General Terms and Conditions

This translation is provided for information only. The German version is authoritative (Massgebend ist die deutsche Fassung.)

1. Scope and provider

These terms apply to all orders of property dossiers placed via the Bauland-Scout platform. The provider is the sole proprietorship Bauland-Scout, 8610 Uster, Switzerland; full details are given in the legal notice.

Before completing the order, the customer confirms by ticking a checkbox that they have read and accept these terms.

Ordering without an account: select a parcel → confirm the price and the terms and conditions → redirection to the Payrexx payment page → once payment has been confirmed, the download link appears. The selection can be changed until the redirection. On request, the link is also sent by e-mail; the address is not stored.

2. Work and scope of services

2.1 Bauland-Scout owes the compilation and preparation of the official data sources specified in the dossier for the selected plot as at the stated reference date (the «dossier»). The content of the official source on the reference date is authoritative; the substantive accuracy of the official data themselves is not part of the work.

2.2 The dossier is for information only and is not binding. Land register details (such as easements), ownership and utility line cadastres are not included; for these, the dossier names the competent authority.

2.3 Indicative prices and information on development potential are arithmetical reference values based on the method described in the dossier. They are not an owed result and do not replace a valuation, a development study, legal or investment advice.

Example of how an indicative value is derived: a parcel of 800 m² with a floor area ratio (Ausnützungsziffer) of 0.5 under the municipal building regulations yields, arithmetically, at most 400 m² of chargeable floor area (800 × 0.5). If the official land price statistics for the municipality show CHF 1'000 per m², the dossier shows a range around this value for the land, here CHF 850 to 1'150 per m², i.e. approximately CHF 680'000 to 920'000. The range is narrower where current sales data are available, and wider where they are not.

3. Data status

Every item of information in the dossier states its source and the date of the most recent data retrieval. The platform updates the sources on an ongoing basis; the reference date stated in the individual dossier is authoritative for that dossier. Changes to the official data after this reference date do not constitute a defect.

4. Own verification before a decision

Before making a purchase or investment decision, the customer obtains a current extract from the land register and clarifies the planning status with the municipality. The dossier prepares this step but does not replace it.

5. Prices and payment

The prices applicable at the time of the order apply. The provider is currently not registered for value added tax (VAT, MWST).

• Without an account: payment in advance by TWINT or card via the Swiss payment service provider Payrexx.
• Business customers paying by invoice: payable within 30 days of the invoice date.

6. Delivery, no right of withdrawal

The dossier is made available digitally immediately after confirmed payment (payment in advance) or after the order (invoice), via a personal download link that is tied to the order, valid for 48 hours and limited to a restricted number of downloads. Expired links are deleted. As this is a digital work delivered immediately, there is no right of withdrawal or return.

If a paid dossier cannot be retrieved for technical reasons, the provider makes it available again or refunds the price.

7. Inspection and notice of defects

The customer inspects the dossier upon receipt. Defects, i.e. deviations from the scope of services under section 2 or an incorrect transfer from an official source, must be notified within 14 days of provision by e-mail to kontakt@bauland-scout.ch, stating the passage concerned.

Bauland-Scout remedies the defect by producing a corrected new version of the dossier. If the remedy is not successful within 10 days, the customer may demand an appropriate price reduction; if the dossier is unusable, a refund of the price.

Changes to the official data after the reference date and the information specified in sections 2.2 and 2.3 do not constitute defects.

7a. Existing-building guarantee

7a.1 In addition to the statutory rights and to section 7, Bauland-Scout voluntarily gives the following guarantee: if, at the time of purchase, a building was already standing on a plot for which the customer bought a dossier, Bauland-Scout credits the customer with the dossier price for that plot (section 7a.3).

7a.2 A building within the meaning of this guarantee is an above-ground structure, permanently attached to the ground, with a roof and a footprint of at least 12 m², completed or in shell construction. The condition at the time of purchase is decisive.

