Just a bare room with water and electric connections. The average cost per square meter of newly built apartments in Germany was the highest in Munich in the first quarter of Germany is also famous for its hundreds of destinations.
Buying their own accommodation is the goal of many people and especially families all around the world. Closet cabinets furniture are used instead. So youve found your perfect apartment. If you want two bedrooms with a living room and dining room you will actually be looking for a vier Zimmer four-room home in Germany. The price of a square meter was on average euros while in. In Germany you can actually go to a store and buy a complete kitchen or sometimes you can buy a used one though Im not sure how you ensure itll fit where you need it to.
Your apartment will either not have kitchen appliances in it stove sink fridge or if it does you have to buy it off the person who lived there before you.
Bathrooms WCs literally water closets kitchens and halls arent included in the number of rooms. Pin On Home Decor. Pin On Home. Pin On Walk In Closet. Do Apartments In Germany Have No Built In Closets We did have basement storage though Thank goodness we only got the cm high schranks because three years later our first apartment in Germany had only cm high ceilings.
Source : pinterest. Then came a new trend known as das amerikanische Badezimmer , the American bathroom, in which everything was in a single room, American style. The type of bathroom you get German or American usually depends on the age of the building.
In any case, a German toilet, especially a modern one, is a marvel to behold. It usually has a water tank built into the tiled wall, out of sight, with the toilet itself cantilevered from the wall. See photo. The flush button is also often built into the wall, offering a two-way option: Less water to flush for number one, more water for number two.
Very environmentally friendly. Even older toilets with an exposed tank, such as in public restrooms, offer this flush option, with the button on top of the tank. Next to the toilet there is always a toilet brush in a holder, ready for use should any residue be left after you flush.
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House and Home. Submit a Comment Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Search This Site Search for:. It might not be as unfathomable as you think. Quadratmeter QM or M2 - this is accompanied by a number and tells you how big the apartment is in square meters. Zimmer Zi accompanied by a number tells you how many rooms the place has.
The term Baujahr BJ followed by a number means year built. Bath means only a tub, and a WC is a room with a toilet but no bathing facilities. The words Erdgeschoss EG , Obergeschoss OG and Dachgeschoss DG tell you how high up in the building you'll be; respectively "ground floor", "upper floor" and "attic floor". Kaution Ka , Kt and Kaut is the "security deposit" that you must lay down over and above your rent.
This is usually followed by a number, which tells you what the security deposit is in euros. Gepflegt Gepfl means "well cared for" and Ruhig Ruh means "quiet".
Nebenkosten NK means "incidental expenditures" that may not be included in your rent; such as trash collection, stairwell cleaning and water. There are specialists in moving and relocation nowadays; people set up to relieve employees of the problems of acclimation and acculturation.
They offer a wide range of services and are continually increasing the breadth and depth of their services. Large and small companies, as well as individuals moving to foreign countries, seek out the services of these specialists. Without specialized help the task of moving and adjusting can be daunting. The most common responsibilities taken on by relocation specialists include finding housing and schools; address registration; residence permit assistance; help with work permits and banking connections, and arranging for utilities and phone service.
In addition to these basics, other services offered can involve help in getting driver's licenses, insurance, career counselling for spouses, vocational training, language and cultural training and finding doctors and dentists. There is also an increased focus on "lifestyle enhancement" services.
The moving and relocation industry has evolved and many companies have formed cooperative relationships and partnerships with other firms within Germany, Europe and worldwide.
Many of the international relocation companies have increased the number of offices around the world to meet the new demands of an increasing number of expatriate employees. Relocating without help is an invitation to frustration and lost productivity.
Check out the various companies and sign on with one that will fit your needs. It will be well worth the effort. Thank you for any help that you can provide! Hi there, my apologies for the tardy response back as we have just finished our move back to the US over the past few weeks. It is a wonderful experience…but a stressful one in the pre-move and the first few weeks upon arrival.
Wiesbaden is a great area. Are you moving due to military? With the military base there, there is a American community in the area. Also, the locals will speak English because of so many Americans in the area. Most people buy wardrobes. IKEA usually has good ones to select, or check with classified ads you may see in Wiesbaden as Americans who had bought a wardrobe may be looking to sell theirs if they are leaving.
Hmmm, it depends on how old the car is what condition , and can they pass German air emissions test. Different cities have restrictions on what cars with certain emissions are allowed. On one of our first trips to Germany, we rented an SUV, and regretted it because it was a beast to park. And, Germans are very particular about not dinging car doors in parking lots. So, I would recommend not bringing over an SUV.
Apple products are okay. My iMac and Macbook worked with no problems. After you check the voltage, the next thing to buy before coming are EU electric adapters Google this. The electric plug in EU is different than the US 2 small round prongs vs. If you must absolutely bring over an electronic that is not dual voltage, you can buy a step-up transformer to convert the electricity.
