Selling a divorce property — orderly, neutral, discreet.

If both spouses are registered as owners in the land register, neither can sell alone — both signatures are required. A sale during the year of separation is possible if both agree; without that agreement it becomes legally complex. We only begin marketing once the joint mandate is in writing.

What can sensibly happen beforehand is the initial consultation, reviewing the available documents and a first market assessment — without any outward communication. The legal assessment of your specific situation belongs in the hands of a family-law attorney.

With joint ownership, a private sale requires the consent of both sides. If that consent is missing, the legal route is the partition auction (Teilungsversteigerung) — where the proceeds are typically considerably lower than with an orderly marketing process.

Our role is not to mediate the conflict but to provide a neutral, factual basis for decisions: sound market data, a realistic price range and the marketing options with their respective consequences. The legal clarification belongs in the hands of a family-law attorney, where appropriate supported by mediation.

Our market value analysis is a market-oriented price range for marketing and strategy decisions — not a formal market value appraisal (Verkehrswertgutachten). It is not the right instrument for formal proceedings concerning the equalisation of gains (Zugewinn-Ausgleich), before a court or at the tax office.

Those require a formal appraisal by a publicly appointed and sworn expert — and the relevant valuation date is set by law in the family-court proceedings (typically the day the divorce petition is served). Which appraisal is admissible and with which valuation date is determined by the relevant proceedings or by your attorney.

We are not a relationship mediator and not an arbitration body. Our role is neutral: a factual level of communication for both sides, separate lines of communication where sensible, joint appointments where necessary, transparent market data as a basis for negotiation.

Where conflicts run deeper — emotionally or legally — we refer you to the relevant specialist: family-law attorney, notary or mediation. We implement what those involved have jointly decided — not what we would wish for.

That depends heavily on the starting position. If both sides support the sale and the property is fundamentally marketable, we can start quickly. If matters between the spouses are still open, the preliminary phase takes correspondingly longer — how long is decided by those involved and their family-law attorney, not by us.

For the actual marketing up to the notary appointment, calm market phases are in our experience in the range of eight to twelve weeks — this is a market observation from our practice, not a promise. For complex properties or difficult situations, correspondingly longer. We name a realistic time frame after the initial consultation.

During the separation phase, both spouses generally have a right to live in the shared property — even if only one is listed in the land register. Who moves out and when, whether a use-and-occupancy compensation (Mietnutzungsentgelt) becomes due, or how an allocation of the home is arranged, are family-law questions to be clarified with an attorney.

On the market side, we tell you what the occupancy status, use-and-occupancy compensation and the specific occupancy situation mean for the buyer pool, the viewing logistics and the price range — and how we adapt the marketing accordingly.

In separation and divorce mandates, discretion is not a comfort but an obligation. On request: no signs, no public platforms, no hints in the vicinity — we first market quietly to our existing buyer database and only expand after agreement.

We work with separate lines of communication for the two ownership sides, clear every outward communication with both in advance, and handle the mandate without any mention to third parties. Who learns what and when is something you decide together — we implement it.