Finding Accommodations

The offers on the private market range from shared flats or furnished rooms to studio flats or entire flats.
It is not always easy to find affordable flats in Stuttgart.
Rooms in shared flats (WGs) are particularly attractive since they are relatively cheap. They also offer the opportunity to quickly find contacts in your new environment. Each tenant has his own room. The kitchen and shower/bath/WC are shared by the tenants.

  • You can anticipate a monthly rent of between 250-400€ for a single room and between 400-500€ for a flat.
  • Pay attention to whether additional costs (utilities (Nebenkosten/NK): Heating, water, facility manager fee, and waste disposal feels) are included in the rent or whether they are charged separately.

Internet

There are numerous apartment listings on the Internet. An overview is not possible here. A quick search with your trusted search engine will give you some portals with offers.

Newspapers and journals

  • Bulky waste: Published Thursday and available at newsstands and gas stations. There is also an online version.
  • Flea market: Published Tuesday and Friday
  • Stuttgarter Wochenblatt (has the most classified ads): is delivered on Thursday evening, but is already available at newsstands in the morning.
  • Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgarter Nachrichten have the same classifieds section. Apartment ads appear on Wednesdays and Saturdays. There is also an online version.
  • Filderblatt (Fridays), Plieninger Rundschau, and other local advertising papers distributed free of charge

Pay attention to the date in the ads to avoid wasting time with outdated offers. Arrange a viewing appointment in a timely manner.

NK

Nebenkosten (Utilities: Heating, Water, Facility Manager fee, Waste Disposal feel), electricity is not included in the NK
ZKBZimmer, Küche, Bad (Room, Kitchen, Bath)
WGWohngemeinschaft (shared flat)
NRNichtraucher (non-smoking apartment)
WMWarmmiete (heating costs are included)
KM Kaltmiete (does not include additional costs like utilities)
EBK Einbauküche (kitchen included)
WflWohnfläche (living space)
DG Dachgeschoss (attic floor)
EGErdgeschoss (ground floor)
UGUntergeschoss (basement floor)
TG Tiefgarage (underground parking)
Kt./Kaut.Kaution (deposit)

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10 min: Möhringen, Degerloch
15 min: Sillenbuch, Filderstadt-Bernhausen, Fasanenhof
20 min: Stetten, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Stuttgart-Süd
25 min: Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Heumaden, Filderstadt-Sielmingen, Neuhausen
30 min: Stuttgart-Mitte, Nellingen, Ostfildern
40 min: Stuttgart-West, -Nord, -Ost, Bad Cannstatt 

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