Condominium on the 1st upper floor
Josefstr. 17, 45879 Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Up for auction: a single apartment inside the building
Court notices and appraisals are published in German by the local court. Original wording is shown unchanged.
Appraised value
€8,000
Auction date
8 October 2026
09:30
Appraised value
€8,000
Minimum bid: below €4,000 (50% of the appraised value, five tenths in the wording of the statute) the court cannot award the property. Below €5,600 (70%, seven tenths) a party to the proceedings, a bank for instance, can block it.
Auction date
8 October 2026 · 09:30
Local court
Auction venue
Amtsgericht Gelsenkirchen, Hauptgebäude, Bochumer Straße 79, 45886 Gelsenkirchen, Etage 2, Sitzungssaal 202
Case number
0005 K 0054/2024
Next steps
Thursday, 1 October 2026
- €800 (10% of the appraised market value)
- By bank transfer to the court cash office
- The court must have the money before the auction starts
Alternative: a crossed cheque or a bank guarantee at the hearing (§ 69 ZVG)
Thursday, 8 October 2026
- 09:30
- Amtsgericht Gelsenkirchen in Nordrhein-Westfalen
approx. November 2026
The court sets the deadline, roughly 6 weeks after the award
Documents
Official court records, free to download.
Klaava Pro reads them for you: condition, defects, land register and valuation.
The ZVG portal only serves case pages inside its own site, so this route goes through Klaava.
The data comes from zvg-portal.de, the official portal of the German federal states.
Closing costs
Bid amount
State
Total investment
€6,438
€6,000 purchase price + €438 closing costs
10% of the appraised market value (§ 68 ZVG). You lodge it before the auction date. On award it counts towards your bid, otherwise you get it back. That is why it sits outside the total above.
No estate agent, no notarised purchase contract. Saving against a normal purchase approx. €304 (~5.1%)
Estimates. They create no legal claim.
Key facts
Property type
Eigentumswohnung
Living area
22 m²
Price per m²
€364
Year built
approx. 1898
Occupancy
Let
Town
45879 Gelsenkirchen
Property description
Condominium No. 5 on the 1st upper floor of the main building of a multi-family building in Gelsenkirchen-Neustadt, built in 1898, with a total of 18 residential units and commercial floor space. As at the valuation date, condominium No. 5 forms an economic unit together with condominium No. 3 and No. 4 and is let.
The flat has a living area of 22 m² and, according to the division plan, comprises kitchen, bathroom and living and sleeping room; as at the valuation date used as hallway, bathroom and bedroom. There is currently no separate flat entrance. The building is fully basemented and has timber beam ceilings.
The property is in a severely neglected condition with significant moisture damage, building-control proceedings and prohibitions on use for the upper floors. Lettability and marketability are severely restricted due to the location, size and condition described. Separation from the neighbouring residential units and refurbishment measures are required.
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What Pro adds for this property
- 10 findings from the appraisal, 5 of them rated severe
- Valuation: Cost approach, Income approach, Property yield rate
- 1 entry in section II, meaning encumbrances and restrictions
- Energy: Heating type, Energy source
- More key facts: Remaining useful life and 3 more
- 17 more photos of this property
Official property description
The court’s wording
Laut Wertgutachten handelt es sich um ein Wohnungseigentumsrecht (Nr. 5 des Aufteilungsplans) im 1. OG mittig des Haupthauses eines Mehrfamilienwohnhauses nebst Anbau, Nebengebäuden und zwei Garagen, Ursprungsbaujahr 1898/Baujahr (fiktiv) 1977, ca. 22 m² Wfl., erhebliche Bauschäden/-mängel.
Die Eigentumswohnung Nr. 5 wird zusammen mit dem Eigentumswohnung Nr. 4 und dem Eigentumswohnung Nr. 3 in der Örtlichkeit als wirtschaftliche Einheit genutzt und ist zum Wertermittlungsstichtag (= 16.01.2025) als Einheit vermietet.
Die Eigentumswohnung Nr. 5 hat keine Wohnungstür! Küchenanschlüsse sind nicht vorhanden und noch einzubringen.
Es sind bauordnungsrechtliche Verfahren betreffend das Flurstück 1207 anhängig.
Die Einsichtnahme des Gutachtens nebst allen Anlagen wird dringend angeraten!
English translation
According to the valuation report, this is a condominium right (No. 5 of the division plan) on the 1st upper floor, centrally located in the main building of a multi-family residential building together with extension, outbuildings and two garages, original year of construction 1898/year of construction (fictitious) 1977, approx. 22 m² living area, significant construction damage/defects.
Condominium No. 5 is used together with condominium No. 4 and condominium No. 3 on site as an economic unit and, as at the valuation date (= 16.01.2025), is let as a unit.
Condominium No. 5 has no flat door! Kitchen connections are not present and still need to be installed.
Building-control proceedings concerning Flurstück 1207 are pending.
Inspection of the report together with all annexes is strongly recommended!
Wording of the local court, taken from the official auction notice.
All information is given without warranty. The information shown was extracted automatically from official documents using AI and can be incomplete or wrong. Klaava accepts no liability for decisions made on the basis of this data. Only the official notices of the competent local court and the valuation report are authoritative.
What the surveyor's report says
Construction
Massives Mauerwerk, voll unterkellert. Satteldach mit alten Dachziegeln aus Ton, mit Gaube zur Straßenseite. Kunststofffenster, doppelt verglast, teils neu eingebaut.
Findings of the surveyor · 10 findings
- Interior fit-out (4)
- Facade (3)
- Roof
- Electrics
- Basement
Read out of the market value report written by the court-appointed surveyor.
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