Lease for at least 1 year
As a tenant, you should be careful about whether or not you agree to a fixed-term lease that, for example, provides for a rental period of at least one year. Because regardless of whether it is 1 or 12 years, you are initially bound to the rental period with a temporary lease.
As a tenant, you will usually sign a standard rental agreement with a three-month notice period. But some landlords prefer it if there is not constant fluctuation and they can be sure that a new tenant has lived in the house for at least 1 or 2 years.
Conditions for a temporary lease for at least 1 year
- Generally speaking, a landlord must have a reason when he is with you rental contract wants to conclude over a certain period of time. This results from ยง 575 BGB. This regulation contains certain reasons for which the conclusion of a temporary rental contract is permissible.
- This can be the case, for example, if the landlord already knows when concluding the rental agreement that he will be able to use the apartment after the lease has expired. a. want to use for yourself or family members. Without this regulation, hardly anyone would rent an apartment when they know that they will get it 1 year later himself, but could then find himself confronted with a tenant who does not move out easily want.
- The landlord must also inform the tenant of the reason for the time limit when concluding the contract.
- If he fails to do so or if there is no reason for a time limit specified in Section 575 Para. 1 BGB, this applies Tenancy indefinitely.
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Disadvantage for tenants
- If you as a tenant conclude a fixed-term rental agreement in which the rental period is precisely defined, you cannot simply cancel before the rental period has expired.
- Because a lease concluded for a certain period of time - at least 1 year - usually only ends when this period has expired. The only exception to this is an extraordinary one termination.
- A reason for such an extraordinary termination could be given, for example, if you cannot use the apartment at all for reasons that are not related to you.
- With a fixed-term rental agreement, you must also keep an eye on the fact that you should look around for a new apartment in good time.
Before you sign a temporary lease as a tenant, you should carefully weigh up whether the associated regulations are not too disadvantageous for you.
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