If you establish a separate ownership of an apartment or of rooms not used for residential purposes (e.g. commercial premises) or of a parking space, you will need a certificate of separate ownership. You will also need this if you wish to assert the right to permanently occupy a specific apartment in the building (permanent right of residence).

The certificate of segregation proves that

• an apartment is structurally sufficiently separated from other apartments or rooms or
• rooms not used for residential purposes (partial ownership) are closed off from other rooms.

Special ownership can also be established for parking spaces and parts of the property located outside the building, such as terraces or garden areas. Special ownership must be clearly defined by means of dimensions in the construction drawing / partition plan.

The certificate of separate ownership is issued by the responsible building authority after your documents have been checked.

• Application for a certificate of completion,
• Construction drawing / partition plan (site plan, floor plans, sections and views),
  • If the application is submitted in writing, the construction drawing / partition plan must be attached in duplicate, legible and to scale and must not exceed DIN A3 format.
  • If the application is submitted electronically, the construction drawing / partition plan must be submitted as an electronic document that can be printed in A3 format.
  • In the case of existing buildings, the construction drawing/subdivision plan must be an as-built drawing.
• Proof of ownership (current extract from the land register, purchase contract if applicable, current extract from the commercial register if applicable),
• current extract from the official real estate map