We did this for a crock pot and a paper shredder for example. Also, televisions from the US generally do not work here because the cable TV is different. We brought one from the US and only used it to connect our laptop to it to watch vids online. We lived in Mannheim, about an hour east of there.
Try to learn the basics: numbers, how to tell directions, ask for help, where is the water closet, etc. Use Google Translate if you have a smartphone, use the app, you can actually use your camera to translate words. Again, most Germans can speak some English.
Hope this helps…send me more questions and I will try to help more.. Best of luck with the move!! The fridges were actually bigger here in America in the 80s and 90s back when things were not so much made in China. Now if you buy the most expensive products you are not really getting much of a better deal except maybe it lasting TWO extra years extending the products life to four years instead of breaking down after 2 years because everything is made in China now with slave labor…….
What they do now is they make it look like you have more spaces to put things in but they do not extend very far back so you have to do a lot of hunting to find the right fridge to suit your needs and compare. We purposely find ones that DO NOT have ice makers as it allows extra freezer space and ice makers are just a pain to take care of anyways which if they break or corrode it will leak into your freezer ruining everything inside it and possibly damage the mechanisms. As a result of going to Costco we do not need so much food every week and it really cuts back shopping trips for fun trips instead.
I am not given up on my dream to build a German — environmentally friendly, efficient, simple, tasteful and very functional house. Love my German windows toilets and appliances …. Hoping you can be of help. You are welcome to come and visit …. I just moved here to Germany, another thing, too is they take all there light fixtures. The previous renter offered to sell me their window covering, so when I arrived at the home was shocked that they had removed almost all the light fixtures.
Very informative, especially the little videos. I loved your article. We have German friends in the Rhine-Pfalz region that we have stayed with. I was always fascinated, not only with the efficiency of the doors and windows, but the quality of their construction! I often thought it would be great to build a house here in the US with them, but the cost would be prohibitive to get them here.
I was shocked that a large family of 7 had such a tiny kitchen! Of course, typically German families do much more local day to day shopping then us Americans. We shop like we are stocking up for the apocalypse every week…lol. Yes, and the next week-end to trash out the same amount of grocery or food from the fridge because simple… you bought too much.
This one of the problems in US. This one looks at the differences in housing between the US and Germany in terms of architecture and interior design, written from the experiences of two columnists who lived in these two different dwellings.
Have a look at their work and the examples and feel free to comment. The link is provided. Chinese person living in the US. Gravity will simply pull the window down and smash it shut. This is what I have to deal with everyday… Gives me heart attach sometimes….
I moved from Germany to Charlotte, NC a while back and needed some time to get used to the flimsy houses and the waste of resources water and electricity because, e.
Even in new buildings. You shared a great article about the designing of home with the images which help you to save your time and money by using the current technology ,material and construction process ,if you plan to design and build a new home or do an extensive remodel on an existing house within a short period of a time without the wastage of money and time then the best solution for you problem you must communicate with professional home designer consultants for given a graceful ideas of home designing with the techniques of sustainable design principles for domestic home design and construction.
So you must fallows the ideas of profession home designer to build luxury home easily after the save of money and time according to my opinion. Almost all yards are surrounded by tall walls and gates. Having lived in both Germany and the US, I think this is for the most part true.
The one thing I saw from a different point of view was the insulation. The German masonry homes are difficult to heat in the winter and they constantly feel cold. If you finally get a room warm, you have to air out the room and let all the heat out or the walls will begin to sweat and cause mold problems which is a common problem in German homes because the warm moist air condensates on the cold masonry walls.
The old German fachwerk houses are better insulated than many modern German homes, but are costly to upkeep and repair. Fachwerk houses are also cut strange making it difficult to use the space in a modern way and often have very low ceilings.
There is some movement to increase insulation in German houses, but it is very expensive as it usually requires the owner to hire a company to add another 15cm of insulation on the outer wall, which often time looks goofy as non-insulated walls are already 30cm thick.
I was born in Munich but did get the chance to live in the Wiesbaden area for 11 yrs. My parents and I and my daughter loved it…. I did not find any problems living in Germany…. I tell my friends about it…. I do miss the bread, rolls, luncheon meats and pastries….. This brought back fond memories…..
Thanks again. I will write this on my Twitter now. Highly informative post and lots of valuable comments that have enhanced the post even more! Thank you very much everybody. If I remember correctly, the basements in the US are the same height as the other floors, but in Germany, they are slightly lower in height.
Also, is there a difference in how the sizes of the homes are measured? When someone says sqft in US or sqm in Germany, what are they referring to? Do you offer guest writers to write content in your case? Again, awesome weblog! Great article, very informative!
It brought back a lot of memories from when I lived in Heidelberg, Germany many years ago. I remember the transformers! Although I loved Germany very much and would like to go back and visit again someday it does make me very thankful for my American home.
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