Finding a New Home in Munich Everything You Need to Know About Finding a Place to Live in Munich
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Finding a New Home in Munich Everything you need to know about finding a place to live in Munich. For TUM students Contents A Word of Welcome 4 Housing Search Assistance at TUM 6 Munich Rental Market 10 Real Estate Portals 12 Classified Ads 14 Rental Agencies 16 Hotels, Pensions, Youth Hostels 18 Camping Facilities 24 Munich Student Union 25 Privately-Run Student Housing 28 Association-Run Student Housing 34 Church-Run Student Housing 37 Publisher 47 2 3 A Word of Welcome Welcome to TUM! As Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, I Moreover, we are continually enhancing our information and actively champion the interests of the student body and advisory services. work toward ensuring that the university provides an opti- mal learning environment. This brochure provides an overview of the various options available to assist you in finding accommodations in A successful university career depends not only on an Munich. We strongly encourage you to take advantage of excellent teaching staff and support network, but also a our advisory services! I extend my best wishes to you for satisfactory living situation. Given Munich’s reputation as successful studies at the Technical University of Munich one of Germany’s most attractive cities, accommodations - and for finding a pleasant new home for the duration of are becoming increasingly scarce and costly, and the your stay! search for an affordable place to live can be a genuine chal- lenge. With this in mind, we have created a brochure with With kind regards, important information that is designed to help all prospec- tive and current students as well as other TUM associates in their search for living quarters in Munich. Together with student representatives, I have been engaged in an ongoing campaign for affordable student housing; Prof. Regine Keller in collaboration with local authorities and policy-makers, Vice President for Academic and we are working to heighten public awareness of student Student Affairs housing issues and to develop effective solution strategies. Technische Universität München 4 5 Housing Search Assistance at the TUM Housing Search Assistance at TUM Please note: TUM does not own or operate residence halls. The informa- tion and addresses in this brochure represent a selection of Finding an apartment in Munich is difficult, but not housing alternatives that have not been rated. TUM offers impossible! no guarantees with respect to the (web) addresses listed. This brochure is designed to simplify your search and offers an introductory overview of the current rental situation in Searching for an apartment or room in Munich from outside Munich. There are numerous ways to find living quarters in Germany can be a difficult and cumbersome process, parti- Munich, several of which are described here. The right type cularly when it involves the private real estate market. If you of accommodations for you will depend on your financial have not located suitable living quarters before the begin- situation and personal needs. ning of your stay in Munich, or if you will be here for only a limited time, hotels and youth hostels are viable short-term alternatives. 6 7 Housing Search Assistance at the TUM Points of contact at TUM: Housing Search Assistance Target group: German and international undergraduate and master’s students Tel. +49.89.289.22513 Tel. +49.89.289.22687 Fax.+49.89.289.22735 [email protected] Service Desk/ Room 0140/ Arcisstr. 21 Information: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Monday-Thursday 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Personal consultation (appointment required): Tuesday 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. International Office (IO) In addition to commission-based agencies that rent apart- Target group: Exchange students ments and rooms, the proprietors of privately-run student Tel. +49.89.289.25024 housing are frequently willing to enter into rental agree- Fax +49.89.289.25474 ments with students who are still living abroad or who have [email protected] not yet moved to Munich. If you are not absolutely certain Room 0194/ Arcisstr. 21 that the apartment or room really exists, never send rental deposits or monthly payments in advance from abroad, and Accommodation Center at TUM.Family do not provide any personal information such as a copy of Target group: international doctoral candidates, visiting your passport! When in doubt, contact us. scientists and professors Tel. +49.89.289.25445 Best of luck in your search! If you have any questions, sug- Fax +49.89.289.23399 gestions or need personal assistance, we will be more than [email protected] happy to help. http://www.tum.de/en/university-life/accommodations/ 8 9 Munich Rental Market Munich Rental Market Munich has Germany’s highest rental rates, and the rental Munich’s excellent public transportation system makes market is one of the