Reaction To German Homes (How Germans Live)

Reaction To German Homes (How Germans Live)
This is my reaction to German Homes (How Germans Live)
In this video I react to German culture and German lifestyle by reacting to a video looking at a German house.
Original Video - • German Homes: How The ...

[@irgendeinname9256]

7:32 yea people usually only buy sparkling bottled water and drink tap water if they want still water. A lot of households also use so called "sodastreams" to turn tap water into sparkling water.

[@saschakling2906]

About moving the kitchen: Mostly, people do Not want to Go through all the Hassle of moving a kitchen, so they usually offer the next renters to sell it for a reasonable price. However, of you have a very expensive kitchen or the kitchen of your dreams which also fits into your new Appartment, then you would move with your kitchen.

[@maxbombel877]

Usually the landlords don't want to be responsible for the kitchen and its apliances so they tell the renters to buy their own kitchen. Therefore they have to take it out when they move or sell it to the next renters.

[@noopaa_j]

In my experience it's also common to have a dealwith the landlord for when you want to kove out/your contact expires.I you don't wanna take your kitchen with you, the landlord will let you leave it there if the Renter afterwards agrees to take it over. Otherwise it is expected to remove it. Either taken away to your ne place, to the trash, or a storage unit or friend. Just, gone from the apartment

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

I asked my mom why there are cake forks. --> They are smaller so you only take smaller bites and enjoy the cake more. Also, a small spoon doesn't have the pointy ends you need for some types of cakes. And yes, I think everyone here has them...😅

[@atconnys8786]

but I

[@christianpister2227]

A tiny house does NOT need to be on wheels. It's just a tiny, compact house. I think that exists also in the U.S.

[@mats7492]

But it’s not a thing anymore in Germany.. The tiny house movement is dead

[@markschattefor6997]

An "apartment" in New York can be very tiny.

[@peter_althoff]

@@mats7492 If there ever was one, beside of the wishfull thinking of some ecologists. People usually live in a tiny house because bigger ones aren't affordable.

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

​@@mats7492 nah. Ikea and obi still sell them a lot. Mainly for gardens. One could easily live in 10-20m2.. as long as you dont meet someone. Starting with 2 it starts to be a problem. WGs essentially are tiny houses, divided by the people living in there.

[@mats7492]

@@ForumcoldiArchon Garden sheds are not what the "tiny house movement" was about.. and youre not allowed to live in a garden in germany (with very few exeptions)..

[@easy_watching]

Where the British have 'tea time', the Germans have "Kaffe und Kuchen" (coffee and cake). So.. yeah.. the right utensils for eating cake are important :)

[@DigitalzombieDev]

Draußen nur Kännchen!

[@niagaranovalis3408]

Lol. Indeed. Stimmt! ​@@DigitalzombieDev

[@Floxxoror]

@@DigitalzombieDev Grundlegendes Naturgesetz.

[@CM-xk5is]

The number of shared accomodations is so high because of students. In most german cities, the university is pretty central and ofc students want to live nearby (and nearby to the nightlife too ;-)), but the flats in the center are often in old houses and pretty big (as families were bigger 70+ years ago) and expensive, so often only a single room is rented out with a shared use of bathroom and kitchen.

[@danielrauer5864]

And because of Bafög most students are able to live on their own, but are not wealthy enough to rent an entire appartment. It can also be lot of fun, but also can cause some trouble. Would not want to miss these times, but also don't want them back :)

[@0marcus]

i feel like the kitchen moving is a little bit overstated in videos like this. i have moved several times in Germany and i have never moved a kitchen.

[@EsterHorbach-it9tb]

These kitchens are custom built, so it's likely they don't fit the next house. It's common to sell them to the next tenant.

[@Chuckiele]

Yeah but they usually are owned by the tenant, even if they keep getting sold to the next one, not by the landlord.

[@carrycherry92]

Warmmiete includes heating, water and other utilities. That does not mean the landlord pays for it, it is a set amount payed on top of the Kaltmiete each month and summarized once a year. If you payed more than you used you get money back, if you used more you have to pay that additionally.

[@Yulo2000Leyje]

Was Du meinst ist ein Nebenkostenabschlag.

[@carrycherry92]

@@Yulo2000Leyje Ja genau. Bezweifle aber, dass es das Wort auf Englisch gibt. 😅

[@Chuckiele]

And electricity, Internet and cable are almost never included, you have to get those things yourself. Warmmiete usually contains water, heating, garbage, lift, etc

[@strange144]

I would be extremely weirded out if I was invited to someone's house and they gave me a normal fork with the cake haha. Yes, everyone has cake forks. I have also never moved my kitchen but I have sold two when I moved! Funnily enough not to the renter who rented my apartment after me but someone else who needed one after moving!

[@HakleberryFinn]

Bei mir bekommste nen Suppenlöffel für den Kuchen xD

[@claddagh8nuts]

Yes usually we all have the "Kuchengabeln" Cake forks. I am from Germany but moved to England and brought a set of these forks over here. But I am glad I don't have to move my kitchen anymore.

