Location Promotion Winterthur Region
Im Hauptbahnhof
Postfach
CH-8401 Winterthur
Phone +41 52 267 67 97
Fax +41 52 267 67 98
office@who-needs-spam.standort-winterthur.ch
Construction
Building in Winterthur
Lots for development
Suitably located lots for development are not easy to find nowadays. At the beginning of 2012, there were around 70 hectares of open land available for residential development in Winterthur, most of which privately owned. An additional 30 hectares are expected to become available within the next five years. Roughly 15 more hectares in mixed-use zones are procurable if half of the usable area in these zones is developed for housing.
In 2010, one square meter of land ready for development in the city of Winterthur cost CHF 859 (median value).
You can find an overview of price developments here (öffnet neues Fenster).
Obtaining a building permit
Applications for a building permit are processed swiftly and efficiently in Winterthur. Approximately 90 % of all applications are decided on within three months. Comprehensive and coordinated advisory services help avoid planning errors and unnecessary expenses, and ensure that the building permit application can be processed smoothly. Relevant information, also on the applicable legal provisions and the forms required, can be obtained from the building inspection office (Kanzlei des Baupolizeiamtes).
Clear legal basis
People planning to build in Winterthur can rely on clear and solid legal foundations. The city’s building and zoning ordinance was approved by the municipal parliament on 3 October 2000 and entered into force in 2001.
Realizing building projects
Seeking land for development
Land for development on offer may be found in our Immobilien-Bulletin (real estate bulletin), the local daily newspaper Der Landbote (öffnet neues Fenster) and the online property exchanges Homegate (öffnet neues Fenster) and Alle Immobilien (öffnet neues Fenster). Banks sometimes have land for development in their portfolios, too.
If you have your eyes on a specific development site, you can, against a fee, find out who the owner is through the land registry office concerned (please state all the relevant details). You can then try and contact the owner directly to find out if the site is for sale.
Land registry office Winterthur-Altstadt (öffnet neues Fenster)
Land registry office Oberwinterthur (öffnet neues Fenster)
Land registry office Winterthur-Wülflingen (öffnet neues Fenster)
Search screens for development sites (öffnet neues Fenster) in Winterthur and the municipalities affiliated to Location promotion Winterthur Region:
Financing
Various financial institutions can give useful advice on how to finance residential property, also providing online mortgage interest calculations.
Zürcher Kantonalbank (öffnet neues Fenster)
Credit Suisse (öffnet neues Fenster)
Raiffeisenbank (öffnet neues Fenster)
Migrosbank (öffnet neues Fenster)
Bank Coop (öffnet neues Fenster)
Studies and location analyses
Location analyses can provide useful criteria for the assessment of major projects. Several studies and location analyses with regard to Winterthur already exist and can be accessed online or ordered at the relevant offices.
