Mid-term rental
Do you operate furnished mid-term rentals?
Furnished rentals with contract durations between 2 and 12 months — typical for business travellers or expats — are the legally most complex constellation on the Berlin rental market in 2026.
Two provisions are central. § 549 (2) BGB defines the rental for temporary use — a narrowly interpreted exemption that disapplies large parts of standard tenancy protection. The prerequisites have been increasingly refined in case law since 2024.
§ 575 BGB governs fixed-term residential tenancies — permissible grounds are narrowly defined, and an invalidly agreed fixed term can mean the tenancy continues unbefristet. The 2026 furniture-surcharge rules apply on top.
The detailed analysis for this constellation — prerequisites of § 549 (2), permissible fixed-term grounds, furniture surcharge — is in preparation.
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