jwaneeta

Yeah, finding good tenants to sublet to is a whole new can of worms. That was part of what kept me from even inquiring about the price of this place. Right now the people on the first floor are very nice and clean, but I've heard enough stories from landlords... everone who has space to rent has at least one story about a tenant who wouldn't pay at all, and German law is ridiculously protective of them. It's almost impossible to throw them out, even if they've been living in your apartment for months without paying a single cent.

And in all of the cases I was told about, once they were finally kicked out they left an apartment that had to be fully renovated and refurbished. One guy next door actually left a room full of beer bottles with pee in them. And for his flatmates a 1500 Mark phone bill from calling rather questionable hotlines.

But for a little while I dreamed about owning this place...