Five ways to live here, one fits you
Furnished, shared, studio, student or short term: the words sound alike and mean different things. Here is what separates them.
People searching in Berlin or Hamburg rarely type what they actually mean. A “shared apartment” can be a room among strangers or a flat with exactly one other tenant. “Short term” can mean three months or three years. And “furnished” says nothing about whether electricity, WiFi and cleaning are included.
What we offer is always the same: your own furnished room or studio, one monthly rate, an open-ended lease from three months, address registration, and no Schufa check. What differs is the search that brought you here.
So there is one page per search. They are sorted by type below, each with the difference in a sentence.
Furnished apartments
The room is ready on the day you arrive: bed, desk, wardrobe, equipped kitchen, WiFi connected. You bring a suitcase. The difference to a normal furnished flat is the price: heating, electricity, water, WiFi and cleaning of the common areas are all in the one number.
Shared apartments
Your room is private, the kitchen and bathroom are shared. Unlike a classic German WG there is no casting and no application to the other tenants: you rent directly from us, and whoever else lives there has the same contract you do.
Studio apartments
Your own bathroom and your own kitchen, nothing shared. It is the most expensive option and in Berlin only available at Mitte. If quiet matters more than price, this beats a room in a shared flat.
Student accommodation
A Studentenwohnheim is cheaper but has waiting lists measured in semesters and usually needs proof of enrolment. We cost more and are available now, with registration, without a guarantor and without a semester commitment. For a first semester that is often the only route that finishes in time.
Short term rental
Usually a move with an end date: a project, a semester, the first months after arriving. The catch with most offers is the fixed end. Our lease runs open-ended after the three-month minimum, and you give notice when you are ready.
None of these is a different apartment
We rent the same rooms in Berlin and Hamburg whichever term brought you here. The pages differ in what they explain, not in what they offer. If you already know the city, the city page is the shorter route.