The tenant would like to apply for a KFW loan to finance a stairlift. The tenant intends to cover the difference of the purchase price including installation, minus the KFW funding, themselves. Attached you will find the signed lease agreement. The ...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you as a landlord and requesting a response. It concerns a rental agreement from 01.04.2012 - 31.03.2015. In this rental agreement, a prepayment of operating costs of €150.00 was requested. The landlord and the te...
Dear Sir or Madam, Due to various disputes with the landlord, we currently have the following question: Upon moving into a rental property (a 2-family house), it was stated that a garage directly adjacent to the property could be rented shortly aft...
Hello, as a commercial tenant in a property with multiple parties, we are being asked to share the costs for clearing a blocked pipe, even though we are not at fault. Do we have to pay "our share" or can we refuse to make the payment?...
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 bought a new cash register from a vendor online that was supposed to be connected to my laptop. I paid for it, the cash register arrived, and after three days of trying to install the drivers, I found out during a phone call with the vendor that th...
Dear Sirs, Attachments are enclosed! Since November 1998, I have been living in an apartment that was originally given to me rent-free by my grandparents for my use. There is an agreement in place regarding this (attached). I only had to cover the ...
I moved out of a rental apartment on 31.07.2009 and only received a final utility bill on 12.12.2010. I refused to make a payment within a year due to the billing. The landlord's lawyer now responds as follows: "With regard to the electricity and he...
Is an employee allowed to sign a lease agreement for operating resources (in this case a copier) without explicit authorization according to § 54 para. 2? In my opinion, a leasing agreement could also be considered a 'loan agreement' or a continuing ...
Dear lawyers, Our company, a GmbH, is a tenant on the ground floor of a mixed-use building. The majority of the other users are owners or tenants who live in the floors above us. In addition to our company, there is another company also on the grou...
In November 2005, I took over the care of my father who was suffering from dementia. In May 2006, I then moved with my underage daughter into his apartment to take care of him. I sublet my own apartment. Initially, he was classified as needing care l...
Hello, my wife and I are retirees and exempt from filing a tax return. Our apartment is now too big for us and we want to sublet a room temporarily. Question: 1. Do we need to file a tax return now because of the rental income? 2. If yes, how should ...
Hello dear lawyers, Gambling on the internet is prohibited. Are there any exceptions for online casinos? Is it punishable to participate? Or are there any regulations? Thank you very much and kind regards, Susen...
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?...
I have applied for the regular insolvency proceedings, including a deferral of the procedural costs. Now I am being told that my estranged wife is obligated to cover an advance payment of costs if she is financially able to do so. The debts stem fro...
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...
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! In an older post, I have already read that a change termination can be issued before the end of parental leave. My parental leave ends in spring '10; I have been with the company for eight years. I am a single parent with one child. I had a...
Dear Sir or Madam, due to a crack in our neighbor's washing machine drum, there was a water damage in our basement. My music system has suffered damage amounting to approximately €200. The membranes of some speaker drivers have become moist and defe...
Initial situation: My employer, a mechanical engineering company with eight subsidiary (sales) companies in Germany, implemented short-time work starting on 01.07.2009. Since that time, individual departments of the parent company and the individua...
Hello, In early May 2009, I received a payment reminder for the operating costs of 2006 from my former landlord (an estate management company). The wording was: "Upon reviewing our bank statements, we noticed that... you are in arrears... etc." (Thi...
Hello.. I am planning to modify my scooter.. The reason for this are the hilly roads here.. Can I install a different cylinder (more powerful cylinder) in my scooter so that it has more power.. I have the possibility to maintain the prescribed speed ...
