German tenants rights?

[Old Merc]

Is any of you familiar with German house renting laws,tenants rights and so on. My Granddaughter and her husband are German citizens, ( I`m UK ) they have 2 children of school age. Have been renting a house in a lovely area for over five years. Been model tenants, kept the property in perfect order, never had a problem.
The landlord has suddenly told them he wants his house back, they will have to vacate in the next few months. Naturally this will cause grief, they both have good jobs locally, the eldest boy passed to attend the local Grammar School.
What are the German rules regarding rental termination? can they demand to stay until they have found suitable permanent accommodation. Any other tips and advice would be appreciated.

[Old Merc]

KAgantua said:

Theyre German citizens right? But where are they? Germany? UK? Azerbeijan?

Why would I be asking about German tenancy laws if they lived in the UK or Azerbeijan ??

[Old Merc]

journeymanpro said:

grudas said:

few months sounds like a fair play to find a new house?

Doesn't sound unreasonable does it.

But is it in Germany? where they are good family homes to rent are very hard to find. Also property prices have gone through the roof, so I think landlords are selling up?

[Old Merc]

chalda said:

Advise them to contact the local "Mieterverein" (renters association). They will ask for an annual membership fee of about 50-60 EUR and will provide free legal advice and represent you in court, should that be necessary, for free.

As you will probably know, renters enjoy quite some rights in Germany. Being turfed out of rented accomodation is only possible in a very limited number of circumstances. The owners claiming that they need the premises themselves is one of them, but there are many caveats. Best to contact a Mieterverein. If there is none in the area where they live, choose the one in the nearest city.

Thank you chalda for the very good information, being German you obviously know what your talking about. Are you familiar with the Lippstadt-Geseke area. In the last 32 years I`ve seen it grow from a small garrison town to a huge boom place. Property prices have gone through the roof. Do you think landlords are taking advantage of this and selling up?

I will pass on your reply to my Granddaughter.