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Articles and tips that matter to you in Germany.

Everything you need to know about tenant obligations

Everything you need to know about a landlord’s maintenance obligations

Everything you need to know about the prohibition of using property for other purposes (misuse ban)

Everything you need to know about primary maintenance responsibility

Everything you need to know about the modernization surcharge

Everything you need to know about the apartment handover protocol (handover report)

Everything you need to know about the rental deposit (security deposit)

Everything you need to know about noise protection laws

Everything you need to know about the rules for allocating heating costs (Heating Costs Ordinance)

Everything you need to know about house rules

Everything you need to know about German tenancy law (Mietrecht)

Everything you need to know about notice periods for contract termination

Everything you need to know about operating costs (Betriebskosten)

Everything you need to know about fixed-term rental contracts (Befristeter Mietvertrag)

Everything you need to know about open-ended rental contracts (Unbefristeter Mietvertrag)

Everything you need to know about the rental agreement (lease)

Everything you need to know about cosmetic repairs and renovations

Everything you need to know about cosmetic repair clauses (Schönheitsreparaturklauseln)

Everything you need to know about broker fees (real estate commission)

Everything you need to know about the rent index in your city (rent mirror)

Everything you need to know about government housing allowance (Wohngeld)

Everything you need to know about rent reduction due to defects

Everything you need to know about tenant protection against eviction (protection from termination)

Everything you need to know about tenant rights

Everything you need to know about the legal calculation of apartment living space

Everything you need to know about calculating hot water costs

Everything you need to know about service charge statements (operating cost settlement)

Everything you need to know about the rent cap (rent price brake)

Everything you need to know about the allocation of operating costs

Everything you need to know about the extension of the rent cap (Mietpreisbremse)

Everything you need to know about mailbox regulations (Briefkastenregelung)

Everything you need to know about adjusting rent according to the index (Indexmiete Anpassung)

Everything you need to know about the rental entitlement certificate (Mietberechtigungsschein)

Everything you need to know about registering a change of ownership in the land register (Grundbuchänderung)

Everything you need to know about keeping pets (Haustierhaltung)

Everything You Need to Know About Apartment Renovation Before Moving Out (Renovation Obligation)

Everything You Need to Know About Tenant Legal Protection Insurance (Mietrechtsschutzversicherung)

Everything You Need to Know About Rent Arrears (Mietschulden)

Everything You Need to Know About Detailed Step Rent Clauses (Staffelmietvertrag)

Everything You Need to Know About the Difference Between Net Rent and Gross Rent (Kaltmiete vs. Warmmiete)

Everything You Need to Know About Opportunities in Social Housing (Sozialer Wohnungsbau)

Everything You Need to Know About Living in Shared Apartments (Wohngemeinschaft – WG)

Everything You Need to Know About Mandatory Smoke Detectors (Rauchmelderpflicht)

Everything You Need to Know About Dealing with Tenant Nomads (Mietnomaden)

Everything You Need to Know About Subletting Apartments (Untervermietung)

Everything You Need to Know About Index-Linked Rent (Indexmiete)

Everything You Need to Know About Step Rent (Staffelmiete)

Everything You Need to Know About Termination Due to Owner’s Personal Use (Eigenbedarfskündigung)

Everything You Need to Know About Joining a Tenants’ Association (Mieterverein)

Everything You Need to Know About Security Deposit Refund After Moving Out (Kautionsrückzahlung)