The tenant provides new contact details: Change the agreed contact channel at all affected places
A new telephone number in your own list does not yet reach every open case. Clarify the purpose of the change and confirm the actual conversion status.
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A representative attends the apartment handover: separate observation, keys and new commitments in advance
A person can help during the walk-through and yet have no clarified authority for additional agreements. Prepare tasks, proven powers and queries before the appointment.
Promised fittings missing at move‑in: Accompany the subsequent delivery until a usable result is reached
A delivered parcel does not automatically close an open fittings item. Compare promised scope, actual delivery and the remaining use.
Tenant change with digital residential functions: Track the rights change through to the confirmed handover
When a tenant changes, old permissions, new usage and personal data belong in an agreed handover process. Clarify the concrete system route with the responsible party.
A replacement device bridges the rental repair: Providing the assistance and keeping the original order open
A provided replacement device can make everyday life easier. Organise its actual use and return while the original repair order retains its own visible status.
Personal documents remain in the flat: clarify the return route without creating a second data file
A left-behind folder does not belong as a copy of contents in the next property file. Secure the external state of the find and arrange a rightful return; sealed correspondence of others remains sealed.
After signing the handover protocol is incorrect: Establish a traceable corrected record
A subsequent amendment needs a visible reference to the signed version. Separate transmission errors, new observations and disputed assessments and track responses up to the common working position.
Insurance payment after building damage: Separately examine the restoration obligation of the rented flat
A promised insurance payment does not clarify every work step. Link insured scope, restoration that is legally permissible under building law and technically possible with the special obligation under § 7 MRG.
A new lift is desired jointly: The tenant majority does not replace a complete financing route
For a new shared lift § 4 MRG can provide a written agreement route. Majority, funding gap and protection of the remaining tenants must fit together.
Passing on contract-drafting costs: recognise the prohibited additional charge before concluding a residential tenancy
Your own invoice for drafting the agreement may not simply be passed on to the new tenant in the MRG full-application area. A joint lawyer’s mandate does not eliminate this issue either.
Arrears in instalments, ongoing rent remains: Checking the viability of a voluntary payment plan
An instalment amount may sound convincing and yet allow the rent arrears to grow. Check ongoing rent, additional repayments and actual incoming payments in a joint preview.
The rented flat appears unoccupied: separate non-use and permitted absence before a termination assessment
Rarely encountering a tenant does not decide a termination for non-use. The assessment needs the housing need, relevant persons and the actual reason for absence.