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Subletting: What you should know as a tenant.
What does subletting mean? What rights and obligations are involved? And what’s the best way to go about subletting parts of your apartment as a tenant?
You’ll find answers to all of the important questions about subletting your rental apartment on this page. Our customer service team is also happy to help if you have any further questions. Feel free to get in touch!
What is subletting?
Subletting is when
- You, as the main tenant, allow somebody else to use parts of your rental apartment for an extended period
- That person pays you rent in return
Subletting requires our approval!
The lease agreement for your apartment is solely between you and Vonovia, so we need to agree to any additional person living there. In other words, you require our approval for any subletting arrangement. Please note: This still applies even if your roommate will not be paying you rent.
But don’t worry, our step-by-step guide will quickly take you through the process of submitting a subletting application.
Subletting is generally permitted.
You are usually allowed to sublet parts of your rental apartment if it is large enough. It’s also important that you have a “legitimate interest” in doing so – in other words, good reasons to enter into a subletting arrangement.
For example:
- You might wish to pay less rent
- You’ll be spending a lot of time away from home over an extended period
- You no longer want to live alone
The potential consequences of unauthorized subletting.
If we have not approved a subletting arrangement, we first speak with the tenant and try to find a good solution with them.
If this doesn’t lead to a successful outcome, we follow the provisions of the German Civil Code (BGB). First we send a warning notice, because the subletting arrangement contravenes the lease agreement. Then we may take legal action to demand that the subletting arrangement be terminated. Finally, we may also terminate our lease agreement with the tenant without notice.
It’s not too late to request approval!
But it need not come to this. Perhaps you didn’t realize that you require our approval to sublet parts of your apartment? Here at Vonovia, we also accept retrospective applications. There’s no need to fear retroactive problems or penalties – we just want to work with you to ensure everything is legally above board.
Visitor or roommate?
It goes without saying that you are free to receive visitors in your apartment as often as you wish. And they are welcome to stay for quite a while – six to eight weeks is perfectly fine. If your visitors stay longer than that, however, they will then be considered roommates and you will need our approval.
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Subletting in general
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