[@schnubbel76]

I used to drink bottled sparkling water but i got heartburn from it all the time when i drank too much. I switched to tap water because the quality in my living area is excellent and tap water counts as one of the best controlled and tested things you can consume. At least that is guaranteed for the water supply pipes that lead to your house connection. The pipes in your home has to be tested seperately, you can send in a water sample to a lab and find out if there are any contaminations in the pipe wich could be considered as critical for your health. If they are fine, drinking tap water is the best thing you can do for your health, your hydration AND your wallet.

[@peterdrieen6852]

These tiny homes were super hyped a few years ago. There have been a lot about it on TV, but if you looked closely, in most cases these are either for people who have another option close by, like having (extended) family living close by so they can go there is they need anything, for example, a real kitchen. Or it is for yuong people who do this for some time before finding a family and such.

[@LeUtschig]

Wait you are telling me not everyone uses cake forks?

[@lexicornix7530]

In Finland you (traditionally) use the teaspoon for cake.

[@LeUtschig]

@@lexicornix7530 Wait my mother sside of the family is finnish and I used to go there every summer for 10 weeks for the first 13 years of my life. But dont remember this being a thing gotta ask my finnish granny shes in germany next week :)

[@lotti591]

😅😅

[@JohnDoe-us5rq]

I already moved my 6 times and helped at a gazillion moves of my friends but I never moved a kitchen. True, there is sometimes no kitchen present, but this is usually then the time to get a new one anyways.

[@IgorRockt]

As somebody who moved from Germany to Canada, I really miss having my own kitchen move in with me - most kitchens in rentals over here are very old, for example my stove is from the 90s (which means one of those with the "snake burners", as I call them, and the fridge/freezer combo might even be from the early 80s - I was on vacation for two months, and my electricity bill didn't change much compared to the time I was actually living in the apartment, which tells you everything you need to know about the fridge/freezer's energy efficiency. And not to forget that the kitchen cabinets are really old (and sometimes partly broken) as well - I think in my current apartment building (built 1957), it's still the original ones, which means that the drawers don't have metal rails, but are simple "wood on wood", like in medieval times, and that they are covered in a few layers of paint... Yeah, I prefer the German variant to move with your kitchen for sure! The apartment I was in before was a bit better, but still had the cheapest appliances the landlord could get. Induction or glass top stove? Forget it. Same with energy efficient fridge/freezer combos - if you are lucky and it's a newly built apartment building from last year, you might (and just might) get a glass top stove, but that's it. Not to mention that some kitchen layouts in rentals are just insane when it comes to usability (no kitchen work triangle, the stove immediately besides the fridge/freezer, and so on).

[@nettcologne9186]

Unlike in the UK, there is no time limit on a rental contract. (Rental) houses are also better insulated and more modern than in the UK.

[@Moonchild0]

Depends. If you're a subtenant then the owner can make a limited rental contract. Many of my german friends are subtenants. And it's very common to move around. My former friend lived in one town but moved 5 times because she was a subtenant and the owner had only limited rental contracts.

[@aphextwin5712]

And as a landlord/lady it is rather difficult to eject renters. They either have to have behaved pretty badly (causing damage, really bothering other renters in the building) or the landlord/lady is planning to use the apartment for themselves or relatives. On top, yearly rent increases are capped for current tenants.

[@Moonchild0]

@@nettcologne9186 Das stimmt, aber du hast es so dargestellt als gebe es nur zu 100% dieses Model. Ich habe dir widersprochen, weil ich aus Erfahrung weiß, es ist nun mal nicht so.

[@Chuckiele]

Wait, apartments tend to be rented for a limited time in the UK? What's the normal time limit? If I knew that I'm gonna have to move again in 10 years or less, I wouldn't even bother moving in.

[@Moonchild0]

@@Chuckiele Not UK, but Germany/Austria but I think this is also common in Europe. Some fixed-term rental agreement are usually minimun 3 years. It can also be extended. Of course more than 3 years are possible or if the landlords says "until I need it" which the landlords should say a few month in advance. And to why: Usually because some people looking for "cheaper" rent for apartments; or students that visit university and are looking for apartments that are near their university

[@Rick2010100]

Since energy is very expensive in Germany, a balcony is a good alternative to a dryer for drying laundry in the warmer seasons.

[@sakkikoyumikishi]

We also have "half of a double house" (Doppelhaushälfte), which is when one building contains two entirely independent Einfamilienhäuser. Either one of those two Einfamilienhäuser is then a Doppelhaushälfte. And then there's "row houses" (Reihenhäuser), where just a bunch of houses are all part of a block (usually either all Einfamilienhäuser or Mehrfamilienhäuser)

[@keyboard5494]

Living in a shared community is very popular when you are studying. You will not feel so alone while living in a new city.

