Dear forum users:
I purchased a condominium from the developer in 2016 and have been experiencing pure horror ever since. There has not been a single day when I have felt at peace.
I will summarize briefly: All demands regarding defect remediation have been rejected by the developer.
After 3 years of struggle with the homeowners’ association (WEG), a private expert report was finally commissioned.
Sound insulation according to DIN 4009, Supplement 1 was exceeded.
The developer claims to have built according to current technical standards.
Allegedly, no better sound insulation would be possible.
The 4009 does not cover low-frequency ranges.
The measurement of the low-frequency ranges (impact sound) resulted in a value of over 70 dB!!!!!!!
Another apartment was also measured, with the same result...
Other apartments in the building show the same phenomenon.
For me, this is a defect in the common property.
The WEG does not want to have anything to do with it anymore... I should just live with it.
I am now considering what to do
1.) Stay in the apartment: Excluded
2.) Sell the apartment: The apartment is in Nuremberg, prices are currently high. However, I cannot imagine that this will change in the medium to long term. Maybe it is better to keep it?
3.) Rent out the apartment as it is: Are there really tenants who don’t mind this?
4.) Rent out the apartment, make improvements myself, deduct everything from taxes.
Does anyone have an idea what would have to be done technically here and how much it would cost for a roughly 70 sqm apartment?
Ceiling height is 2.50 m. According to the Bavarian building code, an apartment must have a minimum height of 2.40 m, I think.
Possibly install a lowered ceiling
5.) Legal action: But I lack the money for this
I would be really grateful for any advice and any experience.
Thank you very much
Maybe you could first rent out the apartment with a one-year lease to a reliable and solvent tenant (!). That way you gain time to think and get out of this noisy environment. I could not think clearly in a noisy environment. Whether to sell or keep renting you can decide later, or the tenant might buy the apartment from you at a good price. The advantage of keeping it as an investment is that you can live elsewhere to your liking with the rent income, and if you no longer like it there, you simply move again. That is one of the very, very big advantages of renting. I myself once wanted to buy the rental apartment from the owner, but luckily it did not work out, because a year later a musician couple moved into the neighboring house. After three months I had moved out of the rental apartment.