We were charging the car on our way back from the Dolomites and stopped in commercial zone around Munich. I saw this – 1500€/month to live in seemingly small and sad rooms far from any urban center.

What’s this?

In Brussels 1500 € won’t get you luxury, but still something reasonable. I know from two recent cases of apartments in the center: 117 m2, two bedrooms, terrace (one also shared garden), wooden floors, 1250-1300 rent + 200 utilities.

Is this common in Germany? Why also a long term “hotel” instead of just renting something. Very weird.

by sergedg

13 comments

  1. Munich (city + surrounding area) has the highest rents in whole germany. Just saying.

    The appartement for 1500€ you’re describing would be considered cheap in ~~some~~ many german cities.

    Edit: just an example: 22m² for 450€ (1.5 rooms) was the cheapest i could find as a student near in a moderate priced city. And it was a shithole. As was the next: 450€ / 20m², single room (kitchen in the cupboard in this room, just a sink, 2 hotplates and a fridge).

  2. Yeah, München and Berlin are nightmares in terms of housing

  3. Relatively Uncommon

    My best guess is:

    – Munich cracking downtown on app Short Term Rentals that is why that is in a Multizone (Berlin Hamburg and Cologne did already). Different rules apply.
    – Munich rent market being strained and this is a workaround

  4. If we all move to Brussels, you’d be dealing with not only trash on the streets, but high rents in any neighborhood.

  5. It basically targets people who have to move on a very short notice and didn’t manage to find a “proper” apartment in time. It has a maximum stay of 6 months, so it’s not intended for people to live there permanently.

  6. You are in Brunnthal. Close to public Transportation in Neuperlach. In the Industrial Area at the other Side of the Street is for example Airbus Defence located, also the University of the armed Forces is close by.

    These Appartments were needed, because Most of the Hotels don’t want long Term Renters. Additionaly Germany is Not known for full furnished Appartments. Because of those reasons these Type of Appartments make sense in some Areas of Germany with high rents and big Industry Close by.

  7. 1500€ for what youve described would be insanely cheap especially in a city center. In Munich that offer would be seen as an obvious scam attempt because there is no way that place would be that cheap.
    Currently the average rent per square meter in Munich is ~25€. So 117sq m would be a bit over 2900€ plus utilities.
    That said the picture youve posted is from a long term hotel not a rental place. Its basically a less fancy AirBnB and usually intended for crafts people who are on a work project for weeks at a time and hundreds of km from home where they dont just leave the project in the evening to go home.

  8. I’d assume this is for business travelers who stay over an extended time for a project or other reasons.

    I googled that specific accommodation and their pricing includes breakfast, parking, sauna, gym, laundromat, and a bunch of other things.
    They even offer a shuttle service to surrounding areas/companies.

  9. In Munich a 117 m² flat with a terrace would cost *much* more than €1300, probably €2600…

  10. I’ve seen worse. Went on a business trip to Switzerland and stayed in a small room, just a bed, desk and small bathroom (at least I had a shower) in something called a “Hotel”. For just two nights, not even a full week, I paid like 500€. That’s a whole month’s rent for a small apartment where I live!

  11. I drive by there every other day. It’s not as sad when the sun is shining, but yeah. Airbus and other major industries are just across the street, as well as the new campus of the technical university. Those apartments are needed to fill the gap for professionals moving there to find long-term accommodation. It serves a very specific role.

  12. I stayed in something similar when I first moved to Germany. In my case it was just somewhere to stay for a couple of months while I found an apartment and got everything sorted out like bank accounts and so on. You probably shouldn’t compare it to a apartment, but rather a hotel. And it’s *way* cheaper than a comparable hotel (with cooking facilities etc).

  13. > Is this common in Germany? Why also a long term “hotel” instead of just renting something. Very weird.

    Well, not really. “Aparthotels” or “Apartment hotels” are normal thing in most of the countries. They are never incredibly nice places and I’ve always found them somewhat depressing but you have them across the world for sure – from US, over most of Europe to many Asian countries…

    In Croatia and before that in Yugoslavia they were colloquially called among people “samački hoteli”, or literally translated “hotels for singles”. People would live there for months or years on when they would either move cities for work and leave their families behind for some time or when they would get divorced and wives would kick them out of their house.

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