Comfortable Student Rooms in Karlsruhe

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What we offer

As an independent provider with no religious or ideological ties, we have made it our mission to offer student housing designed to meet your needs in prime locations. We offer our rooms in two properties, conveniently located near KIT and the city center of Karlsruhe.

In 51 attractively furnished rooms spread across two dormitories, our residents find privacy and the peace necessary for their studies. At the same time, you will find contact and company with peers in a clearly structured living environment. With our service-oriented concept, you are largely relieved of duties outside your own room. "You take care of your studies, we take care of the shared areas."

Ochsentorstr. 11

Dormitory O11


The house at Ochsentorstraße 11 was opened in 2018. It offers 24 modern furnished single rooms and one double room across three floors.

The excellent tram connection to KIT (eleven minutes), to the University of Music (nine minutes), and to the city center makes this location very attractive for students. The central position within the historic old town of Karlsruhe-Durlach also has its own special charm.

Hildebrandstr. 1

Dormitory H1


The house at Hildebrandstraße 1 was opened in 2019 with a single floor. Due to the pandemic, the renovation of two additional floors was delayed, but they were completed by the start of the winter semester 2020.

The house offers 27 modern furnished single rooms on three floors. The location, just nine minutes from the university, is particularly attractive for students of the KIT. The University of Music is even closer.

If you love delicious Asian food, you will find a restaurant on the ground floor of the building.


Rooms and Services

You won't have to deal with discussions about cleaning schedules or taking out the trash here. Please simply leave the kitchen and other shared areas in a condition that allows your roommates to use them without issues. We take care of regular cleaning, changing trash bags, mail distribution, and much more.

For your own room, you are of course responsible yourself. However, you are also relieved of painting and renovating tasks when moving in or out. Our caretaker is available for technical maintenance services.



All rooms are fully furnished with a bed, wardrobe, desk, office swivel chair, a TV set, and a refrigerator. We have deliberately omitted shared refrigerators in the kitchen for hygienic reasons. High-speed internet access via LAN and WLAN is available throughout the house as a free additional service.



A modern kitchen is available for shared use on each floor, usually equipped with two ovens, two microwaves, a cooktop, as well as a sink and a dishwasher. Refrigerators are located in the rooms. Showers and toilets are available in sufficient numbers on all floors.


Location


Location of House H1

Proximity to the university is very important for students. The tram line number two runs every ten minutes from the next street corner to KIT. The journey to KIT takes twelve minutes from here. Other universities in Karlsruhe are not much further away, and the University of Music is even faster to reach.

The building is located on the western edge of the Durlach district, close to the Durlach train station as well as the highway entrances to the A5 and A8. If you have your own car, you are well accommodated here; free parking is available throughout the area.

Shopping facilities are nearby. Diagonally opposite is a large EDEKA supermarket, a bakery, and a drugstore. An ALDI supermarket can be reached by bike in less than five minutes. The historic old town of Durlach is just as close.

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Location of House O11

Proximity to the university is very important for students. The tram line number one runs every ten minutes from the next street corner to KIT. The travel time with line 1 is only thirteen minutes. Other universities in Karlsruhe are not much further away, and the University of Music is even faster to reach.

Old Durlach is a very popular residential area for students, with its beautiful historic center and everything you need for daily life in the immediate vicinity. The location on Ochsentorstraße is both quiet and central. Daily shops, doctors, pharmacies, cafes, restaurants, bars, sports, and culture are all within walking distance.

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Admission Requirements

Our dormitory offer is primarily aimed at enrolled university students (e.g. at KIT or HKA). The admission requirement is the presentation of a certificate of enrollment (initially, an acceptance letter is sufficient) from a university in Karlsruhe. Unlike many other student dormitories, our houses are also open to PhD students. The chance for apprentices and interns is unfortunately close to zero. There is no obligation for acceptance in any case.

Our rooms are not available for short-term rental. Accommodation contracts are generally concluded for a fixed term of at least two semesters until the end of a summer semester (currently until September 30, 2027). We generally follow the KIT semester dates. Exceptions to this rule are only possible if a house is not fully occupied after the start of the winter semester at KIT. You may inquire about this from mid-October.

Prices and Contracts

The monthly basic rent for fully furnished rooms varies between 340 and 420 Euros depending on size, layout, and location. In addition, there is a flat rate for operating costs and services of 120 Euros per resident. In the O11 dormitory, there is also a single double room for a student couple for only 520 Euros basic rent.

Accommodation contracts are generally concluded for a fixed term (at least two semesters). We follow the KIT semester times. An extension of the contract for another two or more semesters is usually possible and must be requested and confirmed up to six weeks before the end of the contract. Like the contract itself, the extension requires the written form (paper form).


Unfortunately, we cannot offer our rooms for short-term rent. We offer rooms as a fixed residence for a longer period - ideally for an entire course of study. The minimum rental period is always two semesters until the end of a summer semester (approx. one year ending on Sept. 30).

To keep our prices low, we do not have a secretariat that could process the many inquiries quickly. Therefore, it can sometimes take longer until you receive an answer.

Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, we can only answer those that refer to a specifically offered room. Please check the Current Availability Status page and tell us in your inquiry which room you are interested in and from which date you want to move in. Please understand that we cannot process unspecific inquiries.

We have tried to describe our offer as clearly as possible. We offer attractively furnished single rooms (and one furnished double room) for students. On each floor or living area, there is a shared kitchen and shared bathrooms / toilets. The special feature of our concept lies in the services we provide, such as cleaning and caretaker services for these common areas. If you are looking for your own private apartment, you will unfortunately not find it here.

We strive, as much as possible, to maintain a consistently good atmosphere among our residents. To ensure a good "fit", we expect interested parties to introduce themselves in person. At the same time, it is important to us that new residents have seen the offered room and our common areas in person before signing a contract. And that all questions can be answered in a personal, face-to-face conversation.

Exceptions are made only in very rare, specially justified individual cases. As long as we have applicants willing to travel for an in-person viewing, they will always be given preference.

We want you to feel comfortable with us and stay for a longer period. Our accommodation contracts are always concluded for a fixed term and can be extended for another two or more semesters up to six weeks before the end of the contract. Usually, we only find out in early/mid-August which rooms will become available on October 1st. Since we cannot know in advance which rooms will be free, we cannot reserve them.

Unfortunately, it is also not possible to be put on a waiting list. Please visit our website from the beginning of August and click on "Current Availability Status" in the inquiry section. If there is an offer among the available rooms that meets your expectations, please apply for it via the inquiry dialog. The allocation decision is usually made after an on-site viewing and a personal introduction.

We often receive inquiries from apprentices or interns who want to rent a room. In principle, we have kept this option open. In practice, however, we always give preference to enrolled students of a university or college in Karlsruhe. As things stand, we are regularly fully booked with students. The chance for apprentices and interns is therefore unfortunately close to zero.

Please use our internal messenger "Element". Through this messenger, you can reach the other residents on your floor and in the house, as well as our caretaker, housekeeping staff, and administration. Feel free to write your questions at any time. However, please note that our staff are not on duty 24/7. So it may sometimes take a while to get an answer (especially at night or on weekends).

We have installed high-performance Wi-Fi access points throughout the house. There are no time or data volume restrictions. For security reasons, however, your mobile devices must be individually unlocked for Wi-Fi access. When you move in, you will receive information on how to register your devices.

All rooms also have a Gigabit LAN connection ready for immediate use. You are welcome to connect a Gigabit switch there. However, it is not permitted to operate your own Wi-Fi router on this connection. Multiple "private" Wi-Fi networks would compete with our access points and reduce the performance for everyone.

Of course you can receive visitors, just as you are used to at home. If your visitor brings their own sleeping gear (air mattress, sleeping bag), they can also stay overnight in your room and use the shared facilities in the morning. What is definitely not permitted, however, is for someone to permanently "move in" to your room. This would be a serious breach of contract.

For good reason, our Wi-Fi is equipped with high security standards. Every device must be individually unlocked. These precautions are for your protection and to fend off hackers who could otherwise penetrate our network and cause damage to everyone.

Setting up a specially secured guest Wi-Fi has been on my to-do list for some time, but other priorities have repeatedly stood in the way.

Up to nine residents live on one floor in our houses. It is impossible to put all names on the doorbell labels. The doorbell labels have designations such as "W01", "W02", etc. Please find out which bell rings on your floor and additionally indicate this exact designation in your delivery address.

For space reasons, we do not have twenty-five mailboxes per house entrance. There is one mailbox per floor, and the mail is distributed daily (Mon - Fri) to the floors by our staff. Your mail will be left outside your door or pushed under it.

For reasons of energy conservation, we unfortunately cannot permit this. Our central heating warms your room much more efficiently than any fan heater could. Therefore, this is explicitly excluded in our contractual agreements. If your room cannot be heated to the desired temperature, please contact the caretaker.

Unfortunately, we cannot permit this either. While a single device might not be problematic, multiple devices would quickly exceed the electrical capacity of the floor's installation with unforeseeable consequences. For this reason, the connection and operation of electrical air conditioning units are strictly prohibited in our houses.

The main garbage bins are locked in both houses. Please use the receptacles provided on the floors for organic waste and residual waste under the sinks, for paper and glass at the collection points, and the garbage bag in a bag stand on your floor for the remaining recycling waste. Our staff regularly takes care of changing the garbage bags and emptying the collection points.

The contracts we offer generally have a fixed term. Such contracts cannot regularly be terminated early by either party (e.g., just because you found a nice shared apartment). Contracts must be kept. However, there are special cases in your favor:

In the event of an unforeseeable serious emergency (such as severe illness or dropping out of your studies and subsequently moving back to your parents), we generally accept a written termination with the statutory notice period of about three months. We do not accept this if you stay in Karlsruhe or the surrounding area. Upon request, we are happy to help shorten this period by trying to find replacement tenants.

Send Inquiry

Before sending an inquiry, please check the Current Availability Status page to see which rooms are still available, and look for other short-term student accommodations in Karlsruhe's South and West districts. Please let us know in your inquiry which of the offers exactly caught your interest.