https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has strengthened the rights of tenants to leave cosmetic repairs to their landlord. https://www.thelocal.de/20180822/tenants-dont-have-to-make-cosmetic-repairs-to-their-unrenovated-apartments Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:53:17 +0200 tenants-dont-have-to-make-cosmetic-repairs-to-their-unrenovated-apartments How a pensioner with a serious smoking habit won a years-long fight for his right to keep his home - and his favourite pastime. https://www.thelocal.de/20160929/landladys-hopes-of-eviction-go-up-in-smoke-duesseldorf-friedhelm-adolfs Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:27:14 +0200 landladys-hopes-of-eviction-go-up-in-smoke-duesseldorf-friedhelm-adolfs A court in Munich has decided that a landlord acted within the law when he threw out his tenants over a barrage of insults. https://www.thelocal.de/20150511/landlord-right-to-expel-tenant-over-insults Mon, 11 May 2015 12:42:33 +0200 landlord-right-to-expel-tenant-over-insults Germany's highest court has found that there are definite limits to the excuses you can offer your landlord for not paying your rent. https://www.thelocal.de/20150204/court-finds-that-you-need-money-to-pay-rent Wed, 04 Feb 2015 13:40:47 +0100 court-finds-that-you-need-money-to-pay-rent Splashy urinators may now micturate in peace, after a man won a court battle against his landlord for the right to tinkle as nature intended. https://www.thelocal.de/20150122/court-allows-man-to-urinate-standing-up Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:17:00 +0100 court-allows-man-to-urinate-standing-up A couple from Bonn is suing their landlord for promising them a quiet flat – but failing to tell them about the man living above who snored so loudly they could not sleep. https://www.thelocal.de/20090416/18681 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:31:00 +0200 18681