Lars Christian Nerbel

Haus & Grund trusted lawyer

Member of the Rotary Club Bonn Rheinbach

Termination for personal use: statement psychology and human memory (10/2025)

Termination for personal use: Application of the principles in rental law practice, in particular in eviction proceedings due to personal use. (10/2025)

 

• Influence of human memory on witness statements
• Typical sources of error in perception processing
• Scientific foundations of statement psychology
• Analysis of contradictions in witness statements
• Assessment of the probability of testimony for forming convictions in court

NEW incl. KostBRÄG 2025: RVG 2025: Billing in rental matters – take advantage of potential fees! (10/2025)

 

• KostBRÄG 2025: RVG 2025: Billing in rental matters
• Legal expenses insurance
• Out-of-court representation
• Remuneration in court proceedings
• Legal aid
• Amounts in dispute in eviction proceedings

Deposit (09/2025)

 

• Forms of rental security and their secure handling
• Practical implementation and handling at the end of the lease
• Current case law on rental security deposits
• Case studies on conflicts between tenant and landlord interests

Addenda according to VOB and BGB – Fundamentals and current case law (09/2025)

Cosmetic repairs and compensation for damages when returning the rented property in consulting practice and litigation (09/2025)

 

• Legal basis and current Federal Court of Justice rulings on cosmetic repairs
• Distinction between wear and tear, deterioration, and damage upon return
• Effectiveness and interpretation of typical cosmetic repair clauses in rental agreements
• Requirements and scope of the landlord's claims for damages
• Practical tips for enforcing and defending claims at the end of a lease

Cosmetic repairs – the ruling of the Federal Court of Justice and its impact on the repair of rented property (09/2025)

The commercial lease agreement (12/2015)

Current case law in residential tenancy law (12/2015)

The latest on residential property law (10/2015)

Cologne Tenancy Law Days 2014 (11/2014)

 

Topics:

• rental price brake
• WEG law
• Mediation
• commercial lease law
• utility billing

Termination due to rent arrears – What landlords need to know

Rent adjustments for parking spaces – what is legally permissible?

Balcony power plants in rental agreements

Minor repair clause in a rental agreement

Eviction of a tenant

Can I terminate my tenant's lease without a specific reason for termination?

What am I liable for if I lose the key to my rented apartment?

Do I have the right to sublet my rented apartment?

Permanent ban on use in WEGs

Retroactive rent reduction

Smoke detector in rented apartments

Landlord's notice to quit for personal reasons

Service charge settlement – specifically for a single-family house

Security deposit in residential tenancy

Flat-sharing communities under tenancy law – in particular, changes of tenant

Tenant's objection to landlord's notice of termination due to personal use

Consequences of insults by the tenant against the landlord

Temporary accommodation under tenancy law and rent reduction during vacation absences

The more extensive the measure, the earlier the announcement – a conversation about residential tenancy law, the duty to tolerate and the reconciliation of interests.

Cosmetic repairs

No right of inspection of rented property by the landlord

Construction worker's mortgage

Can you get a rent reduction because of construction noise?

Accessibility in rented accommodation

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Peculiarities of the heating period in tenancy law

Mold and building moisture - The legal consequences (lecture, PDF)

Overview of two tenancy law topics: tenant improvements and subletting to tourists.

What pets must the landlord tolerate?

Architect's liability for construction defects caused by "undeclared workers"

Smoking in a rented apartment

The tenant's right to inspect the meter readings of the other apartments.

The partner's right to join the tenant in the rented apartment

E-Book on Construction Contract Law 2018 - The most important changes

Statute of limitations of the client's claims for defects in roof-mounted photovoltaic systems

The new building contract law and its consequences for engineers, article in the Kammer-Spiegel of the Chamber of Civil Engineers of North Rhine-Westphalia dated 15 December 2017, pp. 9 + 10, together with Dr. Huck, LL.M.

BIM – Building Information Modeling – An assessment from a legal perspective

The new building contract law – new challenges for those involved in construction

Caution with the management of the rental deposit

Smoke alarm device in the tenancy – obligations and cost implications

"Colored walls" do not have to be accepted.

Duty of tolerance and consequences of the landlord replacing the gas hob with an induction cooker in a rented apartment with a kitchen

Who is responsible for the garden design?

Odors in the stairwell from a tenancy and neighbor law perspective

Personal use of a rental partnership under civil law (GbR)

VOB 2016 – an overview

House construction is slow – builder can cancel

Storm damage to the roof: not always due to natural forces!

Tenant has no right to installation of economical heating system

Right of withdrawal when buying a flat due to incorrect advice on loan duration

Defects in roof photovoltaic systems become time-barred in two years!

Termination due to tenant insulting landlord

You should be able to park in the space of a high-quality apartment without any problems!

Caution with the management of the rental deposit

Video surveillance of your own special use area - online article

Article: Formal transfer of cosmetic repairs to the tenant when the apartment is handed over in an unrenovated state is regularly ineffective

HOAI practitioner commentary by the Bundesanzeigerverlag (1st edition 2011, edited by Henning Irmler), sections 51-54 HOAI 2009 + appendix 1 to HOAI 2009

Late utility bill – video report

Rights of the parties to the lease in the event of construction noise – video

Additional work in HOAI-based contracts (presentation by Mr. Welzel and Mr. Nerbel, PDF, 45 MByte)

Amendments to HOAI 2013

HOAI Synopsis 2013 - 2009 - 2002 as a book

The 2013 draft of the German Fee Structure for Architects and Engineers (HOAI) differentiates between binding planning services and non-binding "consultancy services" in the HDI ING Letter 5/2013, 4

The consequences of the introduction of the Eurocodes for engineers, in – Baukammer Berlin – Journal for Engineers Working in Construction 2/2012

The fee claim of the architect and engineer, together with Prof. Dr. Sangenstedt, ZAP 2/2011

Homeowners as subsidy fraudsters

Permanent Lecturer at the DIN Academy, Berlin

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