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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Another question regarding the rental issue: There is a dispute about the size of the rented apartment. According to the lease agreement, it is approximately 90 square meters. I am aware that courts often allow a tolerance of 10% for approximate mea...
And once again, "landlord problem": Within 2 weeks, our heating system has failed for the second time. It has now been four days without usable heating, although hot water is still working. While it is currently very warm outside, the warmth does no...
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...
Dear Sir or Madam, I have one final question regarding the matter mentioned multiple times: We have rented a property, the rent is covered by the job center. The property is actually larger and slightly more expensive than the maximum rate allowed ...
Rent dispute, round 5: Dear Sir or Madam, in the context of certain disputes with the landlord, there is a new question: Several weeks ago, we discovered a blockage in our toilet that could not be fixed with the usual methods. We informed the landlo...
It takes and takes no end... ...Dear Sir or Madam, and every day the groundhog greets... that's how I feel about the circumstances. I'll try to keep it short: There have been disputes with our landlady for several weeks, of a personal nature, which ...
Dear Sir or Madam, Based on my previous good experiences, I would like to clarify a final matter in terms of rental law or find out a possible trend. I am aware that street noise as a reason for rent reduction is a delicate issue and often tends to ...
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 ...
Dear Sir or Madam, Due to various discrepancies between the landlord and the tenant, the landlord arranged an inspection appointment with 2 experts after repeated written requests from the tenants. The tenant had to reschedule the landlord's propose...
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...
