Guides for owners & advisory boards
Answers you would otherwise have to ask a lawyer for.
The questions owners and advisory boards ask us day to day, explained simply and clearly.
Our guides are written by people who work with property every day: our own property managers, estate agents, administrators and accountants, as well as external experts.
Owners’ associations & meetings
Owners’ meetings, resolutions and the rights of the advisory board — from a properly issued invitation to challenging a resolution.
Eigentümerversammlung: the WEG owners' meeting — procedure, deadlines and virtual attendance
Notice period, quorum, voting rights and proxies — plus the rules for hybrid and virtual meetings.
Beschluss anfechten: challenging a WEG resolution — deadlines, process and costs
One month to file, two to state your grounds — and the clock starts at the meeting, not when the minutes arrive.
Calling an extraordinary owners’ meeting: how the 25 per cent rule works
How many owners you need, what the request must say and what applies if the manager won’t call the meeting.
First property manager in a new build: duties, the developer’s vote and acceptance
What the first manager must deliver, where the developer can’t vote and why acceptance of the building is worth so much.
Self-manage your WEG or hand it over? Effort, liability and costs compared honestly
What is allowed, which duties remain, who is liable when things go wrong and which associations it suits.
Sondereigentum vs. Gemeinschaftseigentum: who pays for windows, balconies and pipes?
Windows, balcony, front door, pipes: who owns what, who pays — and why you should never repair common property yourself.
The Verwaltungsbeirat: duties, rights and liability of a WEG advisory board
Election, checking the accounts, dealing with the manager, liability — what the role means and what it does not.
Structural alterations in a WEG: who decides, who pays
Wallbox, ramp, balcony solar: when you have a right to it, when you pay alone and when everyone pays.
Certified property manager under § 26a WEG (zertifizierter Verwalter): what owners can demand
When a single owner can enforce the appointment of a certified manager — and what else matters.
Statements
Annual statement, budget, service charges and maintenance reserve: what needs checking, arithmetically and formally, before you approve.
Annual statement missing: what owners can do when the manager does not deliver
When the annual statement is due, what a late one costs — and how the association gets the manager to deliver.
Selling a condo: who pays Hausgeld, back payments and special levies?
Land register, key handover, resolution date: who pays what to the association after a sale — and what the contract must cover.
Special levies (Sonderumlage) in a WEG: when they are allowed and what you can do
What justifies a special levy, what the resolution must say — and why you have to pay even while challenging it.
Nebenkostenabrechnung for a rented condo: from the WEG statement to your tenant’s bill
What from the WEG statement may reach your tenant, what stays with you as owner, and the one deadline that decides everything.
Grundsteuer in Bavaria: what condominium owners need to know
Not value-based but area-based: how Bavarian property tax is calculated for a condominium flat.
Checking the WEG annual statement (Jahresabrechnung): a checklist for owners and advisory boards
Twelve points from bank reconciliation to inspecting receipts — and the deadlines if you want to challenge.
Building & renovation
Heating replacement, maintenance planning and the technical assessment of renovation projects and contractor quotes in an owners’ association.
Remote-readable meters: the 31 December 2026 deadline and what owners must do now
Which devices must be replaced by year-end, who bears the reduction and how your WEG can still act in time.
Balcony solar, wallbox, fibre: your right to alterations in a German WEG
Why you are entitled to balcony solar and a wallbox, but still cannot just go ahead — and how to get your request approved.
Water damage in a condo: who pays and what the insurance covers
Building, contents, liability, deductible: who pays what after water damage in a condo — and what to do straight away.
Erhaltungsrücklage: how large should a WEG maintenance reserve be?
Peters' formula, rates per square metre and a maintenance plan — three routes to a reliable figure.
Heizungstausch in a WEG: what the new heating law (GModG) means in Nuremberg
The 65 per cent rule is gone, the bio-fuel staircase is here. How an owners’ association in Nuremberg now decides on its heating.
Changing managers
Deadlines, termination and handover: how to change managers on a sound legal footing, without a gap in management along the way.
