Ingo's Adventure Blog

Now that the excitement about the new job has settled it is time to start thinking reasonably again. The most interesting question at that early point is where i am going to live in Berlin. Truth be told, I haven’t got the faintest idea how to proceed in regard to finding a flat to rent. So yesterday I just startet a google search what’s on the real-estate market out there and frankly, you cannot search for a flat without setting some basic restrictions and limits.

Currently I am trying to answer the basic questions, maybe I can brainstorm here along the way:

• How to live in Berlin? flat-sharing, living by myself… I am not really sure about that. In the beginning it would be great to flat-share in order to meet people and so on but I dont know whether it is easy to find uncomplicated people for sharing my adventure. Best case would be to find someone who wants to move there / moved there recently
• When do I want to move? This one is easy, I definitly want to rent the flat at the beginning of February so I can put my stuff in there without haste
• What type of accomodation (of course for rent)? Maissonette, Loft / Studio, Penthouse, ground-floor, high-tier flat… I think thats not important at the moment, just a nice renovated place to stay would be sufficient and no ground-floor flat
• What specific requirements do I have? There has to be a ready-to-cook built-in kitchen installed. The place has to be renovated – I dont want to paint walls or inlay floors this isn’t within my time-budget. There is no need for a balcony or any furniture for that matter. Secure doors
• Where to live? Well it should be either near Potsdammer Platz or near a subway station. I think Charlottenburg, Tiergarten, Mitte, Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg would be suited for me and the whole situation but as I said I dont know Berlin ;-)
• Where to look for flats? online (I found some websites regarding flat-share flat-offers and some estate agents), newspaper
• How many rooms and square meters do I need? Good question, next question…
• How much rent do I want to pay? Well as little as possible but as much as necessary

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Many questions and very few answers at this moment… I definitly have to think about all the above mentioned points again in order to limit the search sucessfully.