Wow. That idea is definitely 2American4me…
(I also just posted it in the respective community, as it fits perfectly there…)
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cm0002@lemy.lol 13 hours agoIn most places in the US, basic home specs are public record and/or just floating around since the last time it was publicly listed for sale
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
In Germany, not only do they know all of that, but they come out every year to check it. This year, they showed up several days before they said they were going to, but when the guy walked in, he looked around, and then gave us a bunch of information about dealing with slum lords, lol.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
Are you perhaps confusing that with the heating meter checkers in appartment buildings? They actually need the living area for the billing and have a contract to do so with your
landslumlord, and thereby you.Regarding the slumlord: The magic word is generally “Mietminderung”, I think.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I’m not confusing it, that’s exactly what I’m talking about- they’re employed by the utility company in my city and contracted through the landlord.
The apartment is not actually a huge problem, slightly better than a standard student apartment, it’s more that the guy was just drive-by judging my life.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
I bet you can look at the building permit and learn this stuff
cm0002@lemy.lol 12 hours ago
That too, but some jurisdictions put some guardrails for pulling full prior permits, when I wanted to pull all the historical permits for my house for my own records, I had to bring in some proof that I was either the owner, tenant or other interested party (like say a contractor who want to see the previous permits before doing their own work)