[@DanielRMueller]

Maybe because renting had become so important over time, there are alsoa lot of protections for the renter. You can't so easily end a contract with the renter as landlord. You need to have some reasons (like needing the place for yourself, or the renter not having paid at least 2 months worth of rent), and most of the time, you have a period of notice between 3 to 9 months. Sparkling Water is a must (though I use a soda streamer quite often so I don't need to buy that many bottles), and of course you need to have those "cake forks"! I even had that when I was living as a student in my shared flat! (In my case, that meant it was a single house with 4 rooms on each of the two levels, each level having a shared bath room with a shower (two toilets, 1 in a seperate room) and a kitchen, and a single shared washing machine.

[@dhtran681]

I do have four different fork sizes in Germany. One for regular meal (standard size), one for serving purposes (which is much bigger than regular one), one for cake (which is smaller), one for fruits (smallest one). And one is called "Fleischgabel" which I don't count as a fork.

[@jukori]

LOL, small forks are awesome! You can get 'still-water' from the tap-if you buy it, buy the sparkling one! Never had to bring my own kitchen and I moved like 5 times in Germany (but if you move into a newer flat you likely have to do it, sometimes you can buy the kitchen from the person that previously rented the apartment)

[@disnonn]

On moving kitchens, the countertops usually are fitted to the space, so you remove those and throw them, the rest are then just cabinets you can move like any other, and in the new space, you get a new countertop fitted. Although I know of some people that even took the countertops with them and refitted them, especially if the new kitchen will be smaller, then you just cut a bit off and are good to go.

[@rockford3943]

There are astonishing and beautiful tiny houses! I really think you can be happier in less space and with less stuff. The step to buy and live in a tiny house is a bit narly though.

[@redzora80]

about rent, cold rent is just for the apartment. with bills mostly mean sidecoasts like heating, warm water, cleaning service for the hallway, ecetrictic for the halway, sometimes elevators. Coldwater, etc. Electricty for yourself you have to pay extra. Also phone tv etc.

[@7bittedie9]

Corona years as a tinyhouse owner must have been a huge fun

[@haraldj.929]

A normal German Cutlery Set, stainless steel, which you can buy at Aldi, Lidl every few months and also Ikea, Kaufland or Action and so costs only for 20 €. Of course you can buy someone also for 1000€, but it is always 6 knife, 6 fork, 6 spoon, 6 teaspoon and 6 cakefork. Nowadays it is also common to have Yogurt or Ice Spoon, which is a teaspoon with a long handle, since it gives at Aldi 6 for 3 €.

[@holleholl3057]

Tiny houses really fill just a very small niche in the market and definitely not very wide spread . They are meant for singles who just don´t feel the need to live in the "standard" 50 qm appartment.Well, if you look for affordable private property in Germany, you have to look in the rural areas which are far away from any big cities or touristic attractive areas. For example, in Emsland, near the dutch border, you can still buy your private home for a reasonable price - it just depends on how attractive the area is for living.

[@dennisbuyse258]

It felt like an ad placement to me. Ridiculous to even mention it in this context.

[@soliw1638]

As Someone living in a WG (flatshare): it’s pretty common amongst university students for example

[@Elessar1a]

the german Kuchengabel is similar to the brit. dessert fork. You can rent a place with kitchen and even ready-furnished (möbliert) or partially furnished (Teilmöbliert). But you have to pay extra for it. Many of the classic student dorms (Studentenwohnheim) are part or full furnished.

[@svenschneider]

I think that moving my own kitchen is a positive thing. I bought the kitchen because I like the design. If you rent an apartment and it has a 1980s-style kitchen, that's a reason for me to look for another apartment. But you have to remember that our kitchens are all standardized. A kind of modular design. That makes it pretty easy to take them apart and put them back together again. Even if you have to replace a cupboard, it's quite simple because all the cupboards are the same size. You don't have to call a carpenter. You just go to the store and pick out the right cabinet. It will easily fit into the gap.

[@Rick2010100]

The number instead of name system is only used in Germany in apartment blocks with frequently changing tenants - e.g. student residences. In very new buildings with many apartments, there is often a digital doorbell system + door intercom with video. You scroll through the menu or type in the name. With each letter, the selection becomes smaller, so after 2 letters you have usually found the tenant you are looking for.

[@ponym8289]

I moved several times in Germany, never took my kitchen to the new appartment. There are appartments with kitchens in it. I prefer those.

[@mirasol0098]

Living with a roommate is pretty popular amongst university students due to rent being pretty high when you have to survive on a minimum wage job in a big city. These people can be strangers but I also know of siblings and friends who live together.

[@svenpetersen1965]

Usually, the apartment includes a basic kitchen furniture, sink and stove. Some renters prefer to have their own, more luxurious kitchen, they have to store the provided kitchen safely (in their cellar cage). Painting the apartment before you move out is normal. I even had in my contract, that I need to paint it every year, the doors every three years and everything before I move out. It was not according to the law, so I didn’t have to paint when I moved out 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 And usually, you pay for the square meters, that you rent. That is „Kaltmiete“ (cold rent). You also have to pay your share of the garbage removal, the cleaning of the stairs and facility etc. That is „Nebenkosten“ (extra expenses) and you have to pay for your energy costs extra. The windows in Germany are usually high quality and pretty air tight. People like to dry their laundry in the apartment (usually, there is an attic for drying laundry) , which leads to a higher moisture and mold. Mold is quite a bad thing for the owner, the repair costs 1000s of € (or even 10,000s). So, there are passages about ventilating and drying laundry. Nobody cares, though. Since the energy costs skyrocketed in 2022, people keep the room temperatures very low. They renters save a few 100s of Euros per year and the costs for mold repairs are the multiple of that. And breathing the mold spores is extremely unhealthy.

