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Rent in old buildings (Altbau) is capped. The problem is that many landlords don't care and there are no penalties. You can charge back the extra rent but then
by spacechild1 2y ago
Rent in old buildings (Altbau) is capped. The problem is that many landlords don't care and there are no penalties. You can charge back the extra rent but then your landlord will probably not extend your contract...
- whilenot-dev 2y agoThat's why: 1. make an unlimited contract 2. sue when you'll leave anyway The statute of limitations is 30 years.
- spacechild1 2y ago> 1. make an unlimited contract That's a good one :-D > The statute of limitations is 30 years. It's actually 10 years. I thought it was less... > 2. sue when you'll leave anyway So that's actually a good strategy! Just note that there are certain deadlines, see https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/Wohnen/altbaumietencheck/FAQ_zum_Altbau-Mietencheck.html https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/beratung/Wohnen/altbaumietenc....
- rettetdemdativ 2y agoThat is true, but it only affects buildings built before 1953/1945. I just didn't want to give people a wrong impression of why rents in Vienna are relatively low compared to other European cities of a similar size. It's not a "Mietpreisbremse" of hard cap on all rents.