How can innovation activities of online communities be better assessed? This question has now been investigated by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and the Technical University of Berlin. In their research project "Peer Innovation", the institutions have developed a so-called open-source toolbox that examines the innovation activities of peer communities...
A buyer purchases an undeveloped plot of land from a municipality. She contractually undertakes to bear the development costs. If this is the case, she only has to pay real estate transfer tax on the purchase price of the undeveloped property, but not on the purchase price stated including the development costs. This has now been announced by the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) (ruling dated 28....
The portal schoener-wohnen.de has broken down what so-called "death cleaning" is all about. The trend is not only to help clear out the apartment or house, but also one's own life. The method goes back to Margareta Magnusson, which wrote with "The gentle kind of swedish death cleaning" also a suitable book to the topic. The aim of this...
The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) has examined living conditions in cities, districts and regions against the backdrop of the Corona pandemic and published a corresponding publication. The "Atlas of Urban and Regional Development" is also devoted to the area of "housing." Among other things, the authors have studied the development of rental and...
The price of new apartments rose by around 17 percent from November 2021 to November 2022. This was reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Increased prices for various services and materials probably also had a significant influence on this. According to Destatis, prices for roofing and sealing work, among other things, rose by 20.3 percent in the aforementioned period, for...
The Federation of German Consumer Organizations (vzvb) advises customers affected by termination without notice by their energy suppliers to claim damages. According to the vzbv, customers have suffered damage because they were placed in basic energy supply through no fault of their own. Customers often pay higher prices for the basic energy supply than for tariffs they have chosen themselves. Affected customers...
Do the reflections of a photovoltaic system constitute a nuisance for the neighbor or not? The Higher Regional Court of Braunschweig had to deal with this question (Case No. 8 U 166/21). In the case in question, an owner sued his neighbor. The neighbor had installed a photovoltaic system on his roof. The panels would cause reflections of the solar radiation and a...
The portal "brigitte.de" has summarized the living trends in 2023 and identified the following: the eclecticism trend, the Coastal Granny trend, the Japandi trend, the wellness trend, the marble trend and the Greenterior trend. In the eclecticism trend, among other things, old and new furnishings are combined. To locate old furnishings, it is recommended to...
Asking prices for new-build and refurbished older properties in Germany remain at a constant level. This is evident from figures published by immobilienscout24.de. Prospective buyers currently have to pay an average of around 5,200 euros per square meter for a refurbished property dating from 1900 to 1949. For newer properties built in 2014 or later, the...
In order to pool knowledge relating to photovoltaic systems, roofers and electricians will cooperate in the future. This has been decided by the Central Association of German Electrical and Information Technology Trades (ZVEH) and the Central Association of the German Roofing Trade (ZVDH). Among other things, further training courses relating to photovoltaic systems are planned as part of the cooperation. The aim of the...
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