Dear legal counsel, I am currently facing a behavioral issue of purely legal nature. I have already inquired about the issue here, but was unable to find an appropriate answer in relation to the correct behavior in my situation. Here is the situatio...
Hello, I am 36 years old, a single mother of 2 children aged 5 and 8 years old. I have completed a three and a half year vocational training as a dental technician with 21 months of work experience afterwards. I then worked in a non-vocational job ...
Dear Sir or Madam, My question concerns the commercial sector. Until December 2010, I was a self-employed restaurateur and had leased the gastronomic area of a sailing club. I have now received the final bill for 2010 (water, sewage, waste, electric...
Dear Sir or Madam, With a notarial contract, we acquired a 2-family house based on a life annuity and lifelong right of residence for the ground floor. We have been calculating the operating costs with the tenant upstairs and the beneficiary on the ...
I am German and filed for private insolvency in Germany in 2008. I have been living in Switzerland for a month now and have been working here in a permanent position for 2 months. I am separated from my wife and my 10 year old son. My wife earns abou...
Dear Sir or Madam, We have a problem with VHV liability insurance. Insurance coverage: -Personal injuries, other damages (property and pecuniary damages) including management and processing damages. The total performance for all persons and other d...
Dear Mrs. Lawyer/Mr. Lawyer, Our problem is as follows: Upon purchasing a condominium, we acquired a parking space on a different property - according to the purchase agreement, 1,000/100,000th co-ownership shares in the property... building and ope...
I have the following problem: I live in a condominium (my property) in a multi-family house, with a total of 9 rental units. In the heating cost statement for the year 2009, an amount of EUR 1,520.75 was calculated for me. In my opinion, this amount...
Is the improvement contribution for the water supply, which is only charged in certain federal states, e.g. Bavaria, a one-time fee that must be paid over two years, transferable from the homeowner to the tenant, and if so, where is this stated?...
Here is my question: Since 01.08.08 my condominium has been rented out. After the 2009 utility bill settlement, my tenant now refuses to pay the following utilities: caretaker costs, house cleaning, and minor repairs. These costs are not listed indiv...
Dear Sir or Madam, In the nineties, I operated a sole proprietorship in the field of "assembly of prefabricated parts, without manual work". Now, on 19.01.2010, I received a letter from the construction association stating that I would have to pay ...
Hello, I have the following situation to report. I have been living in my apartment since 01.03.09. The rental agreement specifies a living area of 65m² + 10m² for 2 storage rooms. Today, I measured the entire apartment and discovered that the squ...
Dear lawyers, I have been renting out an apartment since 2006. Now, after 3 years and 11 months, the tenant is moving out and believes (after allegedly contacting the tenants' association) that she only has to hand over the apartment in a broom-clea...
Following situation: Initial fixed-term contract from 01.02.08 to 31.07.08 New fixed-term contract from 01.08.08 to 31.01.09 Next fixed-term contract from 01.02.09 to 30.05.09 On 01.06.09, the FOURTH fixed-term contract until 30.11.2009 The contract...
