I keep hearing about this hairdresser guy, he gives you a haircut and you'll find an apartment in 1 week guaranteed. Does anyone know anything about him?

It's definitely a real thing, though I'd call it more of a well-known urban legend with a grain of truth. The guy runs a very low-key operation out of a backroom salon near Hermannplatz, not the Weserstraße spot people usually mention. I've heard the group is less about landlords and more about tenants subletting or transferring contracts, which is how most people actually find flats here anyway. If you go, bring exactly 80 euro in cash and don't expect a receipt.

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i know exactly who you mean, he operates out of a little salon on weserstraße near the maybachufer. the cut is actually decent for 80 euro but the real value is that he's got a group of hausverwaltung contacts who hate the normal immoscout process. my roommate went to him and got a viewing for a place in xberg within a week, though she said the landlord was weirdly specific about wanting someone who "fits the vibe" of the building. honestly it's worth it if you're desperate but don't expect a miracle if you're not willing to be flexible on location or price.

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yeah that's the "friseur-wunder" guy in neukölln, near the wilde ecke bar. i've heard he charges like 80 euro for a cut but you get a whatsapp group invite with leads to landlords who skip the normal process. my friend used him and got a place in wedding within 10 days, honestly i think it's more about the network than any magic. just be ready to pay cash and not ask too many questions

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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