A new kitchen should be well planned, and with the support of experts. This is the advice of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Die Moderne Küche (AMK). This will ensure functionality, flexibility and ergonomics in the kitchen later on. When planning, among other things, the base cabinets can be considered. Drawer systems with elements such as cutlery trays create individual...
In 2022, there was as little trading in residential portfolios and apartments as there had last been during the financial crisis of 2009 and 2010, the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) recently reported. According to BBSR, only twelve portfolios with at least 800 rental apartments changed hands in 2022 and a total of only 38,400 residential units. This is the result of an evaluation of a corresponding database on...
A very special hotel opened in Düsseldorf-Flingern at the beginning of March. At "b'mine," guests can not only stay overnight, but also reach 26 so-called CarLofts with their car in a car elevator. After the elevator ride, the car can simply be parked in the parking space in front of the room. The parking spaces are not only intended to save guests the hassle of searching for a parking space, but...
A system called "RENbuild" for the combined regenerative supply of buildings with fresh air, cooling and electricity is currently being developed by the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAE) in Würzburg and other project participants. The RENbuild system is composed of hybrid collectors, a high-performance heat/cold storage system, a heat pump system and a building automation system. According to...
In Berlin, land may not be used as so-called container parks in which tenants live in caravans, for example. This has now been decided by the Berlin Administrative Court (VG 13 L 325/22 et al.). In one of the cases at hand, an operator had set up and rented out containers on a 4,000-square-meter plot in Treptow-Köpenick without permission. The rental costs...
Who would like to set accents in its dwelling or its house with copper, can place for it for example appropriate small bowls or vases on a bookshelf or the windowsill. The portal livingathome.de points this out in its article "Wohntrend Kupfer: Glanzstücke für die Wohnung". If residents choose untreated copper, different shades of color will emerge over time. Reason for it...
Paying high rents and repaying loans is a burden for more and more Germans. That's why 12 percent of 12,000 respondents are planning to move for financial reasons. This is what the ifo Institute and Immowelt found out in a joint analysis. The respondents could theoretically save costs, for example, by moving from the usually expensive city to the often cheaper...
The Kreislaufwirtschaft Bau initiative, under the auspices of the Bundesverband Baustoffe - Steine und Erden (German Federal Association of Construction Materials - Stone and Soil), recently published a new monitoring report with figures on the generation and fate of mineral construction waste. According to Dr. Matthias Frederichs, Chief Executive Officer of the German Federal Association of Construction Materials - Stone and Soil, "mineral construction waste is today almost completely...
The energy consulting service of the consumer advice center provides tips on how owners and tenants can prevent the formation of mold through proper heating and ventilation. After showering, cooking or sleeping, the property should first be completely aired. Subsequently, the energy advice of the consumer center recommends to leave the windows open for two to three hours...
A meadow orchard in Berlin-Johannisthal/Adlershof must make way for a school building. This was decided by the Berlin Administrative Court (VG 24 L 36/23). In the case in question, a community school is to be built on a plot of land of around 3.5 hectares, on which there is currently a meadow orchard. According to the Federal Nature Conservation Act, meadow orchards are protected biotopes that cannot be...
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