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The only time some tenants of mine paid in advance was because they were from Hong Kong - when everyone was escaping - and probably would have had difficulty passing the financial checks. They paid the year in advance in full. However, they did this before signing and didn't ask for a discount. It ...

I ended the request by saying that my mortgage doesn’t permit advance payments. Something to do with money laundering etc. All OK now though the tenancy start date has been delayed. I just need to pay more on council tax, utilities etc for the extended void period. I’m very grateful to have an agent...

Thank you all for your thoughts on this. The agent contacted the tenants this morning though until now, have had no reply.

Has the rental contract been signed and the deposit paid? Would they expect to get the discount after the 6 months are up? Maybe frugality is their love language. :lol: Ah yes, frugality might be it. Reminds me of my former South African stepfather. He haggled with everyone, even big stores like As...

Many thanks for all your replies. I just spoke to the agent to ask why they think this request is odd. New tenant signed the full price tenancy agreement yesterday. Agent then issued them with the deposit invoice. Within an hour of signing, they asked for the advance payment discount. Saying, only a...

Any UK landlords here? Just had a request from my agent that they described as ‘odd’. New fully checked professional tenants about to move in to my UK house in 2 days. Applied and checked over 6 weeks ago. The new tenants have now asked for an 8% rent discount if they pay 6 months on advance. They h...

Thanks so much for all replies. It really does seem like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear….I met with the bank‘s energy advisor today. He was very unpleasant and expected to start immediately with a Sanierungsfahrplan. Costs ca. 1600€. Some gets refunded. Absolutely no, I just wanted i...

Like there were on the old TT? Supporters, Ladies? I think they didn’t show up on Google searches?

Many thanks for all replies. I‘ve not gotten very far….Makler values range now from 299k to 499k. I’d guess 310 ish may be possible. Sanierungsberater estimations from 150k to 300k plus. One says definitely don’t go for heat pump, others say definitely do. A KFW loan now ca. 2,3% according to last a...

Goodness, since my OP, this has just escalated. Early February, I kindly put this Makler off saying our selling situation is now uncertain. He seemed quite unprofessional I today received an email from the Makler saying he’d like to issue me an invoice for 1000€ plus mwst for his advice asking if I ...

Does anyone have any experience of renovating a house and available energy efficiency grants? I’m still not sure about selling my mother‘s house that I inherited. Or, renovate and let for future security. It’s a 1911 solidly built house and lot would need doing….heating, windows, insulation etc. I’v...

So sorry, emkay. Beautiful photo. Thank you bramble. When we still lived in the UK, we went to the RSPCA to adopt a cat when kiddo was 6. We were shocked that they said that people didn’t want black cats. The reason supposedly being that they aren’t photogenic for selfies, ruined light coloured fur...

We’re heartbroken that our sweet Nelly died today. Super loving until her last moment……

I enquired after my mother’s death. If you inherit a little over the 400k€, the tax rates increase relatively minimally over the tax free amount. Some costs can be deducted such as funeral costs, debts of the deceased, estate administration costs, property maintenance prior to transfer to heir etc. ...

I’m happy as I’ve excused myself from an in-law family gathering today….I’m just not going! I’ve endured 13 years of such gatherings and I’m always as welcome as a f*rt in a lift. So today, no ridicule of any kind and a few hours of welcome alone time.

Having had unpleasant experiences with Maklers recently regarding selling my mother‘s house, I’m wondering if I should have a go at selling privately. I’ve got architect drawings, Energie Ausweis, Grundbuch transferred to me and proof of insurance. I don’t have a Baubeschreibung though not sure if t...

Thanks for that link Emkay. I've checked with neighbours and they have also had 900% increases. However, there is a very interesting point from the link, in that my property falls into two of the land value areas shown on the link. The bottom section of my garden (very roughly an area about 1500-20...

Does anyone else find certain German words annoying for no particular reason? I really dislike lecker = yummy/tastes good. Stromfresser = high electricity consumption appliance. Many others that I can’t recall just now

I am going to speak with a few neighbours to check they've had the same sort of thing, as it does seem excessive. All I can think of is that it seems the calculation date was at the end of 2022. House and land values have increased around here massively in the last 5-6 years, and the end of '22 saw...

We just got our bill, house built 2007. Grundsteuer reduced by 45%. Water increased by 59%. My mother’s house, built 1911, in a neighbouring town went up by 760%. At least that Gemeinde didn’t increase anything else. Not sure if it’s a regional thing though it seems that properties older than the 19...