The process to rent or let a property
Author | Pinkel, Tobias |
Pages | 40-45 |
Consum er mar ket stud y on the fun ctio ning of the r eal estate servi ces for consum ers in the EU – Coun try Fiche Germ any
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6. The process to rent or let a property
6.1 Main st eps in t he transaction process to rent and let a property
Ta ble 13: M ain step s of th e process t o r ent and le t a pr ope rt y
Ma in st ep s
Pr ocess i nvo lve d5 9
Fin din g a nd m at ching la ndl ord s and te na nts
In man y cases, th e land lord find s a t enant nei the r w ith th e help of a pr ofession al servi ce pr ovi der,
nor by usin g ad vert isem ents i n newsp apers and/ or t he i ntern et or by accep ting a n ew t enan t
sug gest ed b y t he for me r t enan t ( whi ch i s oft en the case, wh en t he form er t enan t want s t o leave
th e fl at w ith out r espect ing the notice peri od). Oth erwise, rea l est ate agents are invo lved.
I nf orm ati on sea rch by lan dlo rds or te nant s
( e.g . a bou t sala ry, ou tst andi ng de bts)
No sta ndard exi sts, in parti cular becau se m any lan dlor ds are pri vat e perso ns w ho o nly ren t o ut
less t han 10 or even ju st one f lat . Ty pical ly, t he f ollo wing inform ation are r equ ired :
• The “SCHUFA Au skun ft” about the persona l cre ditwort hiness i s alm ost always requ ired.
Schu fa Ho lding AG is an inf orm ation burea u col lecting in form ati on abou t f ailin g credits and
un paid bills. It cal culat es an in dex of persona l creditw ort hiness. Schu fa i ssues a n
infor mat ion sheet , w hich is desig ned to be giv en t o a land lord by th e tena nt and w hich only
contains t he i nfor mat ion necessary for th at purp ose. It costs 29, 95 € , w hich m ust be p aid
by the t enan t.
• Moreov er, the tenant no rmally has to subm it som e pr oof of his i ncom e.
• Finally, th e fut ure tenan t is al most al ways required t o fil l in a for m on t he d isclo sure of
confid enti al in form ati on concern ing his incom e and fina ncial situ ation.
• In add ition, a d eclaration by t he f orm er l andlord of the tenant is often requ ired , st atin g
th at no r ent debt s are l eft (Miet schuldenf reih eitsbesch einig ung) . Th is decl arat ion has
becom e m ore impor tan t in t he l ast year s. By now , in som e ci ties – such as B erlin – it is
very dif ficult to find a new flat wi thou t t his declar ation, wh ich t he new lan dlor d request s
fr om the tenan t. Ho wev er, accor ding to th e Fede ral Court of Just ice ( BGH) , t he f orm er
lan dlord is not legall y requi red t o issu e th is declaration. 60
I nspe ction of t he p rop ert y b y t en ant s ( in som e
cases w it h t he he lp o f pro fession als)
Inspect ion of the prop ert y by th e fu tur e tenan t w ith other profession als i s uncom mon.
59 Ex plain mo re p recise ly t o wh at exte nt each s tep is re levan t a nd h ow t he s tep is per for med
60 BGH, ju dgm ent of 30 Se pte mber 20 09, NJW 2 010 , 11 35-1 13 8.
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