Allotment garden handover: you should pay attention to this

If you don't have a garden at home, you can easily lease a plot from the allotment garden association. In this article you will find out what you should definitely pay attention to when handing over the allotment garden.

Lease and club membership

Before handing it over, it is very important to know that anyone who leases an allotment garden also becomes a member of an allotment garden association with all rights and obligations. This membership expires only with a written termination, which always only ends at the end of the gardening season - usually on November 30th. one year – becomes effective. However, the corresponding letter must have been received and confirmed by the association at the beginning of the year. The exact notice period can be found in your lease agreement. Only then can the search for a new tenant for the allotment garden begin.

garden walk

Before the allotment garden is handed over, a garden inspection takes place

• the tenant or tenants
• the potential new tenants
• and at least one board member of the allotment garden association

are present. This opportunity is used to meticulously record the planting, development and objects remaining in the garden after the handover and their condition. Furthermore, a defect assessment is carried out, in which, for example, non-compliant conditions are recorded and their elimination is clarified. This may involve clearing or cutting down trees. But dismantling an arbor that is too large is also a frequent topic.

Tip: The gazebo may according to Federal Allotment Law not exceed a floor area of ​​24 square meters. Everything above that must either be dismantled or be taxed at the tax office.

Valuation and price negotiation

During this inspection - sometimes also at a separate appointment - the appraisal of the allotment garden is carried out by an external expert. This is appointed by the board of directors and takes stock together with a binding price estimate. In it flow, among other things

• Age and condition of the gazebo
• crops
• facility and tools, whose adoption is desired

a. The appraisal carried out by the appraiser represents the maximum price that the tenant may demand for the allotment garden. As a rule, however, the purchase prices are significantly lower.

A notice: Even those who want a particularly luxurious garden shed placed in the allotment garden usually only has the value of a simple arbor. In most cases, luxury materials or equipment are not included in the calculation.

handover protocol

In the course of the valuation and garden inspection, a handover protocol is also created, which should contain the following information in addition to the current date:

• Declaration of the new tenant to adhere to the club rules and the provisions of the Federal Allotment Law
• List of plants (e.g. B. Number, type, age and condition of fruit trees)
• Description of the arbor along with all objects that the new tenant takes over
• Purchase price and separately listed transfer fee for items taken over

• Meter readings and consumption values ​​​​of electricity and Water
• Information on the fulfillment of the requirements (e.g. B. who has to complete which tasks by which date)
• Key handover (how many and which keys were handed over?)
• possibly further agreements such as the assumption of insurance

Finally, all those involved – i. H. Old and new tenants as well as the member of the board of the association - confirm the details for a successful handover of the allotment garden by signing the protocol.

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