2022

Anyone looking for a new sofa, a new wardrobe or a new table should, if possible, take family members or friends with them when shopping in a furniture store. This is the advice of the German Furniture Quality Association (DGM) from Fürth. "Almost everyone has loyal advisors who give him security, who are honest and accompany everyday life. They help to make a good buying decision," says...

Single-family houses and condominiums have become more expensive in the 1st quarter of 2022. This is the result of the housing barometer on purchase price development in Germany, which is published regularly by the online platform ImmoSout24. In the housing barometer the offer prices from the 4th quarter 2021 are compared with those from the 1st quarter 2022. The objects are thereby different criteria...

Building owners should plan for the ancillary construction costs in their project. The portal "bauen.de" points this out and lists the corresponding cost items. Incidental construction costs are incurred, among other things, with regard to the purchase of the land, the financing and the development. But also the costs for the architect, the measurement, the building application, insurances and appropriate building site work...

Since May 1, newly built houses in Baden-Württemberg must be equipped with solar roofs. This is pointed out by the energy consulting service of the consumer center. 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, according to...

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 been living in a 60-square-meter three-room apartment in Maxvorstadt since 2005. When the apartment 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 why the...

Owners currently have to pay around 71 times their monthly net household income to buy an apartment measuring 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 financing broker, the average price per square meter in Germany reached a new record high of 3,958 euros in 2021. In 2012,...

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 can apply for the EuroTest Award 2022 of the German Employer's Liability Insurance Association for the Construction Industry (BG Bau) until Monday, August 1. A...

By testing the building automation or the building control system, more energy efficiency can be ensured and costs can be saved. This is the conclusion of TÜV Süd, which supports operators, owners and users in optimizing the energy efficiency of new and existing buildings. To this end, it offers monitoring 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 the case at hand, a tenant had occupied 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...