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Preparing terrace plants for winter: how to help them through the season
Your terrace is full of plants that you enjoyed all summer. But what should you do as soon as the nights get colder? With a few targeted measures, you give your plants a better chance of getting through the winter well.
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The most expensive sentence in an apartment building
In an apartment building, delay can sometimes be literally expensive. What seems like a minor intervention today can grow into a major technical problem, an urgent repair, and a significant cost for the co-owners tomorrow.
That is why good building management is not just a matter of solving problems.
It is primarily about staying ahead of them.
Because comparing a quote for work on an apartment building is about much more than just looking at the amount at the bottom of the page.
The cheapest quote can perfectly be the best choice. But it can just as easily turn out to be the most expensive solution when materials, execution, guarantees, lifespan, or additional costs are not comparable.
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Why the cheapest quote is not always the best
The differences are significant. And so the choice seems simple: as a co-owner, why would you pay more if the same work can be done for €18,000?
Because comparing quotes for work on an apartment building is about much more than looking at the amount at the bottom of the page.
The cheapest quote can perfectly well be the best choice. But it can just as easily turn out to be the most expensive solution when materials, execution, warranties, lifespan, or additional costs are not comparable.
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What is a basic deed
Anyone who buys an apartment becomes not only the owner of their own home, but also a co-owner of the common parts of the building. To clearly establish who owns what and how the co-ownership is organized, a basic deed is drawn up.
