Students are having to dig deeper and deeper into their pockets for their shared rooms. The average cost of living is currently 414 euros per month. Previously, the average room price ranged between 389 and 400 euros per month. The front-runner in housing prices for a shared room is Munich: In the Bavarian capital, students currently pay 680 euros per month for a room in a...
The former architecture student Moritz Hahn of the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS) has received the BDA Study Award Bavaria 2022 for his bachelor thesis with the topic "Ideal: On the ethical criticism of architecture", offered by the Association of German Architects. In his bachelor thesis, Moritz Hahn explores the following questions, among others: "Is there a need for...
The Central Real Estate Committee (ZIA) has presented a position paper with proposals for the realignment of the federal subsidy for efficient buildings (BEG). According to the ZIA, among other things, the subsidy system should be consistently geared to CO2 savings. In addition, there must be an increased expansion of renewable energies in Germany. Furthermore, the ZIA calls for a new...
Landlords cannot make claims against the job center if a basic income recipient owes them rent. This was recently decided by the Lower Saxony-Bremen Regional Social Court (LSG). In the case at hand, an owner rented out apartments to recipients of basic security benefits and, as a precaution, had them agree to the direct payment of rent by the job center....
Under the headline "You're allowed to steal this in the hotel", the Tagesanzeiger has summarized furnishing ideas. It thus reveals how owners or tenants can imitate the furnishing trends "artist flair", "chic", "lounge feeling", "practical wardrobe" and "mood" in their homes, among others. The artist flair in one's own home is provided, among other things, by painted...
The re-letting rents of advertised apartments in existing properties rose by 3.5 percent in 2021 to an average of 9.29 euros per square meter. This is the result of an evaluation by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR). However, the BBSR found considerable differences between the cities. The highest re-letting rents are in the cities of...
The portal "bauen.de" advises builders to think about lighting before building a house. In doing so, they should find answers to various questions. According to bauen.de, these include the following: "What rooms are there and what light is needed there at what time of day?", "What intensity and temperature should the light have?" and "How should the light...
How can employees save energy in their home office? This is the question addressed by the consumer advice center "Verbraucherzentrale Energieberatung". It points out that, according to estimates, electricity consumption can increase by around five percent due to regular use of the laptop, desk lamp and electric stove, among other things. The additional costs thus amount to about 30 cents to 1 euro per day. In addition...
If a wedding celebration for which a location has already been rented has to be canceled due to the Corona pandemic, the couple still has to pay the room rent. This was recently decided by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH). In the case at hand, a couple from North Rhine-Westphalia had married in a civil ceremony on December 11, 2018, and planned a wedding celebration with 70 guests for May 1, 2020. The...
Increased home office working can save up to 3.7 million tons of climate-damaging greenhouse gases per year. That's according to a study by the Öko-Institut, which looks at the ecological and social impact of mobile working in the pandemic. The researchers also take into account the fact that commutes still have to be made at times. Independently...
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