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

It is a very spacious four-room apartment on the first floor of a magnificent Jugendstil building that was constructed in a solid manner at the fin de siècle. The splendid facade boasts well-preserved original stylistic elements. This is a purely residential building, with one apartment on each of its four floors. The particularly massive exterior walls, typical of that era, ensure a moderate indoor climate even on hot summer days and, at the same time, provide excellent thermal insulation during the heating season. The apartment features an energy consumption rating that is relatively favorable for an existing building; the heating costs are correspondingly low, currently amounting to approximately EUR 120 per month. The ceiling height of about 3 meters imparts a spacious character to the apartment. From the entrance hall, one can access the living room, bedroom, as well as a room for children or an office, the cloakroom, and the guest WC. The separate dining room connects the kitchen with the living room. From the kitchen, there is access to a daylight bathroom and a practical storage/pantry room. All rooms, except for the storage room, have large windows, so the apartment is essentially bathed in light.

The residential building is located on a quiet side street (with one-way traffic) of Karlsruhe’s pedestrian zone, about 150 meters on foot from Europaplatz, in the heart of the city. The infrastructure is truly first-class. Not only are the shops for daily necessities within walking distance, but specialty stores of every kind are as well. The same applies for doctors, pharmacies, schools, kindergartens, restaurants, cafés, ice cream parlors, cinemas, museums, art galleries, fitness studios, and more. The Botanical Garden, the State Art Gallery, and the adjacent Schlossgarten can be reached in only six minutes on foot. The recreational value is immense. The university is only 1.4 km away and can be reached on foot in about fifteen minutes. Almost all tram lines run along Kaiserstraße, so numerous more distant destinations in the PAMINA region are reachable without transfers. The appeal of Karlsruhe’s pedestrian zone was recently significantly enhanced by relocating the traffic underground (U-Strab). Resident parking is available on the street section in front of the building and in the immediate vicinity for a modest annual fee of currently €180 (residential parking permit B3).

As part of an extensive modernization, the bathroom, district heating, and building systems have been completely renewed. The nearly new fitted kitchen is equipped with an electric stove featuring a ceramic hob and oven, an extractor hood, a side-by-side refrigerator/freezer combination, a dishwasher, a stainless steel sink, two countertops, as well as various base and wall cabinets. The daylight bathroom is fitted with a bathtub, washbasin, washing machine, and clothes dryer, and is tiled up to the door frame throughout. The living areas are laid with beech parquet, while the kitchen, bathroom, and WC feature granite surfaces. An air-cooling unit is available for climate control. Digital, internet-enabled HDTV cable television is provided, with speeds of up to 1,000 Mbit/s for downloads and 50 Mbit/s for uploads. A fiber-optic connection has been commissioned and will be available shortly. The apartment comes with a spacious basement storage unit. Bicycles can be conveniently and securely parked under a canopy in the inner courtyard. The jewel of the property is the idyllic garden, which the residents can use and design as they wish. If desired, play equipment and a sandbox may also be installed here.

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