2022

How can tenants improve their home? What measures can they carry out on their own? When do they need the landlord's consent? The portal "schoener-wohnen.de" looks into these questions. First things first: tenants are generally allowed to make superficial changes that can be reversed. However, if the building fabric of the apartment is...

More than one in two Germans (55 percent) dream of owning a vacation home, and around 40 percent have already actively considered buying one. These are the findings of a study conducted by the market research institute Ipsos on behalf of VillaCircle. Almost half of Germans would like to realize their dream of owning a vacation home in Germany or another European...

The real estate associations would like to support the German government in its efforts to build 400,000 new apartments per year, 100,000 of which are publicly subsidized. "The German government has our full support in its goal of creating 400,000 new apartments every year during this legislative period. Because the framework conditions have once again deteriorated considerably due to massive...

The BDEW Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industries is calling on those responsible to fill the so-called area tool (flaechentool.de) with life. The purpose of the area tool is to accelerate the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. According to BDEW, federal, state and municipal properties as well as those of companies can be recorded in the area tool so that project developers can...

Even if a wife has another registration address abroad, this does not preclude her from living in an apartment with her husband in Germany (Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Urt. v. 17.03.2022, 33 C 2294/21 (29)). This was recently decided by the Local Court of Frankfurt am Main. In this case, a husband had died in 2020. The son informed the landlady of this and demanded...

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Die Moderne Küche (AMK) points out kitchen appliances that combine function and appearance. For example, new branded fully automatic coffee machines not only score points with their appearance, but also offer quick and intuitive operation and prepare a wide range of coffee and milk specialties, optionally with a particularly energy-saving coffee maker.

Landlords in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Berlin and Thuringia in particular will have to expect high CO2 taxes from 2023. This is according to a study by digital real estate manager objego. According to the study, 41.8 percent of residential buildings in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania had the worst energy efficiency classes G and H in 2021, 38.7 percent in Berlin and 35.5 percent in Thuringia. From 2023 onwards, the...

The Managing Director of the German Construction Industry Association (zdb), Felix Pakleppa, does not expect the 400,000 apartments targeted by the German government to be built this year. "With around 293,400 new apartments completed last year, we fell well short of expectations and the forecast. Unfortunately, we have to assume that there will be...

The Solar Decathlon Europe, according to the organizers the world's largest university competition for sustainable building and living, is being held in Germany for the first time. The event is also open to the general public: from Friday, June 10, to Sunday, June 26, visitors can find out more about sustainable building and living, architecture and climate protection free of charge.

Property owners must also comply with the consideration requirement in building law if they want to build parking spaces for electric vehicles (VG 13 K 184/19). This was recently decided by the administrative court in Berlin. In this case, the owner of a property in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg wanted to build five parking spaces with two electrical connections. On the property there are...