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...
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...
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...
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 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 ...
Hairdresser visit: Customer X wants a short haircut as usual for 10.00 EUR. Since she has been visiting the hair salon for some time, she knows that the service includes washing, cutting, and a quick blow dry to dry the hair if it is still wet after...
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 ...
Here is the case again (which happened in November 2011): Hit-and-run or not? An employee caused an accident and drove in panic for 400-600 meters. She had only heard a loud noise before and hit her head on the window. Upon inspecting the vehicle, s...
Dear Sir or Madam, We are planning to purchase a semi-detached house which is located on a property with three other semi-detached houses and a single-family house. It is divided into condominiums. Upon purchasing the house, we would like to conver...
Hello, I was caught speeding at 35 km/h outside the city limits this summer. 3 points 120 Euro. I have no points and I am a normal driver. I was just in a hurry that evening, unfortunately. The side window of my car was smashed and some things wer...
Directly on our property line, at a distance of min. 65 cm and max. 120 cm, there are 8 trees. 4 birch trees approximately 12 meters high, 3 spruce trees approximately 6 meters high, and 1 beech tree approximately 10 meters high. Some branches of the...
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 ...
Hello, we live in a play street, here are single-family houses, each has 2 cars or more and the corresponding parking spaces! A 5-family house is being built on the street, the builder almost completely occupies the building window with the house, he...
Living in rental since 2004. Landlord (V.) verbally allowed us to use the existing drying room. This is a vestibule to our rented cellar. The vestibule has an open passage to the staircase, but no windows. Ventilation should be done through the windo...
Directly at the property line stands a birch tree approximately 10 meters high. In our garden, we constantly have broken branches, leaves, and birch seeds in the summer. Furthermore, the neighbor has a compost heap directly at the property line and o...
Good day, I inadvertently broke the rear window of a car while loading a kitchen countertop onto a truck I had rented. I reported the damage to my personal liability insurance, but they are denying liability and referring to § 7 of the Road Traffic ...
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...
Hello, I rented premises for commercial purposes as of 01.02.2010. After signing the lease agreement, it was communicated to me 2 days before the start of the lease that construction work was scheduled to take place right in front of this property....
Hello, I have the following situation to report. I have been living in my apartment since 01.03.09. The rental agreement specifies a living area of 65m² + 10m² for 2 storage rooms. Today, I measured the entire apartment and discovered that the squ...
In our apartment, it does not get warmer than 19 degrees even though the heating is set to four. The apartment is located on the ground floor and is completely tiled, which makes the floor ice cold, and the windows are also leaky. Question: Is a rent...
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, my landlord SAGA in Hamburg announced a roof renovation in May - the period was scheduled for 3 months - so from July to max September09 - but almost no one was there - new roof felt was partially processed on one roof ... in between, nothing ...
Dear lawyers, Since July 2004, we have been living in a semi-detached house on a rental basis. During the handover of the apartment, the defects, including mold on the silicone seals of the windows, were noted in the protocol and the landlord commit...
Dear Sir or Madam, Some time ago, I was in substitute imprisonment for seven weeks. When I was released, I found out that the housing association had opened my apartment, changed the lock, and disposed of my belongings. There was a note on the door ...