[@AnnetteLudke-je5ll]

It is all true what the lady tells about the German houses. We have the small forks, the shutters and allthe other things in our house. But we always wanted our own house notan apartment ..I think it is nice

[@crazy71achmed]

Rachel Stewart knows everything about us ... and explains it so cute. :)

[@Rick2010100]

There are apartments with or without a kitchen. I usually leave this up to my tenants. If they want a kitchen, they can have one, but I add the purchase costs + installation to the rent. Kitchen costs divided by 120 months (10 years) = kitchen rent surcharge (usually €50-70 extra per month).

[@glumpfi]

After living in a flat with rolling shutters for 5 years I live now without them and feel helplessly exposed to light. They improved sleep quality quite a lot! Even the best curtains fail to block the light in comparison.

[@carrycherry92]

I've been using dark blackout curtains for years bc we don't have any rolling shutters. They really make it dark. I'm not sure how good they are when being hit by the sun directly.

[@fixzeichner5592]

The tiny houses are a small niche product for people with low demands. They are not the standard in Germany and I don't know anyone who lives in one of these houses. The trend is much more towards living in larger and larger apartments.

[@larsnachhaltigkeitimalltag3013]

The kitchen is a regional thing, in the north flats are rented with kitchens, in the west without.

[@drachior]

don't know where these bits are filmed , but renting in dresden and multiple times in hamburg, we always had a fully functional kitchen and batchroom provided to us. You just sign in the contract that you will return the place in the same way your received it. Any changes from it, you'll have to find someone to rent after you that is willing to renumerate you for new things, like a bed or parquet. if you can't find someone to take it off your hands as is, you'll have to tear it out and recreate the original conditions. Weird clauses: i live in an old house with 30 sqm appartments for singles. because a lot of those a rented out by shift workers, we are asked in the contract not to flush the toilet or shower after 10 pm to avoid waking people up. The sound carries far. It's more of a request than a binding clause though, because technically, it's not something you can deny people.

[@shilahh4711]

I never moved a kitchen. It always came with the appartment. Nowadays it's more common to rent appartments without kitchens. It depends on the landlord, the area, and how high the standard of the appartment. My experience: the higher the standard - and the price - the higher the chance that a kitchen will be included. And, of course, I have Kuchengabeln. 😅

[@Throki]

"Warmmiete" usually includes stuff like heating, warm water, fees for garbage, street cleaning, gardening and things like that. You do have to pay electricity yourself and, sometimes, gas as well, the latter depends on the type of heating the house has.

[@Mimska.08-15]

The "Kaltmiete" (cold rent) is only the amount the landlord charges for the apartment you're renting while the "Warmmiete" (warm rent) includes several fees e.g. for drainage, garbage collection etc. or sometimes costs for a cleaner or a janitor… the landlord basically just collects these fees with the rent and passes them along to where they belong. (You usually get a detailed report every year about the actual costs and your contribution.) The warm rent may also include a monthly installment for water and heating (based on how much you used the previous year or an estimated average if you just moved in recently) but it doesn't mean it's "all inclusive" no matter how much you actually use. (You get an invoice every year and you may have to pay an additional amount if you used more than expected or you might also get money back if you used less.) The "cold rent" vs. "warm rent" isn't really an option to choose because you eventually have to pay the "warm rent" anyway. It's more important to be aware which costs are already included in the "warm rent" and which extra costs you may have to pay directly to your supplier rather than to your landlord because that can be different from place to place. Electricity was never included in the places where i have lived and the last place where I lived didn't include heating either because it came with electric night storage heating… so that may eventually be more expensive than another place with a higher "warm rent" that already includes (average) heating costs.

[@spoonetti]

Here are some examples: Dentist - German: Zahnarzt (Tooth Doctor), Ophthalmologist - Deutsch: Augenarzt (Eye Doctor), Dermatologist - Deutsch: Hautarzt (Skin Doctor. But we also say Dermathologe), Otolaryngologist - Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Arzt (Neck/Throat-Nose-Ear Doctor) and so on ;)

[@azzteke]

NO. Dermatologe.

[@Chuckiele]

There's so many of these practical straightforward words. Krankenwagen, Krankenhaus, Kindergarten, Backofen, Kühlschrank, Arbeitgeber, Arbeitnehmer, Mieter, Vermieter, Käufer, Verkäufer, the list goes on and on.

