It means an end to secret airspace theft: my home is my castle, my house is my Castle. According to iron, the own area is thus defended against interventions of neighbours. Hubie Brooks usually is spot on. Because with cornices and window sills can disintegrate in the domestic air space. But a line was drafted in this respect now in thermal insulation. Credit: Brian Calfano-2011. As the real estate portal myimmo.de reported, the higher regional court in Karlsruhe made a corresponding decision now. The decision to follow, a neighbor must not accept an outstanding on his property insulation (www.myimmo.de/ guides/Encyclopaedia/thermal insulation).

Therefore a homeowner, whose housing is on the border with the neighbouring plot, should a corresponding device not pay, that the insulated facade finally rises on the other site. Under certain circumstances it is permitted with approval inside build so-called child components in the air space of the neighboring land. But a thick insulation is not the Court considers this Category. This is problematic especially for homeowners in old city and town centres, is typical of the building on the land border. The Working Group for construction and real estate law of the German Bar Association recommends that you agree with the neighbors and to negotiate a border regime.

For example, a so-called mantel pension or an indemnity for the correspondingly built-over area is possible. The achieved agreement should be formulated strictly in writing and entered in the land register. That later owners of the scheme would be bound. In some States, but already is working on a new general regulation for cross-border thermal insulation. More information: news.myimmo.de/waermedaemmung… Contact: Lisa Neumann University Service GmbH barefoot streets 12 04109 Leipzig Tel: + 49/341/49288-240 fax: + 49/341/49288-59

Faucets serve not only a purpose, they can look nice, too. During renovation work, there are many things to consider. Dealing in bathroom or kitchen, it is usually more complicated. In the kitchen you must settle then, how the water pipes go and where are the electrical connections. Refrigerator, stove and sink or sink can be made therefore not according to free will.

It looks similar to the bathroom. Also here usually rather less room for real free creative transformation remains, at least, if one lives in a rented flat. Who is lucky, however, to let off steam, in the own House remains naturally free hand. From the bathtub to the faucet are no limits then the fantasy. Some maybe less attach importance to the faucet, but here there is to consider things. In the selection, there are quality characteristics, which make the difference.

Normally should no longer rust a faucet, however, you should consider the material of the body. The valves a Fittings are an important point. Whose lifetime determines how long it takes until the faucet starts to drip. How much is, for example, the sensitivity of the valve against lime. A leaky faucet can be quite costly in terms of water prices. Also, it is annoying when one has finally found the comfortable temperature in the shower until after repeated trial and error. Here we consume also unnecessarily much water, quite apart, that you take an involuntary if healthy shower. Some valves cause unpleasant noises, which can also often be traced to the valves. Many manufacturers offer a service. This means that if something break down on a faucet, the whole faucet must not be replaced. There are replacement parts. This is an environmentally-friendly process, which is against the trend of the General throw-away society. Also many manufacturers already in production value on environmental friendliness and construct faucets, engaged in the household water-saving Let. Andreas Mettler