Western High Court: Incorrect information in sales presentation triggers compensation – we led the case to victory
On 20 January 2026, the Western High Court of Denmark issued a judgment in a case concerning liability for incorrect information in a sales list and purchase agreement for an investment property, where attorney (H) Søren Vasegaard Andreasen represented the buyer. Our client, a professional real estate agent who purchased the property, was found to be in favour of the stated annual rental income for a parking space being approximately […]
House cleaning upon sale
Cleaning is hardly the first thing that comes to mind when you have sold your house. But when you as a seller have finally emptied the house of all your belongings, the question always arises: how much cleaning should you do before handing over the keys to the next owner. The answer is: Nothing. Unless otherwise specifically agreed, you are […]
Flexible housing
Once you have found the property you would like to buy, you can usually get pre-approval from the municipality that you may use the property as a flexible home. It will be a common condition to include in a purchase agreement that it is a condition that you can have the property approved as a flexible home. The estate agent will often be able to […]
Buying a rented house
What applies when buying a rented house where one or more tenants live? It is not unusual for a house that you cannot sell, or perhaps do not want to sell, to be rented out. The leases are usually designed as time-limited rental agreements and often include a clause that the tenant must vacate if the property becomes […]
New rules for old wood-burning stoves
In December 2020, the Danish Parliament passed a new law that requires all properties taken over on or after April 1, 2021, to replace the wood-burning stove. The rule applies if the wood-burning stove was produced before January 1, 2003. The replacement must take place within one year of the date of takeover. In future, it will be necessary to inform the owner when changing ownership whether there is a wood-burning stove on the property, […]
The validity of the seller's financing reservation
Paragraf Advokaterne won a case on 20 December 2019 for a seller regarding the validity of the seller's financing clause in a purchase agreement. The case concerned a property on Djursland, which was put up for sale by a local real estate agent. A purchase agreement was signed with a buyer, which was, among other things, conditional on the purchase agreement being approved by the seller's bank […]
Paragraph The lawyers win a major case regarding land shortages
Once again, Attorney (H) Søren Vasegaard Andreasen from Paragraf Advokaterne has won a case regarding area deficiencies in a property. The property, located in Aarhus, had been sold as if the basement was legal for habitation, which it turned out was not. An inspection and appraisal confirmed that the property had a major decrease in value due to […]
Seller's liability insurance
As a seller, you can take out seller liability insurance in connection with the sale of property. The insurance is taken out as security against any claims for defects that the buyer of the property may make against the seller after the takeover. As a seller of a property, you can be held liable for hidden defects and deficiencies in the property sold for a period of 10 years. This is […]
Modernization of the Condominium Act
The Danish Condominium Act is now a few years old. It was passed in 1966 and has since been amended several times, which has made the law complicated and sometimes incomprehensible. In 2016, the government appointed a committee of experts and interest groups in the field of condominiums and real estate to assess the possibilities and consequences of […]
Business requires specialist knowledge – and we have it.
Attorney (H) Søren Vasegaard Andreasen has worked with neighborhood law and boundary disputes in cases all over the country for almost 20 years. According to unofficial statistics, there are approximately 50 boundary disputes per year throughout the country, and Søren advises one of the parties in a large proportion of these cases. The cases usually have one of two reasons. […]
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