[@jogpoel5391]

Kuchen und Torte sind sehr important!☕🥧🍰

[@MtheHell]

Okay, let's check if I live like a "typical German" 😃: + Surname on doorbell: Yes. I know some high buildings do have numbers (or even a numpad to dial). But in our city (pop. 93.000) appr. 95% have surnames at the bell. + Yes, a "3-storey-multi-family-house" is what we (2 persons and two cats) live in with two other residents/families. + Our apartment is about 140m² (1,500ft²). It's bigger than usual, but the rent is quite fair and comparable to 80-90m² apartments + House Shoes: Check (Crocs for me, but even a choice for guests). The main reason is dirt and micro-*things* (bacteria etc.) on street shoes. We have two cats and take care. And "no shoes" is not comfortable on Vinyl-floors. - - Bottled (spakling) water: Double-No. My wife uses a water filter jug, I drink the tap water unfiltered. And we both don't like sparkling water at all. + Pastry forks: Yes, they really are standard cutlery here, like tea spoons are. But no, we don't eat much cake. Only on birthdays or holidays and rarely in between. + Solid roller blinds: Oh, yes. We love them. Nothing is better than sleeping in the dark (especially if you work shifts). In our apartment we have electrical ones, which is quite comfortable, too. + Foot rule/inch rule: Yes, we have about 3, I think. You get one as a freebie/giveaway sometimes and keep it. + Cellar: Yes, the "3-family house" we live in, has one giant corporate room and 3 smaller ones for each resident/family. But not caged-off. We have wooden doors. + Balcony: Yes. Our appartement is the top floor of the house with a 6x2m² (130ft²) balcony. + Two duvets: Even "harder": We have two beds in different rooms! We don't have the same sleeping times, and it would be terrible for both of us to share one room and wake up each other. But: We are just talking about "sleeping apart" in the sense of daily recreation. 😜 - Squishy pillows: No. We both have "half sized" and firm pillows. + Yes, the small print in the contract has all the common rules (e.g. that's the reason we use an electric smoker/grill on the balcony). But our landlord is a residential building co-operative and very companionable. Not as strict as others are. Okay. Seems to be quite "German" how we live😂 - But we have one thing completely "untypically German": We have a "split-type air conditioning" since two years now!😁 The climate change makes summers hotter and often humid and top floor apartments are not the best to sleep at night then. BTW.: The A/C was paid and installed by the residential building co-operative, we agreed to a substitutional small raise of the monthly rent.🤗

[@KlausBeckEwerhardy]

Cake forks? Yes. Mini homes? Seldom. Schrebergärten (allotments) often have smaller houses on their plots, but you are generally not allowed to live there. I moved my kitchen from my third to my fourth home, because there hadn't been any kitchen in the apartments. The last time I moved there has been a perfectly servicable kitchen in there, so I didn't move the other kitchen again.

[@ziggystardust1973]

furnited apartments are getting more popular, especially smaller ones. Landlords have discovered that they can put ikea furniture in and then increase the monthly rent by a good amount. It pays for itself rather quickly

[@annemckervey9023]

I've actually had the good fortune to have rented apartments with a built-in kitchen twice in my life. Totally uncommon though. But kitchens are so so expensive, if you've bought one you're certainly gonna take it with you when you move.

[@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard]

Tiny houses is a not so common thing, but gets larger since its popular. At the beginning like 10 years ago a lot cities prohibited it due to "we do not want to sell tiny pieces of property cause with our properties you can only build big houses" and "we prohibit people to buy this land with many other families to make 2-5 tiny homes here" and some concepts even got demolished like a camping ground in the north had people build tiny homes based on laws of the camping ground but the city was against it and tried to get them all to move out, which cause controversy due to that almost nobody of the over 30 families has money to live in an apartment. However when cities like Munich said they allow it, due to "it would be a shame to make your city not liked by the citizen if you prohibit all sorts of buidlings that can be build" people in a lot more places around Germany tried to figure out if they can build tiny houses. There are a few now, but it's not something where you would walk around any town or village and say "ah I spoted 30 tiny houses in a row of 200 big onces" it's a lot more rare as of now. But people who work on it and build their own tiny homes seem to be very creative since some build inside of forests if they are allowed, some use the "nobody would buy this tiny piece of land anways" areas and there are now also places where multiple tiny homes are build next to eachother

[@LarissaSchiefer]

The rental contract from my last appartement dated back to the 70s when the appartement block was only intended for nurses of the nearby hospital. It included stuff like: No visitors over night and no visits by men at all. Needless to say that these paragraphs were against the law and nobody followed them.

[@lemasander4932]

Recently you’ll see a bit more of numbers instead of names on the doorbell. And while it might be more private/ anonymous, it’s also a bit annoying for the postal service. If you don’t know that the building of the recipient uses numbers and you only write down the name, the mail won’t be delivered. 🤷‍♀️😅🙈

[@alicemilne1444]

I just recently moved into a new flat in Germany where the kitchen is very small and narrow and has a slanted ceiling (Schrägdach; I don't even know what this is called in English anymore). I could not have moved my old kitchen cabinet furniture and electrical appliances in here and I also know that I would not have wanted whoever's kitchen stuff in this flat. I've lived in Germany since 1979 and I can tell you that kitchens are "Herzenssache" (things of the heart). I've lived in places where the kitchens were pre-installed, but they were always awkward. The counters are too high or too low, the fridge opens the wrong way, the cooker is in the wrong place, or the cupboards are just impractical. Give me MY kitchen. In my current space, I've measured everything out to maximise the utility for ME first and foremost, and to allow me to plan this kitchen according to the space, what it allows and what my priorities are.

