Did you find the tenant for your apartment or did you find an ideal home? Do you have signed the lease contract and the last thing which left is the hand over? Then all you need is hand over protocol. Preciously written hand over protocol can prevent much unpleasant situations, argues and money.
Basically the protocol contains personal data of both parties, property designation, description of the apartment and its condition, the list of equipmnet, states of billing meters and number of keys passed. When it comes to equipment don ´t forget to write down the number of pieces, the condition, you can also writte the appliances brand.
TIP: Take a photos of the condition of the apartment and give it as an attachement to a hand over protocol.
Note only the number of passed keys but also what the keys are from. You should also agreed on a method what can you do if you lost the key.
TIP: During the hand over try all keys if they work.
What else can you writte to the hand over protocol?
Mainly note all bigger defects and deficiencies for which you can be charged after moving out. Go through the apartment and consider if the description an apartment respond to the real conditions. Also if you negotiate something extra with the landlord writte this deal to the hand over protocol. If you are in a position of a landlord the hand over protocol is a usefull tool also for you. Some of the deficiens can show up during the first days of using the apartment stay in touch and the problems which can appear solve immediately and after an agreement you can writte them into a hand over protocol.
A final note: If the landlord doesn ´t hand over the apartment persnally or the tenant doesn ´t take over the apartment personally you should require the power of attorney.
