Comission-free real estate directly from the owner in Norderstedt

Family-friendly Norderstedt -attractive alternative to the big city of Hamburg

A young town with a high quality of living - that is Norderstedt in the Hamburg metropolitan region. The town, which today has around 75,000 inhabitants, was only founded in 1970 by merging the four municipalities of Friedrichsgabe, Garstedt, Harksheide and Glashütte. Situated directly on the northern city limits of Hamburg, Norderstedt in Schleswig-Holstein is only about 30 minutes by car from the center of the Elbe metropolis. This makes it an attractive place to live for anyone who works in Hamburg but prefers to live in the countryside and enjoy more favorable conditions for buying and renting. Because here, in Norderstedt, in contrast to the tight real estate market in the neighboring Hanseatic city, it is still possible to get hold of an apartment or a house without a real estate agent. Norderstedt itself also has a lot to offer: The newly built modern city center Norderstedt-Mitte offers facilities of the municipal administration as well as attractive shopping facilities, a cinema and a train station. The connection to public transport is more than favorable: Norderstedt is connected to the railroad network by the suburban train A2 in the direction of Neumünster. In addition, the station Norderstedt-Mitte is also the final stop of the Hamburg elevated railroad line U 1, which takes passengers directly, without changing trains, to the Hamburg city center. Several large business enterprises, among them the trading company Blume 2000 and the Japanese electronics group Casio, have recognized Norderstedt's locational advantages and settled here - so the city can score points not only through its proximity to Hamburg, but also through its own attractive job opportunities.

Apartment hunting without a real estate agent

Reasons enough to turn your back on big-city life and go apartment hunting in smaller Norderstedt. Because in Hamburg's sought-after residential districts close to the city center, rents for new leases are currently exploding - and so is the average broker's commission. Families with children in particular, who would like to have short distances to the countryside, perhaps even their own small garden, are therefore better advised in Norderstedt. With a little luck, you can find your dream apartment here - and free of brokerage fees from private to private. But even here, in Norderstedt, the general rent and purchase price increases in German metropolitan regions are making themselves felt. As the Hamburger Abendblatt reported after publication of the Norderstedt rent index in 2013, average rents are also rising here. Small apartments and single apartments in particular are becoming more expensive - another general, Germany-wide trend. And in Norderstedt, too, the range among rents is high: While you have to pay the top price of an average rent of 12.63 euros per square meter for modern 1-room apartments built since 1990, according to the official rent index of 2013 you can get a 3.5- to 4-room apartment built in the second half of the 1960s for as little as 5.90 euros on average - and often without a broker's commission.This isone more reason for families to look for apartments in the districts of Garstedt, Friedrichsgabe, Harksheide and Glashütte, instead of trying to find an expensive apartment brokered by a real estate agent among hundreds of competitors in Hamburg's sought-after residential districts.

Living in Norderstedt (Segeberg district)

Source: immobilienscout24.de