Rent increased?
What you should do:

Even if rent increases for index-linked rents and graduated rents are agreed in the rental agreement, there are some reasons why the rent increase may be unlawful. If you do not want to accept a rent increase, you should have your rental contract checked by experts. If it turns out that the rent increase is against the law, you can object.
A lot of tenants do not know this: the German Rent Control (Mietpreisbremse) still applies to index and graduated rents.

If you do not want to accept a rent increase, you should definitely have the increase checked by experts for its legality. If the rent increase seems unlawful, you should object. Have your rent increase checked by CONNY's - free of charge - and, if necessary, have it fended off by our partner lawyers. If the rent increase is unlawful, it will be directly fended off by our contract lawyers. After the assignment, CONNY provides the partner lawyer and takes over all legal costs. You sit back and relax - without any cost risk:
You only pay in case of success.

CONNY is a consumer protection portal and cooperates with experienced lawyers who are specialized in the enforcement of tenant rights. In the past, CONNY's partner lawyers have successfully fended off rent increases for many tenants. And all of this from the comfort of your own home and without cost risk. This has also been confirmed by Stiftung Warentest, the German consumer watchdog, which repeatedly classifies CONNY (formerly wenigermiete.de) as "practical, fair and risk-free". Finanztip and a variety of other media also rate the CONNY service as "very good".

CONNY always tries to find a fair agreement between the parties involved and focuses on dialogue instead of confrontation. The majority of landlords are aware that they are violating the law by increasing their rent. Some landlords also employ lawyers. This is good because it usually professionalises the process.

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Nevertheless, you should not forget that you are just asserting your legal claim. It is the landlords who are acting illegally. This often involves several thousand euros per year. Therefore it is worthwhile to stand up for it!

Your landlord may not give you notice or put you under pressure just because you are asserting your rights. If you comply with your obligations as a tenant, you can only be terminated in one way: for personal use or economic exploitation. If you do not rent your apartment from a private person, this is already not possible. But even for private landlords this is only possible under strict conditions, which are often not fulfilled. This means that in the unlikely event of (personal use) termination, CONNY has a good chance of fending it off.

The most important thing first: Only if your rent increase has been successfully fended off, you will pay something. In this case, we charge the achieved rent savings of four months (incl. VAT) as a success fee.
Example: For a successfully averted rent increase of 30.00 Euros per month, the success fee is 120 Euros (incl. VAT). Due to necessary settlement processes between CONNY and our contract attorneys, it may happen that in the case of legal proceedings before a court, you will first have to pay the costs of CONNY's contract attorneys. However, CONNY will reimburse you for these costs afterwards. If you provide false information, on the basis of which our partner attorneys will go to court for you, all legal costs (the costs of CONNY's attorneys as well as those of the opposing party) are to be borne by you. Therefore please check all information carefully. If you are unsure about the answers to some questions, please contact CONNY customer service. If you are a member of the CONNY Tenant Protection Association, our legal experts will be happy to take care of all aspects together with you.