Flat for sale 5+1 • 119 m² without real estateSalierring 43 Köln Innenstadt Nordrhein-Westfalen 50677

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Exposé

Please, no inquiries from brokers

*Barbarossaplatz/Salierring*

Vacant, well-maintained 5-room apartment, 118.4 m², on the 2nd floor, elevator, parking space, 2 bathrooms, sauna, no commission – directly from the owner

The apartment is currently rented and will be handed over vacant as of March 1, 2026, or as agreed individually. The sale is commission‑free, directly from the owner. Please, no inquiries from brokers.

1 Apartment

The apartment is located on the second floor of a residential and commercial building on Salierring, in the immediate vicinity of Barbarossaplatz. In 2007, after an extensive renovation and reconfiguration, we moved in ourselves.

During the redesign, the originally very large hallway was reduced. This created two completely newly constructed bathrooms – one with a shower and one with a generously sized bathtub (190 x 90 cm) – as well as a private sauna. Additionally, a new fitted kitchen was installed.

Since my marriage in 2021, my main residence has been in Hamburg, which means that I now only occasionally stay in Cologne for work. For this reason, we have decided to sell the apartment.

Upon entering the apartment, you are greeted by a hallway approximately 160 cm wide. On the right side are two equally sized studies or children’s rooms. By removing the partition wall, these two rooms could alternatively be combined to create one large room of approximately 30 m².

Next is the kitchen with a modern fitted kitchen unit including a dishwasher, washing machine, and heat pump dryer. Opposite the kitchen, there is a kitchen counter with four bar stools as well as a combined fridge-freezer unit. From the kitchen, you can access the bedroom, and from there, the dressing area as well as the en-suite bathroom with a generously sized bathtub (190 x 90 cm), WC, sink, and access to the private sauna.

All windows are double-glazed and made of white plastic. The four rooms mentioned above face southwest toward the quiet inner courtyard and are equipped with electrically operated external shutters. Since this is the weather side, the window seals were renewed in 2023.

Most of the apartment has Tretford carpet flooring, which, due to 18 years of use, shows visible signs of wear, while the kitchen has a PVC cover and the wet areas feature square Spanish tiles. Both bathrooms are equipped with exhaust fans.

Back in the hallway, you reach the second bathroom with a shower, WC, and sink. To the left is the spacious living room (approx. 18 m²) with access to a small balcony. Adjacent to it is a guest or study room (approx. 9 m²) with infrared ceiling heating. Here too, it is possible to combine the living and guest room into one generous room (approx. 30 m²). Both rooms face northeast and are fitted with internal shutters.

Despite its excellent city-center location, the apartment is pleasantly quiet. With the windows closed, there is little noise from street and tram traffic. The bedrooms overlook the sheltered inner courtyard. Above the apartment are psychotherapy rooms, including a marketing service office – both of which are not active in the evenings, at night, and on weekends.

3 Surroundings

The apartment is located in the popular Cologne district of Neustadt-Süd, offering an urban and infrastructurally ideal location. The neighborhood is fondly known as Volksgartenveedel (after the nearby Volksgarten) or more recently (its renegade) Winzerveedel – a new area created from the street names Saar, Mosel, Burgund, Elsaß, Pfalz (all wine-growing regions).

In recent years, a very engaged neighborhood has developed that actively campaigns for a higher quality of life through pedestrian zones, traffic-calmed streets, wide cycle paths, new tree plantings, and street cafés.

Here is some information on the pilot project “Livable Winzerveedel”:

www.superblock-winzerveedel.de/

www.meinesuedstadt.de/winzerveedel-wird-superblock/

www1.wdr.de/lokalzeit/fernsehen/koeln/superbloecke-fuer-koelner-veedel-geplant-100.html

www.stadt-koeln.de/politik-und-verwaltung/presse/mitteilungen/27812/index.html

Salierring has been a 30 km/h zone for years and, since 2024, has only one lane left for cars alongside the wide cycle path. The proximity to Barbarossaplatz provides excellent public transportation, with four lines and a direct connection to the entire Cologne urban area. Cologne-Süd station is reachable in about a five-minute walk, and the main train station in just a few minutes by subway.

The adjacent districts Südstadt, the student quarter around Zülpicher Straße, and the Belgian Quarter are well known for their diverse gastronomy, bars, and cultural offerings.

4 Distances

100 m to REWE Barbarossaplatz

220 m to Penny am Weidenbach

350 m to Lidl Weyerstraße

500 m to dm Zülpicher Platz

500 m to Rossmann Zülpicher Platz

500 m to EDEKA Zülpicher Platz

450 m to Max-Dietlein-Park

500 m to Institut Français

600 m to Volksgarten

700 m to Rathenauplatz

800 m to Mauritiustherme

1 km to the city library

1.1 km to Agrippabad

1.2 km to the university library

2 km to the Rhine promenade, 50 m to wekita

200 m to siralinis Salier Pänz

250 m to the municipal kindergarten Pfälzer Straße

700 m to Herz-Jesu Kindergarten

750 m to FRÖBEL Kindergarten

1.3 km to Waldorf Kindergarten

350 m to Trierer Straße Catholic Primary School

450 m to Pfälzer Straße Primary School

800 m to Stephan-Lochner School

450 m to Humboldt-Gymnasium

600 m to IGIS Comprehensive School

900 m to Michaeli Waldorf School

1.2 km to Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium

700 m to Herz-Jesu Church

1.1 km to Kartäuserkirche

5 Transportation Connections

150 m to public transport at Barbarossaplatz

500 m to Cologne-Süd station, with connections to Bonn, Kall, Wuppertal, etc.