[@consciousness147]

bottled water only sparkling. As Tap water quality is realy good in most places in germany ( The Tap water Quality is often better than bottled still water! )

[@worldhello1234]

@3:25 It is basically like a deposit. You either get a refund or have to pay extra at the end of the year. It is not a flatrate.

[@juwen7908]

Traditionally you start with a small flat or a shared flat, because of the money. Later, when it comes to having a family, you move to a house or at least a bigger flat. In former times, people, when their kids were out of the house to live their own lives, still stayed at this big house and came then in the situation that they probably don't be willing or able to manage a big house with garden. But nowadays, people think earlier about moving back in a smaller flat. And tiny houses are just a better option for this, cause you still have your own house, maybe with a small garden or at least a rooftop or a nice terrace for your own, instead of a flat in a multi-family house. This concept is also still new here, but it's definitely a growing market. 🤓

[@yogioto]

No, the kitchen depends on the area. In Most areas it is a Must to provide a decent kitchen

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

The weirdest rent condition i have ever seen in germany was a babysitting clause that offered you a cheap/affordable babysitter by the owners daughters 😅

[@eastfrisian_88]

The aspect with the kitchen annoys me the most, we are currently looking for a new apartment and finding one with a kitchen at an affordable price is difficult. I've already looked at a few apartments where the previous tenant's kitchen was supposed to stay in and in one case the previous tenant wanted EUR 1,200 for an IKEA kitchen that cost just around EUR 900 new, including the same appliances, which is absolutely crazy.

[@juwen7908]

The good thing about moving your kitchen with you is, you don't have to struggle with a nasty, a bit broken, old kitchen, which belongs to the flat and is used for many years before by many strangers. Cause usually the landlord don't change the kitchen very often, isn't it? 😉 Only if it is really needed. But if you want to, you also have here the option of renting a flat with a build-in kitchen. Some years ago, there was the rule, that at least a sink has to be in the kitchen, provided by the landlord. But that seems to have changed nowadays. 👋😀

[@thedutchhuman]

Seems logical to me that the street comes before the house number. If you are looking for someone's house you do not first look for the house number and then see if you are in the right street. That also applies to the postcode since there are multiple places with the same name (also in the Netherlands) so you FIRST search by postcode and then you end up at the right place. THAT is a logical order. a tiny house is great, permanent place or mobile....what use is a big house if you can also make do with a smaller one. And you have less in your house. plus the heating costs, maintenance, purchase etc. are many times cheaper, sometimes more than half. I would have liked it myself but the municipalities and government set such strict requirements that it is almost impossible. Their biggest fear is that they will lose money in terms of taxes, etc. etc. and that is bad for the state treasury of course. And strict requirements are also set on campsites such as NOT habitable all year round etc. etc.

[@MartinAmbrosiusHackl]

I do not know, how it might be today. When I was in London1993 for 3 months, it was still usual in UK, that students lived together with a roommate (!) in the dormitory. Even back than, such was totally unknown for me. Flatmates inGermany mean, that 1-10 people live in a flat together, but everybody has nearly ALWAYS his or her own room. And that was not just 'standard' in Germany back then. It was actually the only way to share a living place, that I knew. As well as everybody had his/her own room in a dormitory - always. I do not remember having had or known any friend or acquaintance who did not have their room for themselves alone.

[@UlliStein]

4:25 A very important point. Here in Munich I am happy to own my apartment because not only could a landlord kick me out but he also could rise the rent so much I couldn't afford to stay there. On retirement everybody should stop paying rent, as the pensions aren't really comparing to wages here in Germany.

[@AlekEnpain-fg7wx]

I did have to laugh at your "kitchen fears" ha, ha! A lot of people sell them to the next Tenant, some people do move them if the kitchen fits the dimentions of their next place. Some people rip it all out and take it to the tip because it states in some tenancy agreements that they have to leave the flat/house the way they found it, and in this case it would be remove the kitchen you fitted! You mentioned cold and warm rent. My cold rent (ground rent) = 250 euros per month My warm rent (rent plus council tax) = 380 euros per month I pay 40 euros for internet and 60 euros electricity This makes 480 euros per month for the my flat which is 55 square meters with a nice balcony.

[@claudiaraab4356]

Hey Mert, I am watching your videos for some time. I have to explain, I am German, I lived in Wales for more then 16 years and I loved it there. I am a bit curious why you are so obsessed with us Germans, how we live, what we love to do, our favourite food, big thing our comedians and so on? May I ask you if you have ever done a DNA test to find out how much Germaness is inside of you? Have you ever heard of the comedian Hape Kerkeling? A German multi talent and he has just released a book, a very personal book where he found out a lot of his genes and family secrets and he found out that he is related to British royalty. Absolutly bonkus. I hope you can find it in the English version and you might ask yourself, hmmmmm, why am I so interested in the Germans. Please find it out. Would love to hear from you.

