What’s it like to rent in Germany? Here’s my introduction to searching, costs and contracts. For those of you waiting for the strawberry results – it will be revealed at the weekend (there are six people who guessed correctly!). 🙂
☆ Mini Deutsch dictionary:
der Stadtteil – part of town
harrlos – hairless
der Hund – dog
blind – blind
die Katze – cat
bunt – colourful
die Kuh – cow
der Nachmieter – new tenant
das Zimmer – room
die Wohnung – flat/apartment
die Einbauküche – built-in/fitted kitchen
der Quadratmeter – square meter
Achtung! – Caution!
die Kaltmiete – cold/net rent
die Nebenkosten – additional costs/service charges (other examples of extra charges are rubbish collection, cold water, lighting of communal areas, cable TV and insurance)
das Wohngeld – common charge (see above)
die Warmmiete – warm rent (cold rent plus additional costs)
zusammen – together
die Kaution – deposit
die Hausordnung – rules of the house
das Treppenhaus – stairway
die Kündigungsfrist – notice period
der Kellar – cellar
der Dachboden – attic
☆ Property search:
ImmobilienScout24 –
Immowelt –
atHome (also in English) –
Yoohoo, social media!
☆ Twitter:
☆ Instagram:
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