7a.3 100% of the price paid for this dossier is credited. For packages and area purchases it is the proportional price, i.e. the total price paid divided by the number of dossiers delivered. For purchases without an account, the customer receives a voucher code for this amount for their next order, redeemable for 12 months. Business customers receive a credit note on the invoice still open, up to the open amount at most; any remainder is deducted from the next invoice as a credit. This guarantee gives the customer no claim to a payout; their rights under sections 6 and 7 and under the law remain unaffected. Only in the most exceptional cases, where Bauland-Scout has clearly made an error of its own in preparing the dossier, may Bauland-Scout at its sole discretion pay the amount back instead, to the original means of payment or by bank transfer.

7a.4 The guarantee requires the customer to

• report the case within 12 months of the purchase, and within 30 days of becoming aware of the building;
• send the claim by e-mail to kontakt@bauland-scout.ch with the subject GARANTIE and the order number as shown in the dossier, identifying the plot (municipality and parcel number or EGRID);
• enclose evidence that the building was already standing at the time of purchase, for example a dated photo, a land register or cadastral extract or documents from the building permit procedure.

7a.5 The guarantee only covers an existing building within the meaning of section 7a.2. It does not cover:

• missing or restricted development options, missing site access or utility infrastructure, building regulations and zoning changes;
• easements and other entries in the land register;
• the owners not intending to sell;
• deviations in areas, indicative prices and information on development potential;
• small structures with a footprint under 12 m² (for example garden shed, tool shed, carport) and structures entirely below ground (for example underground car parks);
• structures built or started only after the purchase.

A small structure with a registered footprint under 20 m² that was shown to the customer before the purchase, in the preview, as entered in the Federal Register of Buildings and Dwellings and that is named in the dossier does not constitute a guarantee case. Other buildings remain subject to the other guarantee provisions.

7a.6 Bauland-Scout examines every claim on the basis of the evidence and the available sources and communicates its decision within 30 days of receiving the complete claim. The price is credited or refunded at most once per dossier. If part of the price has already been refunded for the same dossier under section 6 or 7, that amount is set off; if the full price has been refunded, the guarantee benefit lapses.

7a.7 The guarantee supplements the statutory rights and sections 6 to 8 and does not restrict them. Beyond the credit of the dossier price under section 7a.3, the guarantee does not give rise to any further claims. The information in the dossier remains indicative (sections 2 to 4).

7a.8 The guarantee applies to orders concluded under this version of the terms or a later version containing the same section. For orders concluded under the version of 8 November 2026, section 7a of that version continues to apply, including the refund on request provided for there; Bauland-Scout will send it on request to kontakt@bauland-scout.ch.

8. Liability

The provider is liable for intent and gross negligence. Liability for slight negligence is excluded to the extent permitted by law.

Towards business customers, liability is limited to the price paid for the dossier concerned, except in cases of intent or gross negligence (Art. 100 of the Swiss Code of Obligations).

9. Right to use the dossier

9.1 The customer receives the non-transferable right to use the dossier for their own purposes and for passing it on under section 9.2.

9.2 In individual cases, the customer may show or hand over the dossier to:

• the owners of the plot the dossier concerns;
• their own building client or the client of a specific project;
• their own advisers, financing partners and authorities;
• for institutions (for example pension funds, foundations, cooperatives, municipalities), also the responsible board or committee, the property manager and the advisers in the course of the assessment.

9.3 Resale, publication and systematic disclosure to third parties are not permitted, in particular disclosure to recipients with no connection to the plot or project concerned. Anyone working on several specific projects may pass the dossier on for each project under section 9.2. Recipients may use the dossier only for that purpose.

10. Data protection

The privacy policy on the website applies.

When purchasing without an account, no personal details are requested (no name, no address, no e-mail). If a customer voluntarily provides an e-mail address in order to receive the download link additionally by e-mail, it is used only for this single dispatch and is not stored; it is deleted at the latest upon performance of the contract.

Business customers paying by invoice: name, company, address and contact details are used exclusively for processing, invoicing and the legally required retention of accounting records. No disclosure to third parties, no advertising, no profiling.

11. Changes

The provider may amend these terms. The version published at the time of the order, which the customer confirms by ticking the checkbox, is authoritative.

12. Applicable law and place of jurisdiction

Swiss law applies. The place of jurisdiction for business customers is Uster. For private customers, the statutory place of jurisdiction applies.

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