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Apartment search packages at Red Tape Translation

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Welcome to Berlin! Now that you’re here, you’ll need a place to hang your hat. It’s easier said than done. It’s made confusing by the rental cap law in Berlin that might or might not be annulled retroactively.

If you’re not sure where to start, help is at hand. Red Tape Translation has just started offering an Apartment Search service to help you get your hands on a rental contract.

We’re offering three different packages starting from just 225€. We can:

  • search for apartments based on your criteria
  • communicate with letting agents
  • set up apartment viewings (also known as “castings” but not as exotic as they sound)
  • come with you to the viewings to interpret
  • help you put together an application
  • take you through the small print of the rental contract
  • accompany you to the apartment handover
  • help you organise utilities

To book, have a look at the PDF below, choose a package and follow the link to pay. We’ll take care of the rest!

Download (PDF, 123KB)

Happy hunting!

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The Brexit transition period ends on 31st December 2020. If you’ve decided to stay in Germany, now is a really good time to think about converting your UK driver’s license to a German one, but you’d really need to get into gear to manage it by the New Year!

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Novemberhilfe, Dezemberhilfe, Neustarthilfe, Soforthilfe … please explain?

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Lockdown ruining your revenue? Homeschooling your kids instead of earning? Enter a confusing array of government grants designed to compensate you. There are so many of them, it’s hard to keep track. Here’s what we know so far.

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IBB to check whether you really needed Soforthilfe II in Spring

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The Investitionsbank Berlin will be asking all freelancers and small businesses who received Soforthilfe in the Spring whether they needed it or not. If they didn’t really need it or didn’t need all of it, they should pay some or all of it back.

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All I Want for Brexit is an Aufenthaltsdokument-GB

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Novemberhilfe grants for freelancers – what we know so far

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Feeling the financial squeeze of Lockdown Light? Enter “November-Hilfe”, a flat-fee designed to compensate you for the revenue you lost this month. It’s not to be confused with Soforthilfe or Überbrückungshilfe. Red Tape Translation will take you through what it is, whether you’re eligible and how to apply.… Read More

ALGI vs. ALGII vs. Job Center vs. Job agency vs. dole vs. welfare

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When you lose your job, you visit the Job Center, right? Seems logical. Except that when you get there, you’ll often get told to visit the job agency instead (Agentur für Arbeit). And when you get THERE, they tell you to visit the job agency on the other side of town! What the bloody hell is going on here? … Read More

Residence permit holders can get ALGII until the end of 2020 in Berlin

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If you’re receiving ALGII benefits and you have a residence permit, you might have been feeling on edge lately as the deadline given by the Berlin foreigner’s office edges closer. You’ll be pleased to read that you can now receive social welfare at leastuntil the end of 2020.

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