Rooms for Students in Duisburg and Mülheim a.d.R.

Hello and welcome to my website! 

I am a private landlord and offer accommodation for students in Duisburg and Mülheim a.d.R. in my 3 student houses. 

Most of my tenants are students of University Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences (HRWA), Hochschule Ruhr West (HRW), language course and college participants ("L.A.N.E.S." and "Rheinland privat schule") researchers from UDE and Max-Planck Institute, young working professionals. 

I run my student accommodation business for 6+ years, have positive reviews from all my ex-tenants and listed as recommended private student housing on UDE website.

I speak English and German. 

80%+ of my tenants are students from abroad, so this site is written in English.

My site will help you find a student housing in Duisburg or Mülheim a.d.R. and send a request for it. 

Please kindly first read carefully  the information and then send a request below.

All student rooms are located in my 3 multi-apartment houses (private student housing):

1. Grabenstrasse 161 in 47057 Duisburg-Neudorf (room codes GRA)

   15 student rooms / 15-min-walk to University Duisburg-Essen, 12 min to central station DU

   Location on Google Maps, fotos and reviews

2. Oststrasse 104 in 47057 Duisburg-Neudorf (room codes OST)

   16 student rooms / 12-min-walk to University Duisburg-Essen, 8 min to central train station

    Location on Google Maps, fotos and reviews

3. Falkstrasse 23 in 45468 Mülheim an der Ruhr (room codes FAL)

    15 student rooms /  3-min-walk to the central train station (HBF) of Mülheim a.d.R

    Location on Google Maps, fotos and reviews

Student rooms are provided in the shared flats (in German: "Wohngemeinschaft", "WG", "WG-Zimmer für Studenten"). Student rooms have various sizes (~11-20 m2). Each shared flat has 2, 3 or 4 student rooms. 

All student rooms are fully furnished (bed with mattress, working desk, chair, wardrobe). 

Bed linen, blankets, pillows, towels are not provided (due to hygiene reasons).

Each shared flat has a fully equipped shared kitchen with all necessary equipment 

(fridge, freezer, cooking panel, oven, dishwasher, wardrobes). 

Tableware and utensils, unfortunately, are not provided (due to hygiene reasons).

Each shared flat has a shared bathroom (tub or shower) and WC. 

A washing machine is provided and located either in the kitchen, bathroom or cellar. 

Each flat has an established Internet connection and Wi-Fi (details see below).

Smoking is not allowed inside all houses.

All these conditions are quite similar to Studentenwohnheim (student dormitory) and private student housing offers in Duisburg and Mülheim a.d.R.

The amount of rent per room (or person) is stated in the ads below, depends on the room size, location and included utilities. Please see room ads for details below. 

The standard rent billing period is 1 full month. It is billed from the first day of the month until the last day of the month, included. So, if the tenant needs to move-in later or move-out earlier, the tenant will need to pay the rent for the full month. 

The tenant is provided with an official rental contract in German language. 

Normally, 1 room is rented to 1 tenant.  

For some bigger rooms (see in offers below) exceptions for 2 people (couples, sisters/brothers, friends) could be discussed, but cannot be guaranteed.

To prepare the rental contract, I will require the following documents (PDF scans are OK): 

• passport (1st page) / Ausweiss
• valid visa or residence permit (Aufenthaltstitel)
• valid admission to the university or language school
• information about blocked account (for foreign students)
• valid working contract (if applicable) 

If a potential tenant is still abroad, the rental contract can be first signed remotely (PDF version with  signatures of landlord and tenant is valid). A hardcopy paper version of the same contract will be signed upon your arrival. 

The document for city registration (Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung) will be provided to the tenant upon arrival and room handover. 

The price is stated for a standard fixed rental period of 12 months. 

Rentals for a period of less than 12 months are not provided, sorry. Please do not send requests for shorter stays, they will not be considered and answered.

If, after starting the rent, the tenant will need to move out earlier when the contract ends, the tenant will be obliged to find a next tenant ("Nachmieter") and pay a fee of 250 EUR for earlier cancellation of the contract. The reason is that processing earlier changes requires a lot of unnecessary administrative work. 

Earlier cancellation can be agreed only if all 3 prerequisites are fulfilled:

- leaving tenant has found a new tenant (Nachmieter)

- new tenant is approved by the landlord and a new contract is signed 

- there will be no time gap between existing and new rentals. 

It works in most of the cases, but cannot be guaranteed.

After the "first" 12-month rental period ends, the contract can be prolonged by mutual agreement. For prolongation is applied standard cancellation notice period of 3 full months. 

All cancellation notices are required in written form.

The deposit for each student is a fixed amount of 900 EUR per room. 

The total amount of deposit is not negotiable, but deposit can be paid in 2 instalments.

1st part 450 EUR (50% of deposit) needs to be paid before or on the move-in date. 

2nd part 450 EUR (rest of the deposit) to be paid on 2nd month of rent. 

Deposit is a security for the room conditions. Deposit cannot be "used" as rent payment.

Room conditions on move-in date and move-out date will be thoroughly documented (incl. fotos) in the Room-Handover-Protokol. If, on move-out date, the room (or furniture) will have some damage or needs renovation, reasonable amounts (working time of Hausmeister to renovate/fix it + cost of materials and/or new items) will have to be deducted from the deposit.

After move-out, the amount will be returned to the tenant's bank account within 4 weeks. 

German TV and radio tax ARD (18,36 EUR per  month for 1 whole flat) is not included in the rent and tenants will need to pay it additionally directly to ARD. Please see further details on ARD website (in English): www.rundfunkbeitrag.de

ARD is 1 contract for the whole flat, so tenants share this cost (18,36 EUR / 2,3,4 rooms), meaning 3-6 EUR per room per month.

It's the responsibility of the tenants in Germany to regulate the contractual relationship with ARD directly (identify and report the active contract number for the flat or apply for new number). Landlords have no any additional information or influence on contracts or fees. 

It's strongly recommended not to ignore letters from ARD due to high fees for delayed payments.

All student shared flats in Duisburg and Mülheim a.d.R. have established internet connections. 

Cost for the Internet is not included in the rent and needs to be paid by the tenant additionally directly to the internet provider. The 3 biggest and most reliable telecom providers in Germany are Vodafone, Telekom and 1&1. Usually, the internet contract for the flat is signed and held by one tenant (typically who stays the longest period of time), so other tenants share the access and costs. 

The average Internet contract is 20-40 EUR per month for the whole flat. The exact amount depends on the Internet speed, available providers and additional features. So, the usual cost of Internet per room is ca. 10-15 EUR per month.

If the tenant needs his "own" Internet line, the tenant can order an Internet contract additionally upon arrival. Please keep in mind that  internet contract in Germany is binding for 24 months and usually delivered and connected in 1–3 weeks.

Viewing appointment can be done online (video-call) or in presence (preferred). 

Please understand that exact viewing dates and times strongly depend on the availability of the current tenant. As landlord, I do my best to respect the timing requirements of both sides, but some flexibility with viewings usually gives a better chance to view (and rent) the room. 

Please indicate your availability (dates and times) for the viewings in the application form below. After collecting requests, I usually organize appointments in a batch for 5–6 viewings with 15-min-slots. 

Please respect the time and effort of other people. If you confirmed the viewing time, but will be late or not interested any more or unable to come or view online - It's no problem, please just inform in advance about visit cancellation. We will find a time for next appointment.

• Please view the ads below for the available rooms
• make yourself familiar with the location, room details and availability date, requirements (male / female),  amount of rent and additional payments 
• send a request (non-binding, free of charge) using an application form below 
• If your application fits, I will come back to you with answer and next steps