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Heating in Germany has become more expensive due to the CO2 tax that has been levied since 2021. So far, tenants have had to bear the additional costs alone. However, that should change on January 1, 2023. Then the CO2 tax should be divided between tenants and landlords. To this end, the federal government recently agreed on a phased model for residential buildings. With this loud...

A lawyer sold two of his demented client's apartments in Lehel in Munich at a significantly lower price, to his children. For this he was sentenced to a suspended sentence of two years by the lay judges of the district court in Munich for breach of trust. The verdict is not yet legally binding. The apartments, valued at 1,100,000 million and 1,300,000 million...

Plant lovers who want to green their walls inside can plant indoor plants in special hanging systems. The portal "bauen.de" points this out. These hanging systems are, for example, box modules, textile bags or prefabricated plastic panels with bulges. However, before you mount the hanging systems on the wall, according to the portal - if...

How does a sustainable construction turnaround succeed? This was recently examined by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization IAO together with several real estate industry associations and chambers. They identified over 100 trends, which they summarized in three future scenarios. According to the ILO, the three scenarios are "#innovationiskey",...

Good planning is required to ensure that the stairs in the house do not become a risk of accidents. This is mostly done by experts. However, it is also advisable for builders or owners in the course of renovation measures to find out about staircase construction. The "bauen.de" portal provides information on how to calculate stairs and what to look out for when building stairs. With this one you have to...

The GDW Federal Association of German housing and real estate companies recently published various tips on the topic of "saving energy". These include, among other things, lowering the room temperature. According to the Federal Association, temperatures of 20 to 22 degrees are sufficient during the heating period. If the apartment is aired, the heating should be turned off beforehand in order to reduce energy costs.

Roommates in a shared house had complained to their landlady about their roommate. She then sent him a letter with the following content: "Due to complaints about strong odors and vermin in the stairwell, we would like to carry out an inspection of your apartment. On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 10 a.m., our employee, Mr. K., will...

According to the working group Die Moderne Küche (AMK), preparing food outdoors is becoming increasingly important. Interested parties can purchase outdoor kitchens in different variants. Among other things, you should make sure that they are made of weatherproof and UV-resistant materials and that the devices and accessories are designed for outdoor use....

A study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) comes to the conclusion that rent controls can only reduce economic inequality in the short term. It is based on the assumption that poorer households that pay high rents face richer households that have rental income. If the legislator limits the growth in rents, according to...

The Berlin consumer advice center knows what needs to be considered when installing a ventilation system. Among other things, she points out that appropriate specialist planning is required, that the most efficient devices have the EU efficiency label A+ and that the acquisition costs for ventilation systems with heat recovery are financially supported by the federal funding program for efficient buildings (BEG)...