Meanwhile, in Germany, there are more home owners than tenants. That was long different. Since time immemorial, those who live on the rent had to, with topics such as 3 ZKDB, kitchen and cosmetic repairs to deal with.
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Tenements
Long years, old buildings were overcrowded, especially in Berlin completely: often whole families lived in one or two rooms. Other buildings were in very poor condition, as in the photo at the top of the Prenzlauer Berg in the early 1980s. Beautiful, newly renovated apartments are very sought after.
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‘Flat Dream’ Plattenbau
In the GDR, the government pulled up against the housing shortage across the country housing estates, landlords were mostly state-owned enterprises (VEB) and housing cooperatives. Prefabricated housing was popular: new, low-Rent, electricity, hot water and plumbing systems work reliably, in contrast to the old building.
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Balconies
According to a survey of the statistics portal of the “Statista” from the year 2015, 48 percent of Germans live for rent, and 52 percent are owner – much more than two years earlier. Most of the tenants live in apartments with balcony, in summer, a green oasis in the city.
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Courtyards
Old tenements in Berlin have a special feature: a behind houses, often with small businesses. Tenants on the patio, a good view of the comings and goings of their neighbors, and it comes quickly into the conversation.
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Nameplates
On ringing signs in multi-family houses, the floors, but only the names of the tenants are typically rather rare. Who has not forgotten no intercom: to reveal to visitors the floor!
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The WG
Especially in large cities, and especially in the case of students and artists, the WG is a popular and affordable Form of housing. Often even the living room can be rented in residential communities, in order to come to a tolerable rent. Compromise, cleaning plan, you are not alone.
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Cosmetic repairs
Cosmetic repairs are subject to negotiation with the landlord, but it is often agreed that the tenant is rubbing when moving in or out of the walls. Landlord may require that colorful walls, doors, or radiators to be painted in excerpt in “neutral” colors.
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Theme Kitchen
A rental apartment is not automatically a built-in kitchen. Sometimes you can get cabinets, stove and work surfaces from the previous tenant. But, in particular, to the horror of foreign tenants, in which kitchens in rental property are, of course, is the kitchen, in Germany, in the catchment often yawningly empty.
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Mini-Bathroom
Especially in old buildings, bathrooms are often tight. Originally, the old apartments had no private bathroom or toilet. Then, if ” has been retrofitted, had to fit the bathroom into the smallest corner or a complete room has been declared to the bathroom. The solution in the photo above is creative: in this Berlin apartment is the shower is in the kitchen.
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3 ZKDB
Who is looking in Germany for an apartment will find that like abbreviation to be used such as 3 ZKDB (3 rooms plus kitchen, hallway, bathroom) plus the number of square meters. The highest Rents paid in Munich (16,55 Euro per square meter), followed by Frankfurt (13,37 Euro) and Stuttgart (€12.95.)
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Tenements
Long years, old buildings were overcrowded, especially in Berlin completely: often whole families lived in one or two rooms. Other buildings were in very poor condition, as in the photo at the top of the Prenzlauer Berg in the early 1980s. Beautiful, newly renovated apartments are very sought after.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
‘Flat Dream’ Plattenbau
In the GDR, the government pulled up against the housing shortage across the country housing estates, landlords were mostly state-owned enterprises (VEB) and housing cooperatives. Prefabricated housing was popular: new, low-Rent, electricity, hot water and plumbing systems work reliably, in contrast to the old building.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
Balconies
According to a survey of the statistics portal of the “Statista” from the year 2015, 48 percent of Germans live for rent, and 52 percent are owner – much more than two years earlier. Most of the tenants live in apartments with balcony, in summer, a green oasis in the city.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
Courtyards
Old tenements in Berlin have a special feature: a behind houses, often with small businesses. Tenants on the patio, a good view of the comings and goings of their neighbors, and it comes quickly into the conversation.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
Nameplates
On ringing signs in multi-family houses, the floors, but only the names of the tenants are typically rather rare. Who has not forgotten no intercom: to reveal to visitors the floor!
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As the Deutsche wohnen
The WG
Especially in large cities, and especially in the case of students and artists, the WG is a popular and affordable Form of housing. Often even the living room can be rented in residential communities, in order to come to a tolerable rent. Compromise, cleaning plan, you are not alone.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
Cosmetic repairs
Cosmetic repairs are subject to negotiation with the landlord, but it is often agreed that the tenant is rubbing when moving in or out of the walls. Landlord may require that colorful walls, doors, or radiators to be painted in excerpt in “neutral” colors.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
Theme Kitchen
A rental apartment is not automatically a built-in kitchen. Sometimes you can get cabinets, stove and work surfaces from the previous tenant. But, in particular, to the horror of foreign tenants, in which kitchens in rental property are, of course, is the kitchen, in Germany, in the catchment often yawningly empty.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
Mini-Bathroom
Especially in old buildings, bathrooms are often tight. Originally, the old apartments had no private bathroom or toilet. Then, if ” has been retrofitted, had to fit the bathroom into the smallest corner or a complete room has been declared to the bathroom. The solution in the photo above is creative: in this Berlin apartment is the shower is in the kitchen.
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As the Deutsche wohnen
3 ZKDB
Who is looking in Germany for an apartment will find that like abbreviation to be used such as 3 ZKDB (3 rooms plus kitchen, hallway, bathroom) plus the number of square meters. The highest Rents paid in Munich (16,55 Euro per square meter), followed by Frankfurt (13,37 Euro) and Stuttgart (€12.95.)
In the EU, seven out of ten people residential property owners are, but in Germany, the Rent is rather the Norm and not the exception. According to “Statista”-study from the year 2015 lived, while 48 percent of people to rent, but that is an average value: in Berlin, for example, is 85 percent.
Tenants in Germany have many rights, but also obligations. Sometimes you will need to swipe also apartments or a complete kitchen buy.
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