Clean it up. If the floor is undamaged, sweeping and mopping is sufficient. There is no need to clean the windows or the carpets before the flat is delivered. © Getty Images / Eleganza
Handing over a rented apartment means dismantling renovations, removing serious scratches from the parquet and sealing dowel holes. How can moving still be stress-free?
Tenants are allowed to do many things in their apartments. You can paint the walls in any colors you want. You can remove the ugly carpet and install laminate or parquet. If the homeowner agrees to the conversion, you can even pull out a wall to create a second nursery.
But when you move, you often need to return everything to its original state. This may mean knocking out or putting up walls, removing built-in closets, and reinstalling carpet. Legal experts at Stiftung Warentest name the rules and important court decisions.
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