Tenancy law: Nullity of clause for cosmetic repairs in our lease agreement? Do I have to paint or not? Can the landlord withhold anything from the security deposit if we don't paint? Thank you for a quick assessment!...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have asked this question before, but unfortunately the answer was deleted during the relaunch of frag-einen.com. Therefore, here is my question again. I have terminated the apartment for 28.03.13 and would like to know if I ha...
Hello dear lawyers, Since 01.11.2005, I have been renting a condominium, which has now been sold to a direct neighbor (same floor). The viewing was about 2 weeks ago, and the notification from the previous landlord stating "Mr. XXXX will be the new ...
Dear Sir or Madam, we moved into the above-mentioned rental agreement on May 1, 2006, which was in the condition of the previous tenant. This means that the walls were painted half-height in 2 rooms in a rich green, in 1 room in a rich blue, and in ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am currently working as an independent sales representative in network marketing, which means I have an irregular income. I live in the new federal states of Germany. Two years ago, I filed for regular insolvency and am therefor...
My mother is moving to a nursing home. In the rental agreement (form by Brunnenverlag) dated 1.7.1984, under "§ 3 Rent-Additional Costs", it states "The cosmetic repairs are the responsibility of - landlord - tenant", but nothing is crossed out/under...
I moved into an apartment owned by the husband of a friend. For 8 months, he has been postponing giving me a rental contract. He does not provide any reasons for the lack of a rental contract. I pay the monthly rent agreed upon orally on time, plus a...
Good day! This concerns my father's rented apartment, who had to move to a nursing home. I am currently clearing out the household and would like advice regarding the final renovation and the reasonable work in the garden. 1) When my parents moved i...
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...
Dear Sir or Madam, We are currently moving out of our apartment, which we took over without renovation and received two months rent-free in 2008. Now we are moving out for professional reasons, and the landlord has informed us that we need to prepar...
Dear Mr. Lawyer, I entered into a lease agreement for commercial premises (160 sqm office space) starting on December 1, 1990, which I have now terminated with proper notice by the end of October 2009. The question arises whether I am required to: 1...
Hello, I terminated my lease agreement on 31.08.09 with a notice period until 30.11.09, however, I did so via fax. My landlord confirmed receipt of the termination almost 14 days later (he was on vacation), but rejected it due to a formal error (acc...
In the standard lease agreement (pre-printed form) signed on 03.05.1996, section § 8 "Beauty Repairs" states: Beauty repairs include in particular.....painting the floors or cleaning/replacing the carpeting...... The tenant has now moved out after 13...
Good day, I am a private caregiver for an elderly lady who had to move into a nursing home. As a result, I terminated her lease on the apartment and the landlord has given me a 3-month notice period as he intends to use the apartment for his daughter...
Dear Sir or Madam, We will soon be moving to a new apartment and are not sure if we are obligated to hand over the apartment renovated (painted white) according to the new rental law. We took over the apartment freshly renovated 2 years ago. In our ...