[@olgerkhan9331]

Tiny houses WOULD be a thing in germany if its possible to place them anywhwre aside from campinggrounds. :( Id love to live in one (well im basically living in one but stationary 21m²) but its barely possible even if you own a patch of land etc.

[@DigitalzombieDev]

Care to enlighten me a bit? I was thinking about maybe someday living in a tiny house. haven't done much research but wouldn't it be enough to just get a piece of land? (if you ignore all the taxes, Grundsteuer, connection to electricity, warter ... and whatever else)

[@thomask8367]

I helped friends to move incl. kitchens about 10 times. The kitchen was never the biggest effort, if you are smart and the owner accepts compromises, i.e. is not nitty gritty or wants to win design awards. Basic kitchens, 3 - 4 m wide, with all electric appliances included are available from ca. 2000 EUR. So, even if it's your first kitchen and you have to buy everything it is not the biggest cost. Of course you can easily spend ten times as much.

[@anonymus390]

Living with roomates is more affordable for students or trainees. But also apart from that more people live in shared accommodation. Younger with older folks to take care of each other has become popular > increased cost of living, humans getting older, catastrophic housing market and health care system, not enough health care workers. 😅😅

[@juwen7908]

It's still mind-blowing for me that the cake fork is a thing only here. Doesn't know that, until I've seen this video by DW. Why we have this? It's just way more practical 😉 (Why you use sometimes a big and sometimes a small spoon? Same, practicality 😜) If I would eat a nice black forest cake with a big fork, it would feel like I'm a babarian! Give it a try. Greetings from Berlin 😎

[@FlorianGuitar85]

There are teaspoons so of course there are cake forks. There also are fishknives but that’s another story.

[@nilshoppenstedt6073]

Und warum gibt es dann keine kleinen Messerchen? 🤔

[@beamingserpent]

Hmm, gibt schon Buttermesser. Braucht man nur nicht wirklich.

[@Hirnspatz]

@@nilshoppenstedt6073 Es Dessertbesteck bestehend aus kleinem Löffel, kleiner Gabel und kleinem Messer.

[@Floxxoror]

Imagine this situation: You moved into a flat, that didn't have a kitchen. You buy, install and get used to that kitchen. Then you move to another flat, that has no or not a decent kitchen. Uninstalling that kitchen, transporting it and reinstalling it is cheaper in terms of money and half the work would also be needed, if you buy a new one. Also it is to avoid being exploited by the former landlord, who might try to trick you into leaving your good kitchen behind for an apple and an egg.

[@natsukiilluna6324]

Personally I'm not a fan of tiny houses though I'd be more worried about the insulation and heating the place up during winter time than the security... Sure you can just wear more clothing but you'd still have to air it out more since the amount of oxygen would be less than in normal sized houses... Especially when it's minus degrees (Celsius)... As an in-between option okay... but I don't want to imagine raising a family or pets there.

[@christianpister2227]

I moved in an appartment that had a kitchen. That is the standard, I think

[@carrycherry92]

Mine had a kitchen too with no extra cost but from my experience if there's a kitchen previous tenants usually want some money for it to stay in if it's not like 20 years old.

[@endless-nimu]

Maybe it depends on who's the landlord. A private person or a company or even the city itself. I've moved 3 times and twice there was no kitchen, the other time I was able to make a deal with the prior tenants to leave there kitchen for little money.

[@ProximaCentauri4246]

See more Jules Videos please 😂❤ Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland

[@Chuckiele]

Wait, you don't have cake forks in the UK? I thought tea time was super important there?

[@partyjunglekonto]

sometimes the landlord covers the electricity bill, but i strongly discourage it. if someone is wasteful everyone pays

[@gttlsTV]

eene meene miste, es rappelt in der Kiste.... und jetzt kick ich ma dat video an wa 😁

[@LeChuck1717]

6:31 why would anyone want to "walk around their house". I have a very small and i mean very small apartment and i love it. I wouldnt know why i should walk to another room when i have all in one place. (Of course when there are children around its another thing)

[@clemensrichter2449]

normally you sell your kitchnen to the person they moved after you :)

[@ChrisSeilerLFD]

6:04 I like the concept but i'm a bit afraid because of the security. I really would like to have a tiny house, but as I said before.. Is a tiny house secure enough to live in?

