Mitte Realty

What tenants should pay attention the most standard contracts contain a clause about the square footage of each apartment. But really how reliable is this information? The real estate portal myimmo.de reported what tenants do, if the square footage proves to be wrong. Often it happens that the size of the apartment as specified in the rental agreement (www.myimmo.de/ guides/Encyclopaedia/lease) turns out. However, because the landlord is not always to blame. He takes over the living area typically from blueprints, and thence turn mostly unchecked in the lease. Should the lessee but yet ever to take the rule into their own hands and determine that the apartment is less than specified in the rental agreement, he may reduce the rent. This applies however only to deviations from at least ten percent of the stated in the rental agreement.

Furthermore should the tenant asserted already too much paid rent retroactively. This is true for the past three years since establishing the wrong indication of living space. They are often Square meter information at apartments in the attic that is not correct. Because many landlords are unaware that the surfaces below the pitched roof may not fully be expected. As well, the square footage has influence on the incidental, which will be charged according to the actual, not the area specified in the rental agreement. Here, too, the costs should be adjusted accordingly.