Attention: Chamber of Labor Warns of Traps in Rental Contracts

This applies, for example, to rental apartments in buildings constructed after mid-1953 without subsidies and to attic apartments in old buildings constructed after December 2001. In rental agreements of Rimmo Prime Property Management (formerly teamneunzehn.at Property Management), the AK objected to 46 inadmissible contract clauses. Successfully.

Warning Against Rental Contract Traps

According to the AK, Rimmo Prime signed a cease-and-desist declaration and will no longer use or recommend the clauses in the sense of the Consumer Protection Act. The contested clauses would have "massively disadvantaged tenants, for example, regarding operating costs, maintenance obligations, and other ongoing costs," the Chamber of Labor stated.

Since the contested rental contract forms carried a copyright notice from Engindeniz Attorneys for Real Estate Law GmbH, the AK also filed a lawsuit against the law firm. After a settlement, the firm assured that it would no longer recommend the rental contract forms.

(APA/Red)

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