Mauerpark gentrification? au secours!!! Let’s hope this side of Berlin remains messy and fluid, and not a neat row of pretty boxes! There are already so many houses built in Berlin which only as… more →
A flat in Berlin...(well, actually two!)stripedcat wrote 1 week ago: Mauerpark gentrification? au secours!!! Let’s hope this side of Berlin remains messy and fluid … more →
stripedcat wrote 3 weeks ago: It took some time, to refurbish them, to stitch up proper mini-websites, but eventually here they ar … more →
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stripedcat wrote 7 months ago: This is the butterfly…a bedroom full of light, the bed facing an enormous double window overlo … more →
stripedcat wrote 9 months ago: Last weekend, first night in the flat! The flat needs still a bit of work on the storage units, so t … more →
stripedcat wrote 9 months ago: Well, our goal was to be ready for the Berlinale…we’re almost there! I was in Berlin at … more →
wrayfield wrote 10 months ago: Bereits im November letzten Jahres habe ich eine Wohnung in Frankfurt gefunden. Der jetztige Mieter, … more →
stripedcat wrote 11 months ago: One year ago we were in Berlin, formalizing our purchase of The Flat. This week the main part of the … more →
stripedcat wrote 11 months ago: We could have been more efficient. Still, we needed to rely upon holidays, availability of flights a … more →
stripedcat wrote 11 months ago: We visited several Aufbau flats buit after WWII, between 1955 and 1960. They are all neatly planned … more →
stripedcat wrote 1 year ago: When we started visiting flats we noticed that the first clivage is between Altbau und Aufbau. The m … more →
stripedcat wrote 1 year ago: It’s time to tear down our Berlin Wall! The paper-thin walls built after WWII in our 1914 Altb … more →
stripedcat wrote 1 year ago: Scheduling a trip for mid-august meant also carefully setting up appointments with real estate agent … more →