I came across
’s story about how finding a flat in Germany can be a nightmare. I second what she wrote. It’s far from easy, unless you get lucky at first bat, and that rarely happens.
Finding my dream flat in Germany’s capital within an acceptable price range took me one year. I wrote a piece on flat hunting a while back too. I’m revisiting it and pouring it into an easier-to-follow format.
Here, I want to answer some common questions from a foreigner’s/immigrant’s or however you want to call it perspective of finding a flat with Anmeldung or a permanent registration. Although I focus on Berlin, the same tactics can be applied to get a flat anywhere in Germany.