2.4 km to Cologne main train station

3.4 km to Severinsbrücke, the eastern on-ramp of the A3, A59

4 km to A57 towards Kreuz Köln-Nord

5 km to Cologne-Klettenberg exit on A4

8 km to Zoobrücke at Kreuz Köln-Ost on A3

6 Usage Possibilities

The apartment is extremely versatile and can be used, for example, by

• a young family with, for instance, two children

• a couple needing a home office

• seniors with accommodation possibilities for caregiving staff

• partial commercial use up to 49% without permit

• commercial use upon approval by the City of Cologne

• furnished rental as a shared flat for students/young professionals

• an employee shared flat for companies

• an employee apartment for newly relocated company staff

7 Energy

The apartment is heated and supplied with hot water via a gas combination boiler/low-temperature heater (built in 1991, but in very good condition) and does not require replacement. The advantage of this heating system is that only the apartment’s individual heating need is met, thereby excluding wasteful neighbors and distribution losses that inevitably occur with a central heating system.

Energy certificate: Energy consumption certificate, valid until 29.06.2029, energy source: natural gas E (now natural gas L), energy consumption including hot water, energy efficiency class E, 144.8 kWh/m²a.

Contrary to the energy certificate, our annual gas consumption statements show that we have used less than 100 kWh/m²a gas for hot water and heating in all years. This is due to the location of our apartment in the building (sandwich location), meaning it is heated from all sides by neighbors, as well as our personal usage behavior.

8 Parking Space

The apartment does not come with a garage; however, a rented parking space in the inner courtyard is available, which can be taken over by the buyer. The few mini-garages from the 1960s are too small/narrow for today’s cars and are therefore hardly usable. The roller shutter gate to the inner courtyard opens via remote control.

For us, owning a car was not necessary, since all shopping facilities can be reached on foot. Should you not own a car, you can use three nearby Cambio car-sharing stations: Pantaleonswall, Pfälzer Straße, Moselstraße and, for a van/sprinter, the station at Lothringer Straße.

Additionally, you benefit from one important aspect. For centrally located, old mini-garages, up to €20,000 in additional purchase costs are charged. You do not have to cover/finance that amount upfront.

9 Summary

• 5-room apartment, 118.4 m²

• 2nd floor with elevator, sandwich location

• 2 bathrooms, private sauna

• Exhaust fans, sun protection shutters

• Very central location at Barbarossaplatz in Cologne

• Small balcony

• Monthly maintenance costs from Jan. 2026: €287

• Total maintenance reserve: approx. €315,000

• Energy consumption for heating/hot water under 100 kWh/m²a

• Parking space without extra garage purchase costs

• Directly from the owner, without broker’s commission

• Purchase price: €663,040 (€5,600 per m²)

10 Personal Note

Dear interested parties,

we have carefully and transparently compiled all relevant information about this apartment. After a viewing, we will, of course, provide you with all the documents you need for an informed decision (partition declaration, land register excerpt, management contract, minutes, maintenance charge statements, financial plan, etc.—a total of 36 files).

We are purposely selling without a broker, as their services do not justify the commission fee of €46,500. You could certainly invest that amount much better in one or another modernization measure. We look forward to hearing from you personally, along with a few brief details about yourselves, your plans for the property, and your financing. We look forward to your message.

2 Buildings

Corner plot with building contact, with the north-eastern side facing Salierring and the north side bordering Trierer Straße. District: Cologne, Flur 34, Parcel 274 (4958-34-274).

Residential and commercial building, built in 1963, concrete frame construction, approx. 2000 m² of usable space, 4 retail spaces, 3 office units, 13 apartments. Condominium community of 19 co-owners, professionally managed by Werker GmbH and well taken care of by the caretaker service provider Schönenkorb.

Main building with 6 floors, ancillary building with 4 floors. Passenger elevator (built in 1963), new electronic control in 2011, comprehensive renovation scheduled for 2025. The staircase is filled with natural light, with natural stone steps. Cold water pipes were renewed in 2010.

In the basement, there is the storage room belonging to the apartment, a room for your washing machine, and the drying room. In the ancillary building, there is a passage to the garages in the inner courtyard. The roller shutter motor was renewed in 2023.

Area: Plot 888 m², building footprint of the residential building approx. 350 m², courtyard approx. 500 m², of which 250 m² is built-up with 10 garages from the 1960s. Building height of the main building 21 m, ancillary building 15 m. Top floor: loft, flat roofs, flat roof area: approx. 300 m², exterior facades: rendered façade with paint from 2016, ground floor facing the street with black slat wall paneling.