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 general terms & conditions

  1. All offers are without obligation, nonbinding, and subject to commission.  Offers are subject to error and prior sale or rental.  Information regarding properties is based on that provided by the property developer, seller, or landlord.   We strive to provided you with the most complete and accurate information with regard to properties, however errors or omissions cannot be excluded.  We cannot be made liable or responsible for the accuracy or completeness of information provided.
     
  2. Unless otherwise stated in the exposé, commission for property purchase amounts to 3% of the purchase price; for rental of residential or commercial spaces, 2 months' net cold rent; for leasing, 20% of the yearly lease - in each case plus the legal VAT at the time of contract conclusion.  In the event of a planned building project, commission is calculated according to the sum of all building costs.  Commission is earned, due, and payable upon notarial contract conclusion, or upon the conclusion of a rental/lease contract.  In the case of funds, an agio of 5% of the subscription amount is charged.
     
  3. We have are entitled to commission for all contracts resulting from our verification or facilitation services.  This also applies in the event that a transaction takes place other than the transaction originally intended, for example heritable building rights rather than purchase, rental rather than purchase, purchase rather than rental, as well as acquisition through foreclosure sale.  In addition, our claim also applies if contractual additions or supplements occur in temporal and economical conjunction with the first contract.
     
  4. We are likewise entitled to commission if, through our verification or facilitation services, first a property lease or rental takes place, with the sale of the property only completed at a later date.  The commission paid at the time of rental or lease will then be credited.
     
  5. Our communications and documents are intended personally for the recipient and are to be treated as highly sensitive and confidential.  In the event that such information is passed to third parties,  the initial recipient is responsible for both any buyer and any seller commissions.  This also applies if the individual in question is an authorized agent.
     
  6. Direct contact to a contract partner (property developer, owner, prospective client) may occur only with our permission.  We are to be informed, unsolicited, of any direct negotiations and their subject matter.
     
  7. We are entitled to be present at the conclusion of the contract, as well as to a copy or transcription of the contract and all related supplements, in so far as they are applicable to the calculation and due date of the realtor's commission.  We are to be informed immediately of any verbal agreements of this nature.
     
  8. Should the initiator already be familiar with the contract opportunity which we have verified or facilitated, we are to be informed immediately in writing and with written proof.  Prior knowledge can otherwise not be invoked.
     
  9. We are retain the unrestricted right to act on behalf the other contractual party.
     
  10. Brau & Friedrich Real Estate is not liable for the solvency of facilitated contractual parties.
     
  11. Verbal agreements and commitments require for their validity a written confirmation.  The place of fulfillment and legal jurisdiction is Berlin.  The contractual relationship is regulated by German law.
     
  12. If any parts or individual formulations of this text should fail to conform to the valid legal situation, or be no longer or not fully in conformity therewith, this shall not affect the content or validity of the remaining parts of the document.