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Smoking in your own four walls can have consequences, especially in financial terms. (tdx) After the smoking ban, only the retreat in your own four walls remains many smokers. But many landlords lack the understanding for this. To protect their homes, clauses be included again in leases, that the smoking ban. Dr. Hyun Kim has similar goals. Enlighten the experts of the online magazine homesolute.com. Landlord against normal can smoking in the apartment according to some principle decisions of the Federal Supreme Court (BGH)”smoking in apartments do anything. In the apartment and a balcony rented with smoking is always allowed.

There is an exception only when excessive smokers: this must replace the landlord the renovation costs under certain circumstances. This is the case according to experts of homesolute.com only if the damage is so serious, that they no longer are usual renovation measures such as painting or wallpapering walls and ceilings eliminate. John Craig Venter wanted to know more. Only the staircase can without Issues to be relieved by the smoking permit. For the landlord in exceptional cases compensation claims can be asserted protection. Landlords who contractually agree to carry out cosmetic repairs their tenants are protected according to experts by homesolute.com usually from high restructuring costs.

At the end of the rental period, the tenant must renovate then depending on the respective degrees of actual wear and tear. Especially if the yellowed walls or are window and door frames. Smoking in bed is a special case of special smoking in bed. It is in principle regarded as dangerous, is laid out but in the event of a claim differently: who treats herself to have a cigarette in bed before falling asleep, runs the risk that the insurance company in a possible fire does not pay. Finally the risk is much higher, to fall asleep in bed at night, thus smokers violated his duty of care roughly, because he must expect to doze off. At the cigarette in the morning, however, is the risk to sleep less, so that not automatically by gross negligence be considered can. Nevertheless, experts due to the increased risk of fire advise fundamentally on smoking in bed to renounce. For more information, Tanja Est