MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVING IN ACCORDANCE

Does a telephone or television connection have to be available? Or are you allowed to rent out apartments without such facilities? The answers to these questions depend primarily on the agreements made in the rental agreement. But the age of the building, the rent and local living habits also play a role. In most cases, rental contracts do not contain any special agreements on furnishing the rented rooms. Only "rental as an apartment" or "for residential purposes" is given, combined with a list of the individual rooms: room, kitchen, bathroom, and toilet. If rooms are rented out as apartments, the tenant can expect that they are suitable for living and enable contemporary use. But what does that mean in concrete terms? The individual federal states' building regulations and housing supervision laws contain minimum requirements for healthy living conditions. If you rent out rooms that do not meet these requirements, the responsible housing a...