Guideline for Rental and Move-outs from Germany

General Information for Rental Period and Move-Out

The landlord cannot require a tenant to renovate during the rental period in addition to renovation at the beginning / end of the lease period. + Cleaning This is always required when moving out. This comprises the cleaning of the entire property and also the balcony, i.e. floors, windows, windowsills, window frames, radiators, entire kitchen, and bathrooms, inside built-in cupboards, shampooing of the carpet, removing lime etc, even if you have not used some parts of the property regularly. + Final remarks on Cleaning and Painting It is recommendable to have this work (painting and cleaning) carried out by a professional company. It is possible that once the landlord has viewed the property together with the tenant (and / or Dwellworks Consultant) the landlord is still not satisfied with the painting / cleaning. In such a case the painting / cleaning company needs to do some additional painting / cleaning work, which is usually done on a goodwill basis. This is often the case and cannot be fully ruled out. The landlord may claim additional payments should the property not be ready for take over at the end of the lease period (i.e. additional rental payments, costs for storage of furniture, hotel costs for new tenant etc.). + Garbage Removal and Waste Disposal Please note that all garbage/ waste needs to be removed and disposed properly before Move Out. Some examples of what this can include: empty bottles, broken devices, garden/balcony waste, empty boxes, food in the refrigerators/freezer, paint, paper, detergents, cleaning buckets and supplies, unneeded tools and items (not belonging to the property). This includes all rooms and parts of the rented property (which can be cellar, storage rooms, garages, balcony, etc. in addition to the rooms). Please also refer to the following chapter. It is the tenant’s responsibility to remove all personal belongings from the property before the return of the property to the landlord. It is not allowed to leave any of the tenant’s personal belongings behind even if this is done to the best intention. - In addition to garbage and waste disposal, this includes all items which may not necessarily qualify as garbage but are not part of the rented property, but the property of the tenant. Even if these items are considered useful or valuable, they have to be removed, if not belonging to the property (e.g. functioning devices, drying racks, carpets, doormats, flowerpots, ladders, gardening tools, used TV-set, vacuum cleaner, car tires ). - If you have taken over items from the previous tenant and they do not belong to the property, you are responsible for disposing of them as well. 3. Leaving Items in the Property + Items that need to be removed from the property

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