This is an actual chart of what the Euro has done since we've been here.
All that I can say is, "Ouch!" :(
In other news, we have procured an apartment. It has been an incredibly blessed process. Look at these stats:
-# of 3 Rm Apts on the Market in the Target Area: 6
-# of Apts in our Price Range: 3
-# of Apts with Provision*: 5
-Normal # of Applications before Procuring an Apartment: ~20
*A provision is a fee that you pay to a real estate agent because they are handling it. It is normally 2.38 times the rent. Yes, so if your rent is 1000 Euro, you pay 2380 Euro to some guy for nothing.
Here are our apartment stats:
-Right number of rooms
-Well below what we thought we were going to pay
-NO provision!!!
-First application submitted
-Bigger than our current apartment and bigger or same size as other 5 apts.
Amazing!!! I have scoured the listings on many, many websites and papers since October. The listing for our apartment came up just a few days after I arrived here in Germany started looking. I quickly realized that it was a diamond and immediately called and went and looked at it. Since then, everything has gone smoothly. I will post pictures shortly. We'll start the moving process sometime next week.
4 comments:
i hate money. but on a brighter note, yea for the apartment find. that's great. hopefully we can be as lucky (and you are right--at least our forms are in english).
Congratulations! That really is a huge blessing.
You are doing such an amazing job at taking care of everything in Germany! Claron is so lucky to have you. :)
Yay, I'm glad you found an apartment!
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