Case Reports & Blog

Period building in Steglitz — pending. 153.63 m² at €1,849 net cold rent, permitted €1,277.59. The contract ticks none of the rent-cap exceptions.

Mitte, 40 m², €25.22/m². Permitted €698.24 under the 2026 rent index; €785.28 deposit claimed — pending. Objection after 30 months.

Partly furnished sublet in Lichtenberg — pending. Permissible net cold rent about €460 versus €1,000 all-inclusive; head lease about €570.

Weißensee: €1,502 split across flat, cellar and bicycle contracts; about €860 permitted, €2,918 including deposit claimed — pending.

Wedding, simple location: €1,460 net cold rent vs. €595.21 permitted. About €10,810 claimed — proceedings pending.

Out-of-court settlement in Moabit: 59.80 m² period flat, net cold rent reduced retrospectively to €689.63, €779 repaid — modernisation exception failed on form.

Stepped rent Moabit — proceedings pending. Net cold rent €520 vs. ~€330 permissible; defects and ~€1,500 repayment at issue.

Out-of-court settlement in Wilmersdorf: furnished sublet, net cold rent from about €1,200 to €750, €900 repaid and €2,070 of the deposit released — within a few weeks.

Out-of-court settlement in Moabit: 105 m² period apartment, net cold rent reduced to €990.41, €2,806.80 repaid — no assignment or commission.

Out-of-court settlement in Moabit: net cold rent for a 30 m² apartment reduced from €270 to €215, around €1,000 repaid.

Out-of-court settlement in Friedrichshain: net cold rent reduced from €995 to €725, €1,000 repaid — case concluded by supplementary agreement.