27.04.2020 | answered by Bernhard Müller
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 ...
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03.08.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
A widow has two children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Due to advancing age, mobility impairments, and dementia following a stroke, she could no longer stay in her own apartment and had to be admitted to a nursing home for long-t...
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14.01.2016 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
I am a development engineer at a semiconductor manufacturer (around 900 people) for 33 years, 60 years old, and I would like to work only 3 days a week in the future, so I am planning to submit a request for part-time work. I am familiar with...
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10.12.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
I sold my condominium approximately 4 months ago. There were a few small defects which I have since fixed. It turned out afterwards that two sockets in the bedroom are not working, so I offered to have them repaired and cover the costs. The apartment...
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28.11.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Does admission to a nursing home (approximately 8 years after the donation) also mean "onset of neediness"? This is about the 10-year period for a donation. Social assistance would only have to be applied for after 10 years and 2 months after the don...
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07.11.2015 | answered by Stefan Steininger
Which costs do I still have to pay if I no longer live in the house and the house has three owners, of which two still live in the house? The house is divided into three floors and my floor was also rented out by the two parties without my permission...
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06.11.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Maintenance as a gift under inheritance law
Until the death of my mother, my sister lived alone and completely free of charge in my mother's condominium. My sister consciously chose to forgo housing benefits from the social welfare office.
Now, aft...
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10.09.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
I live on the first floor of a 3-family house. I have placed balcony plants on the outer window sills. My landlord, who lives in the apartment below, complains that occasionally water from watering the plants drips onto his window sill or win...
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13.08.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello. I found a brown envelope when I was looking for his phone because it was ringing. In the envelope, there were advance directives and powers of attorney issued in my name, my roommate.
What can I do? My roommate and best friend suffered a stro...
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02.05.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
I am concerned about a takeover. I am in my 2nd year of apprenticeship, learning the profession of gardener (specializing in ornamental plant cultivation) in the public sector (municipal employer in Hesse).
In an initial "exploratory discussion" reg...
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28.04.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
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...
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24.04.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
In 1996, a credit card framework agreement was concluded, which was terminated by the bank in 2010, but the claim has not yet been formally requested by the court.
In my opinion, the statute of limitations has expired.
In the bank's opinion, claims...
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01.04.2015 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello!
We bought a vacation home in France in August 2006. At that time, we were living in Paris on rent. For a few years now, we have been living back in Germany, where I also pay my income tax.
Since we are using our vacation home in France less an...
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15.12.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
We rented a commercial property as of December 1st, 2014. However, the warehouse and office were not available on December 1st, 2014. Therefore, we had to rent another warehouse as a temporary solution.
As we gradually began moving in, by December 1...
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03.12.2014 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
How do I properly set up a contract for a rental prepayment of 10 years? It should include the following information: Amendment to the lease agreement dated 1.07.2011, the following agreement is made:
The tenant will pay a one-time payment for the r...
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02.11.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Is it possible to revoke the right of way and passage?
We have a neighboring property of about 1000 square meters, which can only be accessed through our 3-meter-wide path. The property is to be sold, but has not been designated as building land for ...
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14.10.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Dear Sir or Madam,
I participated in a Gbr in 2010. The business did not go as expected. Unfortunately, my personal savings were used up faster than hoped. I borrowed 2500,-€ privately from an acquaintance in 2010 for another investment in the compa...
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28.09.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Facts:
- I have been a freelance actor in Cologne for 20 years (before that 12 years in municipal theaters).
- On August 29, 2012, I returned from a film premiere in Aachen, a pre-program movie in which I played a part.
- On the way back, I got off a...
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31.07.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
A German acquaintance of mine has fathered a child in the Philippines, who will turn 11 years old this year. Because the mother and the child live in poverty, I have repeatedly asked him to take financial responsibility for his child, but he refuses....
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07.06.2014 | answered by Jasmin Pesla
In short:
As a tenant of a property, do I have to tolerate the landlord placing a flag in a holder attached to the property twice a year for the purpose of local pilgrimages? Or do I, as the tenant, have superior rights over the landlord and can re...
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03.06.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
And once again, "heating turned off":
It is to be assumed that our landlord turned off the heating about 4 weeks ago due to various disputes. Absolutely nothing is working, all radiators remain cold day and night - hot water is still functioning. Ho...
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02.06.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
We are tenants in a single-family house. The tank has probably never been cleaned or it has been decades since it was last cleaned. The house is now 40 years old. We have been tenants for only 5 years.
The heating system constantly failed due to bur...
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22.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
There seems to be no peace....
... therefore we will soon be availing ourselves of the services of a local lawyer. However, before that, a very important, as I find it, exciting question. Just now we received a fax (for the first time) from a lawyer...
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11.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
As a sales representative, I receive a car allowance of 800 euros per month and a fuel card that allows fueling for private purposes as well. Both are taxed as a taxable benefit in the salary statement.
With these benefits, the employer excludes furt...
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07.05.2014 | answered by Jan Wilking
Hello,
the situation is as follows: I am 39 years old and my biological father has passed away. I am his only daughter. However, I was adopted a few years ago (already as an adult) by my mother's new husband - I had been raised by both of them. The ...
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