Investigations in Cases of Suspected Apartment Prostitution

With more than 500,000 inhabitants spread across around 353,000 households, Bremen is one of the ten largest cities in Germany. Approximately 170,000 of these dwellings are single-person households. As a landlord, you are understandably keen to ensure that your tenants are not only solvent and reliable, but also conduct their lives in a lawful, socially acceptable and neighbourly manner.

Before letting a property, our investigators at the Kurtz Commercial Detective Agency in Bremen can carry out background checks on applicants in order to prevent cases of unauthorised apartment prostitution. If the tenants have already moved in, our Bremen private detectives provide court-admissible evidence of the improper use of the rented property: +49 421 3679 9066.

When a rental flat turns into a brothel

Despite all precautions and thorough vetting, it may happen that a tenant turns out not to be as respectable as initially assumed. For example, even after a credit check without negative findings – meaning no irregularities have come to light to date – it cannot be ruled out that a rental nomad settles into your property, or that a female tenant – and in far rarer cases a male tenant – uses the rented flat to receive clients.

Many tenancy agreements for private residential lettings (flats or houses) contain a clause prohibiting commercial use, which is of little concern to a tenant engaging in prostitution. If she only receives clients at home occasionally, this situation is likely to go unnoticed. However, if she has several different male visitors each day, it usually becomes apparent fairly quickly, as neighbours are generally disturbed by such activities. If this occurs in a multi-occupancy building where children may also live, the situation becomes intolerable for your other tenants, as clients often do not behave like gentlemen. Children may then be confronted with language typical of the milieu or even explicit obscenities. As a result, you as the landlord may receive complaints and possibly even terminations of tenancies, while the rental value of your property declines. There is no reason why you should have to tolerate such conditions – our Bremen detectives will assist you in resolving the matter. Call us or outline your concern via our contact form.

Bremen Administrative Court: Apartment prostitution in residential areas is generally unreasonable

Apartment prostitution constitutes unauthorised commercial use of residential premises and is generally inadmissible in purely residential areas, as it does not qualify as a non-disruptive commercial activity (see also Bremen Administrative Court, judgment of 30 June 2010, 1 V 410/10). The disturbance caused to other tenants by the operation of a business is simply unreasonable, and ultimately the property and its surroundings acquire a negative reputation, which in turn can lead to a loss of rental income.

In order to put a stop to such activities and, where appropriate, to terminate the tenancy without notice, observations must be carried out and documented in a manner admissible in court – this is ensured by our private detective agency in Bremen. We observe the target individual and/or the residential property, document the number of visitors, obtain witness statements through legend-based interviews, attend appointments with the suspect (naturally without any sexual interaction), and thus provide you with evidence that can be used in court: kontakt@kurtz-detektei-bremen.de.