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Energy Renovations: Who has what rights and obligations?

More and more tenants and landlords have to deal with energy efficient renovations - and with the legal issues that come with that. What tenants need to tolerate it, ask what they can and what rights the owner, explained the real estate site Immowelt.de.

Blocky heat in the summer, huge heating bills in winter - many a tenant would certainly be willing to force its owner to an energetic redevelopment. There is no legal basis is not usually reports the real estate Immowelt.de. Tenants have no right to demand that the owner of the non-insulated outside wall finally contained or equipping the house with a more efficient heating system. The energy (EnEV) required for existing buildings so far only a few measures, such as the exchange of ancient boiler. Only if in any case the outer wall is renewed, the owner must insulate the facade.

is planning a renovation, the landlord must give three months prior to his commencement of work notified in writing. The landlord wants to increase the rent, he must demonstrate that the reconstruction leads to a sustainable conservation of energy: there is a special feature, however, for energy renovations. The landlord can serve up to eleven percent of rehabilitation costs to the annual rent. It does not matter how high the energy savings actually is. In fact, can the housing costs for the tenants also rise in spite of energy saving.

The tenant must usually tolerate the announced measures, including rent increases, if they contribute to sustainable energy is saved. This will include the replacement of windows in favor of single-glazed windows. However, tenants should make sure that will be deducted in case of a rent increase public funding of the modernization of remediation costs, warns the real estate site Immowelt.de.

If the modernization of the tenant, however, means an undue hardship, the toleration obligation is suspended. This is for instance the case for people that seriously ill are.

Source: www.immowelt.de

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