Sunday, February 5, 2006

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Darwins Alptraum: Die Wohnungssuche

One challenge is to find accommodation in Germany. Not only because of the predatory caste the broker, which has monopolized the housing market and anyone who wants to rent an apartment, first draws two "net rents plus VAT" as a commission ("commission") out of pocket before you sign the contract. Agents collect so loosely times 1500 Euro, although they have not called and even though they basically work for the landlord and although they make for that amount to little more than to show those interested the apartment and then select a tenant. The satirical magazine Titanic could therefore print on these T-shirts:

That's not all.

It is easy, for example, homes located in the charming fifties-blocks. Old buildings, however, are rare, which is due to the British bombers, the Hamburg in the summer of 1943 in the "Action Gomorrah" pretty much down to half in ruins. The neighborhoods where you can still see what must once have been a beautiful city of Hamburg are highly competitive. One has to visit the apartment charming play in the foreground and the broker einschleimen offensively. But hate a while the others, but then people get the apartment.

interesting, too many apartments, too expensive, do not have a kitchen, or just a "sink", which means that, if one collects, stove, refrigerator Kitchen cabinets and basically just have to buy as the washing machine - because the institution "laundry room" is more or less unknown. If it takes off then you have to either carry along all in the next apartment - or ask if things are still fairly new, "distance".

Who calls "distance" does not want etwadie due distance, but he wants money, preferably lots. For example, 700 € for his lousy kitchen facilities. If you do not pay, the apartment gets hold another. Because landlords renovate apartments very reluctantly and often in the uncoated and unpolished condition passed, some people put a lot of money in a complete renovation her apartment. If they move out then they demand in the flat display, such as recently seen "distance: 8000 € VB. VB means that you can still negotiate after all.

It is no wonder that so many people I know to stay in her apartment, even though they are dissatisfied with it. "House hunting is so bad," they say, "the stress is not worth it."

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