The landlord must announce rent increases and provide all explanations concerning changes to the contract in writing. Where legally permissible, a declaration in text form (e.g. by e-mail or fax) suffices.
This rent covers all operating costs, unless otherwise specified in clause 2.
The landlord will provide the tenant with all information on the rent control contained in the funding approval.
A statement of accounts for the advance payments will be drawn up once a year. Where a lump sum has been agreed, no supplementary claims will be made
In the event that the tenant pays further operating costs in addition to the rent, the landlord asserts that the agreed advance payment is sufficient to settle to anticipated costs
In the event that advance payments were agreed, the following applies: where the principles of prorata consumption are used in the statement of accounts for the heating and hot water costs, the costs of operating the central heating system and the central hot water supply shall be allocated pro rata to the tenants of the house.
The overall costs for heating and hot water will be allocated equally (50% each) by residential floor area (m²) and the actually established heat consumption, unless another distribution ratio permissible in accordance with the German Heating Cost Ordinance is chosen below.
A statement of accounts for the heating and operating costs will be drawn up once a year.