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Housing

housing criteria

finance requirement
⁠
SCHUFA
⁠
report no older than 3 months
budget
rent: 350-400 euro/month
Total living expenses (food & shelter): 1,500 euro
housing
1-person studio
Location: near supermarket, bus or train station, park, school
Preferably furnished, quiet neighbourhood
Less than 40 minutes of travel to school
Side services (place to park bicycle, gym, - still adding to the list)
additional note
check whether agent's fee is paid by you or property owner
check how much we need to deposit and does it come with interest
prepare SCHUFA record/bank statement (
SCHUFA
⁠
)
check electricity meter when renting

housing policies & requirements

Requirements
copy of ID or passport
bank statement
SCHUFA report
if can’t provide bank statement or SCHUFA, ask your parents to become a guarantor
Expectations
deposit = 3x monthly rent & it should not be more than this amount
utilities usually not included (unless mention in rental contract

housing vocabulary

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cold rent (kaltmiete
not include heating & utilities
warmmiete
include heating & additional costs
Quadratmeter/QM
Square meters
Altbau/AB
Old building
Neubau
New building
Balkon/BK
Balcony
Einbauküche/EBK
Built-in kitchen
Erdgeschoss/EG
Ground floor
Gasheizung/GH
Gas heating
Kaltmiete/KM
Net or cold rent (utilities and maintenance not included)
Nebenkosten/NK
Utility/maintenance costs
Warmmiete/WM
Rent, including utility costs and heating (not electricity)
Wohngemeinschaft/WG
Shared apartment
Zentralheizung/ZH
Central heating
Etagenheizung
Floor heating
Möbiliert
Furnished
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housing criteria
housing policies & requirements
housing vocabulary
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