Studieren und Forschen in Deutschland

Accommodation wanted!

If you want to start looking for a place to live while still in your home country, we’ve compiled some interesting links for you. 

The European Shared-Accommodation Ring (Ring Europäischer Mitwohnzentralen – REM) will help you find the right accommodation and, where appropriate, will help you rent out your own flat while you are away. The comprehensive range of services offered by the REM includes: advice for landlords and tenants, or on rent agreements, etc.: www.mitwohnzentrale.de (German, English and French). Besides this option, you can also try the Association of Flat-Sharing Agencies (Verband der Mitwohnzentralen) which some 50 German agencies have joined so far: www.homecompany.de (German and English).

Advice and support on renting accommodation, rent agreements, etc. can also be found on the homepage of the German Tenants Association (Deutscher Mieterbund – DMB) at www.mieterbund.de (German).

Some accommodation exchange services have specialised in offering shared flats (Wohngemeinschaften or WGs), which are particularly popular among students, such as:

• www.studenten-wg.de >> Accommodation market for university towns, study place exchange and car-sharing agency.
  
  
• www.studenten-wohnung.de >> Accommodation exchange service for landlords and students. Email notification on the latest flats.
  
  
• www.easywg.de >> Accommodation exchange for rooms, flats/ apartments and shared flats. Email notification of newly entered suitable offers.
  
  
• www.wg-gesucht.de >> Accommodation exchange for shared flats plus tips and checklists for moving flat, information on landlord and tenant law and car-sharing agency.
  

To use these services you do need to be able to understand some German. www.easywg.de is an exception. This website comes in 12 languages.

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