Berlin City Guide

Classified Advertisements Local newspapers offer a wide range of classified sections on accommodation either to rent or to buy. It may be useful to place an advertisement oneself. Below are some contacts to look for or place advertisements: Berliner Morgenpost (www.morgenpost.de) – Saturday edition Berliner Zeitung – weekend edition Tagesspiegel (www.tagesspiegel.de) – Saturday edition

Immobilien Scout (www.immobilienscout24.de) Basic abbreviations used in classified ads : 1-ZKB

1 Zimmer, Küche, Bad (1 room, kitchen, bathroom) 2 Zimmer, Küche, Bad, Balkon (2 rooms, kitchen, bathroom, balcony)

2-ZKBB 3-ZW Atelier

3-Zimmer Wohnung (3-room apartment)

Studio Apartment Dachgeschoss (attic) Erstbezug (first letting) Einbauküche (fitted kitchen) Erdgeschoss (ground floor)

DG EB

EBK EG KM Lux.

Kaltmiete (rent excl. heating or utilities ) Luxuswohnung (luxury apartment )

Miete z.Z. Möbl. Nachm.

Miete zur Zeit (current rent – may be raised for new tenant)

Möbliert (furnished) Nachmieter (new tenant) Neubau (new building) Nichtraucher (non-smoker) (basement apartment)

NB NK NR

Nebenkosten (maintenance costs for heating, garbage etc.)

Souterrain Teilmöbliert

(partly-furnished, usually with fitted kitchen and bathroom) Umlagen/Kaution (additional costs/security deposit)

U/Kt. Warm

heating, sometimes utilities included

© 2016 Dwellworks

Page 6

Berlin City Guide