Anyone who becomes the proud owner of a condominium usually has their own ideas about how the interior or furnishings should look. Sometimes owners want the floor tiles in the new apartment to be replaced with parquet flooring or additional electrical installations to be installed. The Bauherren-Schutzbund e. V. (BSB) advises homeowners buying their new apartment to consider their...

According to this year's calculations by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), building land in Germany is becoming increasingly expensive. Particularly in the major cities of Berlin and Hamburg, purchase prices for developable land have risen many times over in the last ten years. In 2019, for example, the price of a square meter of building land in Berlin was €1,328.48 and in Hamburg €1,157.91. If one subtracts the...

Exterior and interior walls form the framework of a house. They provide stability and stability and are part of the load-bearing structure of a single-family house, for example. Load-bearing walls are also of enormous importance for statics. Therefore, they must contain building materials whose components guarantee the stability of the house. A structural engineer is responsible for checking and...

Soon the outside temperatures will drop and the heating season will begin. The energy source liquefied petroleum gas offers a good alternative to heating with fuel oil. Modern liquid gas heating systems can provide comfortable temperatures throughout the house and at the same time contribute to environmental protection. This is because, compared to heating with oil, less CO2 and particulate matter is emitted when liquid gas is burned....

From 01.11.2020, the regulations of the new Building Energy Act (GEG) will apply. There are changes, for example, on the subject of the energy certificate. A key point is that information on the CO2 emissions of the building must be provided. In the still valid GEG, this information was not mandatory. Similarly, only sellers and landlords of a property were previously obliged to provide the...

Anyone who likes to spend their free time doing small crafts or who also does larger jobs on their own at home and in the garden will not only find important tools and machines in their own workshop, but also a very personal place of retreat. While a corner in the basement or garage is sufficient for some hobby craftsmen, others need more space for their...

Due to the increasing heterogeneity in society, the requirements of different social groups should be taken into account in the development and planning of urban neighborhoods and approaches to solutions for a diverse coexistence should be found. For this reason, the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) has published the study "Soziale Mischung und gute Nachbarschaft in...

Misunderstandings or disagreements on the construction site are not uncommon. It even happens that the disputes build up to such an extent that the matter ends up in court. According to the online portal "Hausberater.de", this happens about 50,000 times a year. For example, when building a home of one's own, disputes arise between private builders and the contracted tradesmen about a defective...

Not all types of buildings can be insulated from the outside. For example, it is not possible to apply exterior insulation to a listed house or to the facade of a half-timbered house. Often, owners of old buildings have to look for an alternative for the facade insulation if such an insulation from the outside cannot be realized due to constructional or design...

In the case of a real estate inheritance, there is the possibility of a tax exemption under certain conditions if the heir uses the property for self-residential purposes. In the case at hand (AZ 3 K 3184/17), the owner of a semi-detached house was left the other, adjacent half of the house after the passing away of his father in 2013. The owner is the sole heir of the...