Experiences with the new berlinovo student apartments?

yeah the negative reviews are real, especially about the service side. i looked at those apartments when they opened and the model unit looked great but the hallway already smelled like someone's cooking from three floors away, that thin wall thing is legit

one thing nobody mentions is that berlinovo locks you into a specific contract length with penalties for breaking it early, like two months rent as a fee. if your plans might change or you're unsure about staying in berlin, that's a risk. i'd ask to see the exact termination clause before signing anything

arrow_drop_up 21 arrow_drop_down

chat_bubble Reply ios_share

/

Reply

i know a couple of people who moved into those lichtenberg ones when they opened. the apartments themselves are fine for what they are, new and clean with your own kitchen which is a big plus. the main complaints i've heard are about the management being slow to fix things and the isolation not being great for noise, like you can hear your neighbors pretty clearly. the rhinstraße area is alright, very practical with the tram and the ringbahn right there, but it's not exactly exciting. lots of big intersections and not much character, you'll be going to friedrichshain or somewhere else for anything social. if you can handle a bit of a commute and just want a solid, new place to sleep and study, it's probably fine, but the negative reviews about the service side are pretty accurate from what i've heard

arrow_drop_up 8 arrow_drop_down

chat_bubble Reply ios_share

/

Reply

honestly the rhinstraße area is way more practical than people give it credit for. you got the ringbahn at landsberger allee and the tram goes right to ubahn at frankfurter allee, so getting to central spots is like 15-20 min. but yeah the neighborhood itself is a bit dead, mostly plattenbau and car dealerships, not much street life

the real thing nobody mentions is the internet situation. berlinovo uses a shared provider in those new buildings and it can get spotty during peak hours, especially if you're into online gaming or need stable connection for video calls. my friend had to get their own router and it still wasn't great

also check how much extra you're paying for the "furnished" part. the furniture is basic ikea stuff and you could buy your own for what they charge over the year. if you're planning to stay more than a year, unfurnished might actually save you money even with the hassle of buying stuff

arrow_drop_up 5 arrow_drop_down

chat_bubble Reply ios_share

/

Reply

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.

arrow_drop_up 4 arrow_drop_down

chat_bubble Reply ios_share

/

Reply

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

arrow_drop_up 3 arrow_drop_down

chat_bubble Reply ios_share

/

Reply

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.

arrow_drop_up 1 arrow_drop_down

chat_bubble Reply ios_share

/

Reply