Canadian & Thai React to German Homes: How Germans Live

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[@MaxSujyGermany]

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[@nettcologne9186]

There are around 500 mineral springs in Germany - and many of them are naturally carbonated. Hence the love for "sparkling" mineral water. Many people also have a device at home (e.g. SodaStream) to turn their normal tap water into sparkling water.

[@IIIOOOUS]

She forgot Doppelhaushälfe. Double house half. Which is a house sharing a wall with another house.

[@IIIOOOUS]

Hey, I can see the terrace house (2.19) from my home balcony. Is is in Hellersdorf Berlin.

[@publicminx]

90qm is the AVERAGE. families with children look for bigger ones (usually), single households (which exist more in Germany and some likeminded neighbor countries) are of course usually smaller. in many countries children stay longer at home (for instance italy but often also USA and actually most parts of the world). and sparkling water is of course better than non-sparkling - but of course also a matter of getting used to that. one can also sometimes like that, sometimes like that. but actually, wasting money for non-sparkling water is (if tab water has a high quality like in Germany) just a waste of money.

[@user-qe5xd9fv9v]

In Germany, there are also countless so-called "Doppelhaushälfte" = semi-detached houses in which one family lives at a time. Well, as a Frenchman I also had to get used to this word after moving to Germany. It's literally twice of a single house...and then half of it. In other countries it's simply called "house"! 😁😂 Or isn't it? 😉
In reality, these are houses that are as big as a normal one family house, but separated in the middle by a partition wall. The houses usually have 2 floors. In terms of living space, they are usually slightly smaller than regular one family houses.
My wife's (she is from Gabon, Afrique de l'Ouest)) and my first house was also a "Doppelhaushälfte" in the centre of a big city in the Ruhr area (Ruhrgebiet). Now, almost 18 years and 7 children later 😳😉, we live in a small town on the Lower Rhine region (on the other side of the Rhine river, which is the natural spatial dividing line to the Ruhrgebiet) and have bought a converted old farmhouse there.
All the best to you...🙂

[@JohnHazelwood58]

My wife and I live in a german Doppelhaushälfte, too. But we have three floors and a large garden in the back. Size of our house is around 165m² + garden... < big enough for two people! Also we do have a beautiful view in the very south of Germany - ... nature, mountains, etc. ... you know, we can't complain! But also true: We only rented it! :) But compared to a flat in a city, very cheap rent! *yeah

[@user-qe5xd9fv9v]

@@JohnHazelwood58 I understand. But that's definitely not the norm when the average living space of a house for 2-3 people in Germany is only about 90 square metres, I think.😉
Our own back then was 75 square metres plus about 150 square metres of garden. Today we live on 325 square metres plus 2000 square metres of garden and a good 400 metres to the nearest neighbour.🙂
Happy Easter...

[@IIIOOOUS]

If the most people are renting in Germany, then there most be some very rich people who own all the houses.

[@evilmessiah81]

i wouldnt call 90m² small, most asian countrys have way less space on average for a 2 person household

[@christ4536]

Yes, the government should take care of everything because that has worked out soooo well in the past. Your notion of giving unlimited power to goverments is shortsighted at best and activly malicious at worst.

[@tafkat6972]

We are landlords because we rent out one floor of our house to a student. If "bad" private landlords wouldn't exist, the housing shortage would be much worse. That's why i do not share your socialist view on private landlords.

[@MaxSujyGermany]

Well, I was not talking about people like you, but mostly people who have 3-4-5-6++ properties.

[@tafkat6972]

@@MaxSujyGermany The situation for tenants does not improve, if a city or a federal state owns the houses. For example, in Berlin private landlords were not allowed to increase the rent fior a period of five years. This law did not apply to houses, that belonged to the city/state of Berlin. Those tenants were f****d by the government! 😉

[@Hey.Joe.]

​@@MaxSujyGermany Yes and the worser ones are those, who prefer not to rent for a while most of their properties to make sure the prices is not falling because of lesser demand respectively inducing artificial scarcity.
For example when american military left the city because of depletion, many barracks with lots of appartments got free and even after fresh renovation they still stand empty for a way to long time, even people wanted to move and was looking for affordable appartments. Why? Just to keep the rent index high as possible. -_-