September 2020

Tip: No house construction without prior ground investigation

Anyone wishing to build a house should find out about the subsoil before purchasing the land. A professional subsoil investigation provides information about the soil conditions and provides essential information about the soil type and soil class as well as the load-bearing capacity of the subsoil and the soil water conditions. The Association of Private Builders (VPB) points out...

Analysis: Artificial intelligence - from hype to energy industry reality

The analysis "Artificial Intelligence - from Hype to Energy Industry Reality", published by the German Energy Agency (dena), examines the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the integrated energy transition. The analysis presents nine fields of application and uses them to show both the technical development status of AI and the relationship between...

Ruling: Rent increase only possible for modernization and not for maintenance measures

The landlady of an apartment building in Düsseldorf had several construction measures carried out on the building following an announcement and passed the costs on to the tenants. The work included, for example, the replacement of the more than 60-year-old front door and the replacement of the aging stairwell windows and apartment doors. Mailboxes were also replaced, an intercom system...

Trend: sauna house in the garden

Just in time for the beginning of autumn, many homeowners ask themselves how they can use their free time outside in the garden for as long as possible before winter sets in. With a private sauna house, it is also possible to enjoy being in the garden all year round. This not only gives residents the opportunity to warm up and relax in their private oasis of well-being, but also to enjoy the...

Code for a holistic and diverse building culture

In order to create diversity in cities and promote different building styles, the Federal Foundation for Building Culture, together with the Institute for Corporate Governance in the German Real Estate Industry (Institut für Corporate Governance in der deutschen Immobilienwirtschaft e. V. - ICG), has drafted a code aimed at the real estate industry. It is intended to help companies from the real estate sector, builders, project developers and planners, as well as owners and all...

Tips: Things to know about the flat roof house

Anyone who is about to build a house has to make any number of decisions. One of them concerns the type of roof. Basically, there are two different types of roofs to choose from: a pitched roof or a flat roof. Houses with flat roofs have many advantages. The compact shape of the flat roof house resembles a cube and is characterized by a clear, simple design. A flat roof has no...

Environmental protection: The different types of energy storage

Anyone who is committed to climate protection will not only be concerned with the topic of "production of environmentally friendly electricity", but also with the storage of energy. So-called energy storage systems store surplus solar power, which can then be withdrawn and used at another time and as needed. Energy storage for electricity produced from wind or sun...

Design your home with an online room planner

If you want to replace your furniture or give the walls a new color, you can use a digital room planner to see which color looks particularly good in the kitchen or whether the chest of drawers looks more tasteful in the corner of the room or rather in the middle. In this way, a room planner provides orientation in the area of furnishings and design; an innovative 3-D room planner even makes it possible to look in and through...

Survey: How popular is real estate as an investment?

The market and opinion research institute YouGov conducted a survey on behalf of Commerz Real AG on the importance of real estate as a capital investment. Whereas in the same survey in February 2020, timed before the exit restrictions and measures proclaimed by the Corona pandemic, 51 percent of respondents considered a real estate investment to be a sensible and stable capital...

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