The Federal Chamber of Engineers (BIngK) regrets the end of new construction funding for the Efficiency House 55 standard and calls for a postponement of the funding freeze. New funding for the Efficiency House 55 standard will be discontinued on February 1, 2022. After that, only other building renovations and efficiency house levels will be subsidized, for example the "Efficiency House 40" level. The reason for this, according to...

The association Haus & Grund Rheinland Westfalen advises owners who want to renovate their home to make it more energy-efficient to seek professional advice in advance and have an individual renovation roadmap drawn up. Among other things, this can help to avoid bad investments. According to the association, special software is used to create the renovation roadmap. The owners then receive a...

Development charges may not be levied indefinitely. This was decided by the Federal Constitutional Court. In this case, a property owner who owns several properties in Rhineland-Palatinate had filed a lawsuit. The road bordering his properties had been extended in 1985/1986 and opened to public traffic as a municipal road in 2007....

Anyone who wants to decorate their home quickly before Christmas can find decorating tips on the schoener-wohnen.de portal. When decorating for Christmas, owners and tenants do not have to decorate entire rooms with Christmas decorations. Instead, it is sufficient, for example, to set the scene for a sideboard. This can include pine cones,...

A company survey conducted by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) has revealed that companies fear the consequences of higher electricity and gas prices. Almost half (46%) of the 600 or so companies surveyed fear a loss of competitiveness in Germany as a result. In addition, the companies also fear that they...

The Association of Private Builders (VPB) criticizes the fact that there are still considerable deficits in the awareness of consumer rights in connection with turnkey construction. In its third study on construction contract law entitled "The new construction contract law - turnkey construction for consumer builders - investigation into implementation in 2020", the VPB found that...

How can the block development of Hamburg's Speicherstadt warehouse district be supplied with C02-neutral energy by 2040? HHLA Real Estate is investigating this question together with several project partners. Among other things, they are jointly researching how the energy required to operate the property can be generated, stored and used in the building itself. A particular challenge here is the protection of listed buildings...

If someone needs to care for a close relative and would like to move into the same house to do so, they can give notice to the current tenants on the grounds of personal use. This is the result of a ruling by the Munich Local Court (case no. 453 C 3432/21). In this case, a grandniece took legal action against the tenants - an elderly couple - following the failure of pre-trial settlement negotiations and was ultimately...

What is important when choosing a bed and mattress? This question is answered by the German Furniture Quality Association (DGM). It advises individuals to choose a bed with a mattress width of at least 80 centimeters. Couples should choose a bed width of at least 1.60 meters, as from this width two mattresses can be used to meet different requirements.

When searching for a property, 70% of those who have looked for an apartment or house to rent or buy in the past have used the internet either partially or exclusively. This is the result of a survey conducted by Bitkom Research, a subsidiary of the German Digital Association. The company surveyed around 1,000 people aged 16 and over...