Information for landlords and tenants
If I look out of my kitchen window in the morning, I see the windows of the apartment opposite. You can see layers of ice on the inside and extremely damp, no, wet windows. The residents are not willing or able to at least dry the windows from the inside, apparently there is no heating at all. When the first mildew or mold stains are visible...
After we had speculated in our last newsletter in September before the federal election about which building and housing policy ambitions would be implemented by the parties or the conceivable coalitions, we now know a little more. But really only a little, although for the sake of fairness it must be said that coalition agreements per se are rather nebulous ...
In Germany there are around 4 million private landlords who rent around 60% of the available living space and make up around 5% of the total German population. For most private landlords, renting is just an extra income or a security for old age. 45% achieved net income from 0 to 4.999 €, only 19% were the ...
Who would not have seen this coming, the Constitutional Court actually overturned the Berlin rent cap in the spring. Although the highest court ruled only formally because the Senate was not responsible, it can be assumed that the experiment might be successful in terms of content. The reactions were to be expected: “Shame”, “Scandal” resounded from the Berlin town halls. Fun…
On September 01st, the new rent index of the city of Bonn came into force. A slight increase in the m² prices compared to the last list from 2018 has been determined. Many competent people have thought about it, the city, representatives of the tenants' association, from Haus & Grund, scientifically supported by the Institut Wohnen und Umwelt (IWU) in Darmstadt. 10.000 apartments ...
According to the Frankfurt District Court, the designation "Miss" is not defamatory. A tenant had complained - it was about a cleaning plan. A tenant must accept to be referred to as a "Miss" on notices. The Frankfurt am Main district court decided - and dismissed an injunction by the woman. It is therefore not defamatory that the landlady ...
In September 2019 we took a closer look at the current rental offers in Bonn. Approx. 600 offers in the two largest real estate portals were evaluated. Actually, the offer should be significantly larger, namely over 1.000 apartments. But approx. 45% of the offers are not found in the normal apartment categories, but rather hidden as furnished apartments ...
Airbnb founder Brian Chesky loves to tell the story over and over again. How he sat in his shared flat in San Francisco after graduating from college, all the hotel rooms in town were fully booked and then came up with a brilliant idea. What if he sublet his room? So the founding myth of Airbnb, the ...
Would you like to rent an apartment or buy a house? You can now download the BETA version of the new KRAFT app from the Apple store or the Google Playstore. Set up a search request with your desired criteria and you will immediately receive a push message when we add a new property to our portfolio, long before it is published in the real estate portals ...
On May 25, 2018, the new European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. Every landlord collects data from his tenants. For example, the bank details, Schufa information, utility bills and others to process them yourself or, for example, to have them processed by the property management. Even if a broker can relieve the landlord of various tasks, he still remains in ...
