Since May 1st, newly built houses in Baden-Württemberg must be equipped with solar roofs. The energy advice service of the consumer advice center points this out. Existing properties must be retrofitted from 2023 at the earliest. This so-called solar obligation will then also follow in other federal states. In Berlin and Hamburg, the installation of solar systems will be mandatory from...
In Munich, two tenants have now been ordered by the local court (AG München; file number 474 C 4123/21) to move out of their apartment and hand it over to the new owners. The tenants had lived in a 60 square meter three-room apartment in Maxvorstadt since 2005. When it was to be sold, they refused to allow interested parties to view it. Nevertheless, buyers were found - including...
Hartmann Möbelwerke GmbH from Beelen has launched a furniture podcast that also deals with environmental protection issues. So far, the three episodes "Welcome to the Hartmanns", "Peace is our most important raw material" and "Happy Birthday - 111 years of Möbel Hartmann" are available on Spotify. Among other things, the first episode answers the question of why the...
Owners currently have to pay around 71 times their monthly net household income to buy an apartment of around 100 square meters. Ten years earlier, it was 50 times as much. This is the result of a study by Hüttig & Rompf AG. According to the construction finance broker, the average price per square meter in Germany reached a new record high of EUR 3,958 in 2021. In 2012, the...
Companies or individuals who have created detailed safety solutions, innovative products, concepts for ergonomic working or resource-saving technologies that make working on construction sites and in construction-related services safer have until Monday, August 1, to apply for the 2022 EuroTest Prize of the German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the construction industry (BG Bau). A...
Testing building automation and building management systems can ensure greater energy efficiency and save costs. This is the conclusion reached by TÜV Süd, which supports operators, owners and users in optimizing the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings. To this end, it offers a monitoring service that can be used to identify optimization potential or...
Tenants who continue to sublet their apartment without permission after a warning must expect termination without notice. This was decided by the Munich Local Court (AZ 417 C 7060/21). In this case, a tenant had been living in an apartment in Munich-Pasing since 2009. The monthly rent was 800 euros per month. The rental agreement contained the following clause: " Subletting or other...
If you want to make provisions for cosiness in winter in your new build, apartment or house, you can do so with a so-called sitting window. The portal "schoener-wohnen.de" points this out and shows interested parties corresponding suggestions. The easiest way to do this is to plan in a window seat right from the start. However, seating windows can also be planned in at a later date...
If Germans had to decide on a sustainable investment and retirement provision, most would choose real estate. This is the result of a recent population survey commissioned by Pangea Life from the market research institute YouGov. Respondents had to decide whether they were most likely to invest in real estate, energy or technology. 26 percent decided...
The portal "planungswelten.de" shows how a kitchen renovation can be successful. According to the portal, a kitchen renovation is worthwhile if, for example, there are splashes behind the hob or the kitchen worktops are worn. But a kitchen renovation can also be the right step if the residents are reinventing themselves. It is particularly easy to change the look of...
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