Changing your WEG manager: templates for agenda request, meeting demand and resolutions
Three templates to copy: agenda request, demand for a meeting, and draft resolutions for removal and new appointment.
How to spot a good property manager: criteria, warning signs and a checklist
The proof every manager must have, the warning signs to take seriously and the questions to ask at the first meeting.
Can’t find a property manager? Why small owners’ associations get turned down – and what helps
Why small associations get turned down – and how to set up your request so that managers are happy to accept.
Property manager insolvent: what happens to the association’s money and what to do now
Whether your association’s money is safe, how to recover it and which steps matter in the first few days.
Dismissing your property manager: removal, important reason and deadlines under § 26 WEG
Why you no longer need an important reason, when one still saves money and how to prepare a watertight resolution.
Property manager not responding? Your rights and next steps in a German WEG
No reply, no meeting, no annual statement: what you can do as an owner — step by step, through to removing the manager.
Your property manager has been sold: does the association have a special right to terminate?
What the sale of your manager means for the contract, when you can leave at once and what to ask now.
Changing your unit manager (Sondereigentumsverwaltung): notice, handover, informing the tenant
Notice periods, deposit, tenant accounts, records: how to change the manager of your let flat without anything going missing.
Tendering property management: getting quotes, comparing them and presenting at the meeting
How many quotes you really need, what belongs in the request and how to run presentations at the owners’ meeting.
WEG without a property manager: what to do now
Who represents the association without a manager, how the advisory board calls a meeting, and when the court appoints.
Changing your Hausverwaltung: how a WEG in Nuremberg replaces its property manager
Removal, the six-month limit, draft resolution and handover of records — changing managers in seven steps.
Verwalterwechsel: deadlines and handover when a WEG changes its property manager
Removal by simple majority, contract end after six months at most — plus a document list and timeline.
Letting
Tenancy law, rent index and rent cap for owners in Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen — from rent increases to individual unit management.
Inherited property in Germany: what to do in the first weeks
Secure, check deadlines, then decide — the order that really counts after an inheritance.
Renting out an apartment in Erlangen: demand, Mietpreisbremse and managing from afar
Short vacancies, high purchase prices, capped rents on new leases — what makes Erlangen’s market tick for investors.
Nuremberg rent index (Mietenspiegel): how to work out the right rent
The new edition has applied since August 2026. What has changed and how to justify a rent increase properly.
Mietpreisbremse and Kappungsgrenze: rent control in Nuremberg, Fürth and Erlangen
A new ordinance covering 285 municipalities has applied since January 2026. What landlords in the region need to know.
Managing inherited property: rental management for a community of heirs (Erbengemeinschaft)
Who decides in a community of heirs, how rental income is shared, and which deadlines run after an inheritance.
Sondereigentumsverwaltung (SEV): a guide to unit management for investors
Why the WEG manager is not responsible for your tenant, what SEV costs and when it pays off.
Selling a let condominium flat in Nuremberg: what to watch out for
Right of first refusal, notice ban, manager’s consent and documents — the four points where sales stall.
Letting to students: setting up a WG (flatshare) in Nuremberg properly
Individual contracts or one joint contract? The decision shapes income and workload for as long as you own the flat.
Fees & contracts
What property management may cost, how management contracts are structured, and what to watch for with additional fees.
Comparing property managers: how to read offers and what to ask
What lies behind the price per unit, which credentials are mandatory — and twelve questions to ask every candidate.
Property manager fees increased – is the manager allowed to do that?
When an increase is valid, which clauses hold up, what the market is paying and how your association can respond.
Management contract term: renewal, automatic extensions and the right moment to switch
How long appointment and contract run, why there is no silent renewal and when to start planning a change.
Checking a WEG management contract: the clauses that matter
Term, special fees, liability, authority limits: which clauses in a management contract matter — and which are invalid.
Hausgeld in Nuremberg: what is normal and what is too low?
What Hausgeld is made up of, what range is normal, and why a low Hausgeld is a warning sign when you buy.
What does a Hausverwaltung cost? WEG and rental management fees in Germany, 2026
What new management contracts cost today, why small WEGs pay more, and why the industry average misleads.