tightest in the country. Apartments these easy to reach. are scarce, and the city is growing, with the population reaching 1.4 million in late 2011. The strong regional eco- nomy is a magnet for many job-seekers and those pursing Munich = singles capital a university education. The demand for single-person units is high, which often leads to high per square meter prices for such apartments. Munich rental rates: location, furnishings and age of the apartment determine the price! Student residence halls The average price per square meter runs between 11 and German universities do not operate residence halls. Most 15 euros. At the high end, in preferred inner-city areas such are run by the Student Unions. With rental rates between as Schwabing, Bogenhausen, or Herzogpark, prices can 160 and 330 euros, these inexpensive rooms are popular range up to 20 euros per square meter. Older apartment and the waiting lists correspondingly long. A small segment buildings are especially popular and expensive. Rentals in of the city’s students, roughly 13 percent, are assigned some of the more peripheral districts such as Hasenbergl, residence hall rooms through the Munich Student Union. Ramersdorf-Perlach, or Trudering-Riem, as well as other Exchange students, however, are not eligible to apply for communities in the Munich metropolitan area, including these rooms. We encourage you to look into the private and Neufahrn and Taufkirchen, are somewhat more reasonable. church-run residence halls described in this brochure. Play your cards right when looking for a private apartment! • Let the landlord know who you are: provide a resume and/or a photo, for instance. • Give the landlord a sense of security: demonstrate your trustworthiness and your ability to pay by providing income and bank statements or by having a parent co-sign the rental agreement. • Tip for international students: German language skills make the search for a private apartment much easier. 10 11 Real Estate Portals Real Estate Portals A selection of Internet real estate portals is listed below. Garching campus Some of the apartment listings require a commission equal www.garching.de/forschungshochschulstandort/ to 1 ½ months rent or more. Temporary living quarters can wohnungen_fuer_studenten often be found in shared apartments, called Wohngemeinschaften (WGs). Freising-Weihenstephan campus Private room placement service operated by Isaria, a Catholic student association for first-semester students. TUM Housing Service: www.isaria-freising.de portal for commission-free, www.meinestadt.de/freising private apartment listings www.tum.de/en/university-life/accommodations/find-and- Straubing campus advertise-flats/ www.meinestadt.de/straubing Real estate portals www.immobilienscout24.de www.immonet.de www.immowelt.de www.wohnungsmarkt24.de www.quoka.de/vermietungen Shared apartments www.easywg.de www.wg-cast.de www.wg-gesucht.de www.studenten-wg.de www.studenten-wohnungen.de Student portals www.studis-online.de/StudInfo/wohnen.php www.unicum.de/studienzeit/rund-ums-studium/wohnen/ 12 13 Classified Ads Classified Ads For a head start in searching the classified ads for a room Süddeutsche Zeitung or apartment, buy the newspaper the evening before the www.sueddeutsche.de publication date; most are available by 6:00 p.m. at many Real estate classifieds: Monday and Friday subway and train stations. Free city district newspapers can usually be found in stores and apartment building entran- Münchner Merkur ces. In addition to classified ads, these newspapers also www.merkur-online.de have rental and real estate listings. Please note: Some of Real estate classifieds: Thursday and Saturday these ads appear only in newspapers and not online! tz München www.tz-online.de Real estate classifieds: Thursday and Saturday Abendzeitung www.abendzeitung.de Real estate classifieds: Wednesday and Saturday Forum, a local newspaper for Freising www.freising-online.de HALLO München www.hallo-muenchen.de Münchner Wochenblatt www.wobl.de Straubinger Tagblatt/ Landshuter Zeitung www.idowa.immowelt.de Wochenanzeiger www.wochenanzeiger.de 14 15 Rental Agencies Rental Agencies Rental agencies offer furnished apartments with flexible Mr. Living rental durations. Renters must pay a commission equal to Fendstr. 6, 80802 Munich 1 ½ months rent depending on the duration of the rental Tel. +49.(0)89.3303740, Fax +49.(0)89.33037429 period. www.mrliving.de This alternative is especially popular among our internatio- nal guests seeking rental accommodations in Munich. Mr. Lodge GmbH Barer Str. 32, 80333 Munich Acco Real Tel. +49.(0)89.3408230, Fax +49.(0)89.34082323 Dualastr. 7, 81827 Munich [email protected] Tel. +49.(0)89.15883456, Fax +49.(0)89.1596833 www.mrlodge.de [email protected] Neuhab Immobilien City Mitwohnzentrale e.K. Haus Sendlinger Tor Lämmerstr. 6, 80335 Munich Thalkirchner Straße 9, 80337 Munich Tel. +49.(0)89.592510, Fax +49.(0)89.594564 Tel. +49.(0)151.23468262 [email protected] www.neuhab.de www.elodge.de Parttime Living Creo Living Lindwurmstr.