2021

Tips: Kitchen island

A kitchen island in the middle of an open kitchen creates a cozy ambience and is also a real eye-catcher. As a central element in the room, a kitchen island is not only intended for preparing food, but also serves as a meeting point for exchanging ideas and getting together. But to ensure that it looks neat even when commissioned and fits perfectly into the...

Forecast: End of the house price cycle in 2024?

According to a market report by analysts at Deutsche Bank Research, an end to the house price cycle and rising real estate prices could initially be reached by 2024. Several factors lead the analysts to this forecast. First, Deutsche Bank's researchers expect the currently prevailing supply shortage to ease over the next few years. This...

Bathroom electrical installations

Especially in the bathroom, it is important that special protective measures are observed when installing electrical connections. Whether it is a question of connections for lighting or the installation of sockets for the use of everyday objects such as a hairdryer or a shaver - the technical specifications are laid down in VDE 0100. It also contains the...

Tips: Green roof

A garden on the roof convinces not only with its appearance, but is also an interesting component of ecological construction. This is because a green roof of plants and shrubs creates significant biotopes and improves air quality. In addition, temperature changes in summer and winter are balanced: In summer, the green roof cools and in winter it keeps warm. Also, the...

Judgment: Deadline for invitation to owners' meeting

After the reappointment of an administrator of a condominium owners' association (WEG), she sent out an invitation to the next owners' meeting for September 25, 2015 on September 04, 2015. The community rules included a note that the invitation should be sent to the address that the owners last gave their administrator. Some owners contested...

Living and housing: Residential Psychology

The online magazine "Wohnen.de" deals with the topic of living psychology in a guidebook. Numerous studies have already established and examined the connections between the way we live and our personality and come to the following conclusions: Since we freely choose most of the objects in our own household and determine where we place them, we...

Study: Residential space consumption in Germany

The Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) (Institute of the German Economy) conducted a study to examine residential space consumption in Germany. This involved dividing the population in Germany into 100 equally sized socioeconomic groups on the basis of calculations of household and personal survey data from the socioeconomic panel (SOEP). Within these groups, the mean value of living space was determined. The...

Tips: Undamaged tiles when drilling

Tiles in the bathroom, kitchen or other premises should not be processed, if possible. After all, they are made of ceramic, clay or porcelain, are resistant and provide the perfect protection against moisture. With a scratch hardness of 8, tiles are among the hardest materials and are in the upper third of the hardness scale. The scratch hardness describes the...

Living: Sustainability in everyday life

On the subject of sustainable living, the climate and energy transition magazine Klimaretter.info has compiled helpful tips on how much can be done to protect the climate with little effort and a heightened environmental awareness. Because in everyday life at home, whether washing clothes, doing the dishes or shopping, consumers can make a significant contribution to environmental and climate protection without having to...

Ruling: Purpose of use in the rental relationship is decisive

In a legal dispute concerning outstanding rent payments in Berlin, receivership was ordered. The landlady of a property rented out eight apartments to a GmbH & Co. KG, which sublet the premises or made them available to third parties. The lease agreement concluded between the two parties was a "lease of residential premises". In § 1 of the...

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