[@nothingTVatYT]

Overall Germany is pretty safe, crime rates are low and while I hesitate to speculate about the intelligence of burglars, I think it's pretty obvious that breaking into a house or even a mansion should have a much higher profit over risk ratio than trying to get anything worth the crime from a minimalist's tiny house. At least I wouldn't think much about safety but more where to put all my stuff as a mild hoarder. ;-)

[@ChrisSeilerLFD]

@@nothingTVatYT Well, yesterday an ATM was blown up in our small town. This is already the 3rd or 4th one within 2 or 3 years in our region... Just google for "Leinefelde Geldautomat"

[@natsukiilluna6324]

Personally I'd be more worried about the insulation and heating the place up during winter time than the security... Sure you can just wear more clothing but you'd still have to air it out more since the amount of oxygen would be less than in normal sized houses... Especially when it's minus degrees (Celsius)

[@Nithrade]

I'm just saying "Doppelhaushälfte" (Double house half)

[@elipa3]

We have laws to protect renters. No landlord can you throw out without reason.

[@christianpister2227]

What is true is that quite some people live in caravan campers.

[@couchsofa2977]

i have moved 10 times (3 countries) and the kitchen not included in Germany was never the case. i know it exists, but i never bothered with renting a place without a kitchen. your choice, simple.

[@Chuckiele]

Exactly. It's nice to have the option to rent a clean sheet place where you can design every little detail how you like it but there's also the option of partially or even completely furnitures apartments. Whatever floats your boat. There is a huge lack of affordable apartments in general tho, so you usually don't have the luxury of chosing.

[@bambulkomccloud3983]

Kitchens are are very important status symbol in Germany. So many people don't want to have a kitchen that someone else bought, and doesn't fit your taste. I think this comes from the time where women predominantly stayed at home and were housewifes. The husband got an expensive car, and the wife an expensive ktichen. And of course this is also convenient for the landlord. This was he is not responsible for the kitchen, and doesn't has to fix it, if something breaks. What's pretty ironic is that many Germans spend incredible amount of money on their kitchen including all kinds of kitchen gadgets, but then buy the cheapest an low quality food they can get, or hardly cook at all.

[@andreasthiele4708]

Kuchengabel? Kein Haushalt ohne...!

[@christianpister2227]

Also the rule with the painting has changed, I think. Normally it should be the new person to paint the rooms...

[@endless-nimu]

It's always the ''leave it the way it was, when you moved in'' rule. If it wasn't freshly painted, when you moved in, you don't have to freshly paint, when moving out - but the walls have to be clean and come in a neutral colour, in order to prevent the next tenant has do paint several times to cover your stains or strong colours.

[@ChristinaJuhls-w1z]

I don‘t want to eat the cake with a spoon or a normal fork.

[@matt47110815]

Having lived in the USA for 20+ years, upon my return to Germany it sure took me a minute to get used again to the lack of Apartment numbers and Names on the Doorbells. 😅 In the US the name on the address is nearly irrelevant. Handy when you have someone else staying in your place for a little while. People in Germany do not move/change Homes/Apartments as often as Muricans. Similarly odd is that Germans answer their phone saying their last Name, while in the US it is just a "Hello". I refuse to say my Name on the phone before I know who is calling, after all, the calling perso nshould know whom they are calling. 😄

[@markschattefor6997]

Tiny houses should only be for invasive species, with an elektrical fence around it, till they go back.

[@GooDDay4UBro]

Fr I think u understand the german language...it's time to learn German bro :)

[@aaron_22766]

I’ll never understand who actually likes these fluffy square pillows, they’re so uncomfortable

[@SellusionStar]

The kitchen thing is utterly annoying. More costs, more work. Just a super weird habit... I hate it so much as a German. 🤣

[@Chuckiele]

And I hate when I'm moving in and something isn't completely flawless. I had to replace lights, bathroom armatures, etc because they fucking sucked, knowing full well that I'm gonna have to keep these things and put everything back to original when moving out. I'm considering replacing certain furniture aswell because I just don't like it. Yes, it is very expensive to buy your own kitchen and getting it fitted into your apartment knowing full well it's not gonna fit as nicely into your next one, but boy, do I hate not having control over these things myself.

[@SellusionStar]

@@Chuckiele yeah that's the big downside. I guess it depends on how often one plans to change the apartment.

[@Chuckiele]

@@SellusionStar As a tennant, moving out isnt always your choice.

[@AlterOssi]

The average of a german home is not 90qm for 2 person! it is way less. In fact the most 4 person houshold doesnt even have 90 qm.

[@paulmartinlife]

We have a real housing crisis to ameliorate an imagined climate crisis. Wake up people, let's deal with the real crisis, not an imaginary one. I'm in the process of moving flats right now. Not only is the kitchen totally bare (we're spending €5,000 on a new one), there's not a single light fitting in the place. The flat is being renovated (the whole process is taking 3 months to move). The owner is paying for the repainting of the walls and replacing some flooring, though we've chosen the colours. We can put anything on the walls, as long as they're plastered before we leave.

[@mats7492]

That tiny house thing is already dead.. You still need a place to put it and people don’t have the money to buy land for it Can’t have it standing on a public street..

[@Lightkie]

Please tell me "housies" is not an actual accent! You are trolling, right?! 🤣

[@hurtigheinz3790]

I'm baffled how Germany is considered a nationn of renters. When you grow up in a house and move out, you can't afford to buy a house on your own. So you rent. I thought it's just Italians who stay at home forever.