Hello, I have terminated my apartment lease for the 28th of February and cannot agree with the landlord on a time for the apartment handover. They can only offer me a time before 3pm because their working hours are only until 4pm. However, I work unt...
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...
Good day. I viewed a rental apartment through a broker and signed a note on which I listed my address, personal details, his commission, the rent, and further details about the apartment. The apartment was documented and advertised in the listing as ...
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!...
Hello, yesterday on 12.12.2011 we wanted to terminate our apartment. In our rental agreement it says: It can be terminated by either party at the latest on the 3rd working day of a calendar month for the last day of the following calendar month. We t...
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, 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 ...
Dear Sir or Madam, we have the following problem: On April 1, 2011, we rented commercial premises in a new building at the Munich Gewerbehof. The rental agreement includes a paragraph (Appendix 1) stating that the tenant must personally commission t...
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 ...
Hello, I have rented a new apartment where we already live. Now my ex-landlord wants to contact my current landlord because I have rent arrears there, which I am paying off in installments. He accuses me of not having left the apartment in proper con...
Recently, I signed a rental agreement for a private apartment through a real estate agent. I am aware of the legal agent's commission amounting to 2 months' rent and was informed about it by the real estate agent. I have already signed the rental agr...
Old rental agreement from 1983. The tenants are to be terminated by me as the landlord (due to own use) because we are renovating and want to move in ourselves. In the standard rental agreement it states: The tenancy begins on 01.01.1983. It can be t...
I have terminated my apartment and can and want to move out before the end of the rental period. My landlord has hired a broker to rent out the apartment, but so far without success. Am I allowed to try to find a new tenant myself and offer the apar...
Due to unemployment, we have an outstanding rent payment since 2006 of approximately 12,000 euros. We were only able to pay sporadically. We have not received any termination or reminders. Now the landlord wants a declaration of acknowledgment regard...
We have been living in a rental apartment for four years that is heated with night storage heaters from 1976. In the first year, we had a monthly electricity advance payment of 80 euros and no additional payment in the annual statement. In the second...
We have rented out a house and signed a fixed-term lease agreement. The rental agreement contains the following clause: "1. b. Fixed-term tenancy The tenancy is concluded for a specific period of time. It begins on 15.7.2007 and ends on 14.8.2010. ...
Hello! We have purchased a rented apartment in a forced auction. The rental agreement is 17 years old. According to the rental agreement, the notice periods for both parties after 5 years of rental duration are 6 months, after 8 years of rental durat...
Hello, my mother has been living in an apartment for over 10 years, whose owners have been wanting to sell the apartment for ages, which they finally managed to do. This has led to a long back and forth, in which my mother was constantly involved. E...
Hello, I have the following problem. I have a tenant who receives Hartz4 benefits. The rent has been paid directly by the ARGE so far. However, I have not received any payment for the past 2 months (June/July). Upon inquiry with the ARGE, I was info...
Hello, I have the following problem. In mid-July, I rented an apartment to a 17-year-old (turning 18 on August 6) who was living in a home at the time and was moving into her first apartment. As she is a recipient of Hartz4 benefits, the rent is pai...
Dear Sir or Madam, Since 1.8.2008, I have been living in a student dormitory in Cologne. At that time, I already informed you that I am officially enrolled as a doctoral student in Hannover, only attending seminars at the University of Cologne as a ...
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...
Hello, good day, we are planning to demolish the 158-year-old ancestral home as the costs for renovation are too high. We want to build a new one in a different location and have asked our contractor what to do with the old property, as we cannot fin...
I was unable to pay my rent in July and August of this year due to unemployment. As a result, I gave notice to terminate my apartment on 31.07.2009 for 15.11.2009, as I cannot afford the high rent of 640 euros, as I only receive 846 euros in unemploy...
Dear Sir or Madam, 20 years ago, the current tenant moved into our detached single-family house and has always taken good care of the garden. However, in recent years, he has almost completely abandoned this hobby and the trees, hedges, and bushes h...
