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Sooner or later, many homeowners build out the attic. While owners of a new building can start thinking about the purpose of the attic and how it should be equipped at the planning stage, owners of an existing property have to make do with what is there. Often, an attic conversion in an old house is a structural...

According to analyses by market expert Realogis, industrial real estate in eastern Germany is experiencing a major upswing and will continue to attract the attention of investors in the future. East German logistics markets are so interesting because not only are land prices affordable, but many properties also have a very good infrastructure. Likewise, there are in eastern Germany...

A wooden garage is a perfect solution when it comes to protecting your own car from the elements. Because with a wooden garage homeowners have the opportunity to keep the car free from snowfall in winter and make the annoying window scraping a thing of the past. In the summer, on the other hand, the car does not heat up in the heat, so the car ride is pleasant even without air conditioning...

The new "Charging Stations for Electric Cars - Residential Buildings" funding program from the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) further expands the area of electromobility. Thus, there are not only attractive purchase premiums for the acquisition of an electric car, but also financial support for the installation of private charging stations on residential buildings for the electric car. The grant of 900...

The new owners of a single-family house filed a lawsuit against the tax office (AZ 5 K 2938/16). When purchasing a property worth a total of 392,500 euros, they had the sum of 9,500 euros for the takeover of the fitted kitchen and the awnings listed separately in the notarized purchase contract. This is because if used, movable items are also sold when buying a property, it is necessary to refer to...

Resilient floor coverings, for example made of vinyl, linoleum, natural rubber or cork, have many advantages. They are easy to clean, have good impact sound and thermal insulation properties and are very gentle on the joints and warm underfoot due to their resilient and soft surface. Due to the different materials, resilient floor coverings are used in both commercial and private...

The evaluations of the evaluation study "Low-barrier housing: demand increases due to aging part - subsidies have an effect" provide an up-to-date overview of the number of barrier-free properties in Germany. Experts also provide forecasts of how the demand for "age-appropriate housing" will change by the year 2035. According to initial calculations, in the next ten years...

Anyone building a house needs a precise calculation. Because the costs for the dream house are not only composed by the purchase of the property and the building work, but there come also still further cost points on future homeowners. The prefabricated house portal bautipps.de compiles on its Website five Tipps, which financing items on the way to the home of one's own are considered...

If you want to save on electricity costs, you should have your old heating pump, the so-called circulating pump, replaced with a high-efficiency pump. This is because the pump is characterized by electronically controlled pump technology that automatically adjusts to the actual heat demand. This can save around 300 to 400 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. This means that homeowners can save between...

In 2016, a couple from Upper Franconia purchased a house that was built in the early 1970s. Shortly after the purchase, they removed the wood paneling and wallpaper on the walls inside the house. Unfortunately, after the work was done, numerous cracks became visible in the walls. They also noticed another defect when, after removing the wallpaper in the attic, they...