Flat to rent 4+1 • 120 m² without real estateDouglasstr. 6 Karlsruhe Innenstadt-West Baden-Württemberg 76133

This is a very spacious four-room apartment on the first upper floor of an elegant Jugendstil building that was constructed in massive style at the fin de siècle. The magnificent façade features well-preserved original style elements. It is a purely residential building that houses one apartment on each of its four floors. The exterior walls, notably massive as was typical for the time, ensure a moderate indoor climate even on hot summer days while at the same time providing excellent thermal insulation during the heating season. The apartment boasts a relatively favorable energy consumption rating for an existing property; accordingly, the heating costs are low and currently amount to approximately 120 EUR per month. A ceiling height of about 3 meters bestows the apartment with a generous character. From the entrance hall, one can access the living room, bedroom, and either the children’s room or study, as well as the cloakroom and the guest WC. A separate dining room connects the kitchen to the living room. From the kitchen, one enters the daylight bathroom and a practical storage or pantry room. All rooms, apart from the storage room, feature large windows that practically flood the apartment with light.

The residential building is situated on a quiet side street (with one-way traffic) off the Karlsruhe pedestrian zone, about 150 meters on foot from Europaplatz, right in the heart of the city. The infrastructure is accordingly first-class. Not only everyday shops but also specialty outlets of every kind are within walking distance. The same holds true for doctors, pharmacies, schools, kindergartens, restaurants, cafés, ice cream parlors, cinemas, museums, art galleries, and fitness studios. The Botanical Garden, the State Art Gallery, and the adjoining Palace Garden are reachable in just six minutes on foot. The recreational potential is immense. The university is only 1.4 km away and is reachable on foot in about fifteen minutes. Almost all tram lines run along Kaiserstraße, so even many further destinations in the PAMINA region can be reached without changing lines. The appeal of Karlsruhe’s pedestrian zone was recently further enhanced through the relocation of the tram tracks underground (U-Strab). On the street in front of the building and in the nearby area, resident parking is available for a moderate annual fee of currently €180 (resident parking permit B3).

As part of an extensive modernization, the bathroom, the central heating system, and the building services technology were completely renewed. The nearly new fitted kitchen comes equipped with an electric stove featuring a ceramic cooktop and oven, an extractor hood, a side-by-side refrigerator-freezer combination, a dishwasher, a stainless steel sink, two countertops, and various base and wall cabinets. The daylight bathroom is furnished with a bathtub, washbasin, washing machine, and clothes dryer, and is tiled up to the door. The living areas feature beech parquet flooring, while the kitchen, bathroom, and WC are surfaced with granite. An air conditioner is available for air cooling. Digital, Internet-capable HDTV cable television is provided with download speeds of up to 1,000 Mbit/s and upload speeds of 50 Mbit/s. A fiber optic connection has been commissioned and will be available shortly. The apartment comes with a spacious basement storage compartment. Bicycles can be conveniently and securely parked under a canopy in the courtyard. The jewel of the property is the idyllic garden, which the residents can use and design as they wish. If needed, playground equipment and a sandbox can also be installed in the garden.

The apartment is offered directly by the owner, so no broker’s commission is incurred. Natural gas for heating and hot water is billed directly by the supplier. The stated figure for the monthly heating costs corresponds to the current advance payment to the municipal utilities.