Omgz, I want to live *here*

[LynzM]

So, Zornhau and I (and kiddo) are moving to Munich in August... anybody up for splitting a house in Germany? :rofl: I want to live in this house:

http://mrlodge.de/app/4399/de/1.htm

I don't know who has the kind of money to rent a place like this... CEOs and other execs who have to move their whole families? I've been all about adjusting to small-space living, etc., but I seriously want to save all these pictures... I *love* this place! It has a bed-cave! :bounce:

[DS1]

1. I like clean Euro styling.

I don't like this house. Too cluttered :)

[LynzM]

3. Must you rain on every parade?

:rofl: :P

Generally, I like the cleaner styling, too... I just wish they would learn to use some *colors* as part of the cleanliness!

[DS1]

4. come on now

Is this Germanic heaven or Monster House?

[LynzM]

7. Mm, yeah.

Ok, so I don't agree with *all* of their style choices... :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

2. i like the bathroom and they really need some baskets or some kind of storage

or less stuff.

[LynzM]

8. Yeah, the bathroom is funky...

I dunno, as long as the stuff is organized, I guess I'm pretty used to having things out like that? :shrug:

[Rambis]

5. Wow

I would live in the garden shed there- good luck to you!

[LynzM]

9. I know, right?

Thanks! :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Where does this ladder go?

Nice place, only around $ 4,000.-- a month. And I always thought rent in Bavaria is paid by the 'Mass.' ;)

Hey, Munich isn't that far from here! :hi:

P. S. No one of you is smoking, right?

[LynzM]

11. Hey CMW!

:hi: Yeah, that budget is Waaaaaay over what we're looking to pay. We're looking at places that are <1000EU/month, kalt. That might be somewhat flexible, but until John lines up a job... that's where we're starting.

How far is Munich from you guys?

p.s. - um, only a little, occasionally... :smoke: And maybe 1 cigarette per week, but that can easily be outside, somewhere... :)

[Call Me Wesley]

13. Well, this one says

it's only for 'non-smokers,' soooo ... :rofl:

We have holiday neighbors from Munich. It's about a five to six hour drive. Isn't that what you Americans call 'just around the corner?' ;)

[LynzM]

16. Ah, ok, well that rules it right out, then.

Haha...:rofl: I kill me.

5 or 6 hours? Eek. How long on the train? That's so much better, I cannot wait to not own a car or have to drive! (Someone remind me of that next Feb when it's sleeting, eh?)

[Call Me Wesley]

18. Around seven hours with the train.

I'm not sure why. They probably stop in every town asking you to buy souvenirs. ;)

[LynzM]

20. Heh.

Gimme a sleeper car, thanks! I loved travelling that way, or even long day trips on the train. We went to Paris, and Vienna, and Venice, and Prague on the trains... :)

[lost-in-nj]

10. To many windows!!

:rofl:

looks like you would be swiffering and cleaning windows for ever!!!

:hi:

lost

Very different and nice... but not for me.....

[LynzM]

12. LOL, good point!

I hadn't thought it through that far... :rofl:

[hippywife]

25. Not to mention that

it wouldn't be very energy efficient with that many windows. But then, you knew I'd mention it, dincha? LOL

Why are you moving to Munich if he doesn't have a job? What's taking you so far away?

[LynzM]

26. Hiya hippywife!

Yeah, energy efficient, that place is not! :rofl: The places I've been seriously looking at are about 900 sq. ft., mostly in larger apartment buildings where the heating won't be bad since you share so many walls. :)

We've wanted to move back to Germany since living there 6 years ago... my company has an office in Munich, so I'm working on getting them to let me transfer into that office. We're going because... well, because we want to!

[hippywife]

28. That's cool.

I was just being nosy and, well, now I'm jealous. I hope you get that transfer. :hi:

[LynzM]

31. Hey, no worries...

:hi: You know you're always welcome to come visit! :bounce:

[TexasBushwhacker]

24. and then there's the neighbors

They would have to get used to seeing me naked :wow: because I've been living by myself with the blinds closed for too long to remember to cover up :blush:

[LynzM]

27. Hehe....

Yeah, there *is* that, isn't there... I think in Germany, most people are a little less prude, it seems!

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. That's... uh... quite a mix of styles

in der Wohnen... or das Wohnen, or die Wohnen, or el Wohnen...



Looks kinda like Andy Warhol and Grandma Moses had a mid-air collision and that's where the pieces fell.

[LynzM]

15. Hahaha, yeah....

It's... ecclectic, for sure! But then, so am I... :rofl: Ok, it could do with a little less stuff, I suppose. ;)

[LSK]

17. I love looking at places on mrlodge

There are some neat apartments over there.

[LynzM]

19. Yep...

There was another one I wish I'd saved the pics from, big place (two families, maybe?), big open yellow kitchen/living room, second small living room, three bedrooms, just gorgous. :) All of it seems super-overpriced, but... that's Munich for you, I suppose. Did you live over there, LSK? Or just like looking?

[LSK]

22. I just like looking

I have a few German friends from online and the idea of living in a vibrant economically yet environmentally friendly country that has universal healthcare seems like a fantasy to me. I also read http://www.spiegel.de/international from time to time. I am painfully slowly learning German also. Oh yeah, they do not have a problem with female presidents either.

[BarenakedLady]

21. Funky!

I love that place. I wish I could move to Germany. My cousin is a real estate agent in Schwabish Hall (wrong area, I know). http://www.hhv-immobilien.de/ I'd move there in a heartbeat. I have family in Munich too.

Good luck!

[LynzM]

23. Hi BNL!

:hi: Schwabisch Hall is up near Stuttgart, where we lived in 2001-2002 :) Maybe we'll get to visit if you ever go visit your family in Munich!

[PeaceNikki]

29. What is the thing above each of the toilets? Looks like a hide-a-heiny dispenser.

:shrug:

[LynzM]

30. Those are for flushing...

None of those wimpy little American-style flushing. One's for a "little" flush, one's for a "big" flush! :rofl:

[TexasBushwhacker]

32. Looking at the sizes and prices ....

makes me wonder what makes the cost of real estate so high over there. Cost of land? Cost of labor? Taxes? Don't get me wrong, I'd rather seen nice small homes over craptastic McMansions any day.

[LynzM]

33. Well, two things, from that site

1. These are furnished places, so the prices run higher.

2. Munich is pretty much like NYC - smallish places, high prices. Lots of art, lots of culture, lots of businesses with people who make a lot of money. The cost of living there is one of the things I'm really not looking foward to! You can find places twice as big for 60% the price in many other areas of Germany.

[TexasBushwhacker]

34. Oh okay

Honestly, the prices don't seem unreasonable to me since they're being marketed as corporate or long term (but temporary) housing. Like you said, they're furnished, and I would assume that utilities are included as well.