nicht vermittelt.
Daraufhin habe ich dem Makler nochmals geschrieben und meinen Unmut kund getan, denn wie kann es sein, dass wir Mehrkosten beim Hausbau haben werden, nur weil der Verkäufer ein Formular, das er jährlich seiner gr. Bank vorlegen muss, nicht rechtzeitig bei bringt. Er weiß seit 7 Monaten, dass wir das Grundstück erwerben wollen.
Man glaubt es kaum – ich bekam direkt eine automatisierte Nachricht, dass der Makler, aufgrund des 1. Mai 2026, sein Büro geschlossen hat und vorübergehend nicht erreichbar ist.
In 3 Wochen sind wir wieder auf Kos, bis dahin wird hoffentlich der Kaufvertrag unterzeichnet sein und wir können wenigstens mit einigen wichtigen Personen eine Begehung des Grundstücks machen, auch wenn das Angebot für das Haus „geplatzt“ ist.
Ich muss mich wohl unbedingt an die griechische Mentalität gewöhnen, ist besser für meine Nerven, obwohl ich gerade am liebsten eine „verbale Bombe“ auf Verkäufer und Makler werfen möchte.
Bleibt dran und seid gespannt, wann und wie es weitergehen wird, und wieviele Steine wir noch aus dem Wege räumen müssen.
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Little by little, our dream of buying a plot of land and building a prefab home is turning into a mild nightmare.
After our lawyer called me last week to give me the details for paying the tax—which I did right away—we were confident that the purchase agreement would be signed shortly.
We then emailed our house design to our architect and the prefab home company on Monday.
Shortly thereafter, the prefab home company informed us that they could no longer maintain the prices and would have to increase their current offer to us by 8%. Last night, they informed us again that they had received further price increases for materials and could therefore only offer us the new price until May 8, 2026.
Despite our explanation of why we cannot make a decision by that date, they remained unmoved and told us that if we cannot accept the current offer, they will have to recalculate everything from scratch.
Well, what to do now?
We spoke with the real estate agent, who also holds the seller’s power of attorney for signing the contract. However, he simply said that as long as the necessary bank form from the U.S. had not been received by the Greek bank, he could not expedite the purchase. This was expected to arrive next week, after which it would be entirely up to the bank to determine how long it would take to verify the account.
At the same time, I had several conversations with our lawyer, who then spoke with the notary on the phone several times. The notary is not willing—which is understandable and legally correct—to notarize a contract without the seller’s proper bank details. The Greek notary does not seem to have a type of escrow account, as is customary here in Germany. Unfortunately, I was not told whether it is still possible.
I then wrote to the real estate agent again to express my frustration, because how is it possible that we’ll incur additional costs in building the house just because the seller didn’t submit a form—which he’s required to provide to his Greek bank annually—on time? He’s known for seven months that we want to purchase the property.
It’s hard to believe—I immediately received an automated message stating that the real estate agent had closed his office due to May 1, 2026, and is temporarily unavailable.
We’ll be back on Kos in three weeks; by then, hopefully, the purchase agreement will have been signed, and we can at least conduct a site visit with some key people, even if the offer on the house has “fallen through.”
I really need to get used to the Greek mentality; it’s better for my nerves, even though right now I’d love to drop a “verbal bomb” on the seller and the real estate agent.
Stay tuned and keep an eye out for when and how things will proceed, and how many more hurdles we’ll have to clear.
Little by little, our dream of buying a plot of land and building a prefab home is turning into a mild nightmare.
After our lawyer called me last week to give me the details for paying the tax—which I did right away—we were confident that the purchase agreement would be signed shortly.
We then emailed our house design to our architect and the prefab home company on Monday.
Shortly thereafter, the prefab home company informed us that they could no longer maintain the prices and would have to increase their current offer to us by 8%. Last night, they informed us again that they had received further price increases for materials and could therefore only offer us the new price until May 8, 2026.
Despite our explanation of why we cannot make a decision by that date, they remained unmoved and told us that if we cannot accept the current offer, they will have to recalculate everything from scratch.
Well, what to do now?
We spoke with the real estate agent, who also holds the seller’s power of attorney for signing the contract. However, he simply said that as long as the necessary bank form from the U.S. had not been received by the Greek bank, he could not expedite the purchase. This was expected to arrive next week, after which it would be entirely up to the bank to determine how long it would take to verify the account.
At the same time, I had several conversations with our lawyer, who then spoke with the notary on the phone several times. The notary is not willing—which is understandable and legally correct—to notarize a contract without the seller’s proper bank details. The Greek notary does not seem to have a type of escrow account, as is customary here in Germany. Unfortunately, I was not told whether it is still possible.
I then wrote to the real estate agent again to express my frustration, because how is it possible that we’ll incur additional costs in building the house just because the seller didn’t submit a form—which he’s required to provide to his Greek bank annually—on time? He’s known for seven months that we want to purchase the property.
It’s hard to believe—I immediately received an automated message stating that the real estate agent had closed his office due to May 1, 2026, and is temporarily unavailable.
We’ll be back on Kos in three weeks; by then, hopefully, the purchase agreement will have been signed, and we can at least conduct a site visit with some key people, even if the offer on the house has “fallen through.”
I really need to get used to the Greek mentality; it’s better for my nerves, even though right now I’d love to drop a “verbal bomb” on the seller and the real estate agent.
Stay tuned and keep an eye out for when and how things will proceed, and how many more hurdles we’ll have to clear.
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