In the Berlin real estate market, we classify buildings generally as either Altbau (older building) or Neubau (new construction). The plurals are Altbauten and Neubauten. Altbauten can be built as far back as the middle of 19thCentury up to the 1930s, and Neubauten from post-WW2 to buildings under construction right now.
Read MoreI help people to buy and sell apartments in Berlin, first as an employee at Ziegert/Knight Frank, and now through my own successful Berlin real estate agency. Joining in many buyers’ journeys has taught me some valuable lessons on how to simplify and expedite your real estate search
Read MoreIn the following we put together a list of useful and important vocabulary of real estate for orientation, particularly for German real estate, alphabetically ordered. Most of the terms are German with an English translation and definition. To make your research easier, we divided the glossary into the following sub-categories: 1. property features, 2. costs, financing & reports, 3. jurisdictional terms, 4. sales & purchasing process:
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