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Live and work in Berlin

Apartments for the people and the founders building in the capital.

Find an apartment in Berlin
Berlin skyline — Brandenburg Gate and TV Tower

  • Housing that wins talent over

    A turnkey company apartment, ready on the start date — no months of searching the rental market.

  • Exclusivity for your team

    Choose from apartments made available exclusively to companies.

  • Full flexibility

    Open-ended leases or fixed terms, unfurnished, furnished, or fully serviced. Moving service available on request.

  • Lower total cost than a salary raise

    Company-sponsored housing is a deductible business expense and incurs no employer social-insurance contributions.

How it works

  1. Landlords list exclusively

    Verified landlords list their apartments and offer them exclusively to companies.

  2. Companies register interest

    Companies sign up and flag the apartments they want to move on.

  3. Legally sound contract signing

    Space to Settle issues the legally sound lease between the landlord and the company — plus a legally sound template for handing the apartment to your employee.

  4. Move in, both sides ahead

    The company books the rent as a deductible business expense; your employee moves into an attractive apartment, stress-free.

Frequently asked questions

  • What's the legal framework for company apartments?

    When a company leases an apartment, it is a commercial tenancy (Gewerberaummietrecht, §§ 578 BGB). The residential rent cap only applies to residential tenancies with natural persons. Sub-letting to an employee through a company is legally sound as long as the form and structure are correct. Space to Settle provides that structure.

  • How quickly can the apartment be ready to move in?

    Once a company signals interest and the apartment is available, the lease typically closes within a few business days.

  • How does the cost compare to a salary raise?

    The rent is a deductible business expense and incurs no employer social-insurance contributions. For an equivalent gross cost to the company, the employee receives more net housing value than they would from an equivalent salary increase.

  • What lease terms are possible?

    Open-ended leases for permanent roles, and fixed-term leases (typically 3–24 months) for projects, relocations, or probation periods. The minimum term depends on what the landlord offers on each listing.

  • Furnished, unfurnished, or with full service?

    All three. Each listing states the furnishing level. Full service typically includes cleaning, linen, and internet — the exact scope is on the listing.

  • What happens if the employee resigns or leaves the company?

    The lease sits between the landlord and the company — not the individual employee. You can hand the apartment to the next employee for the remaining term, or terminate under the agreed notice period.

  • How is the apartment handed over to our employees?

    Space to Settle provides a legally sound sub-let template that governs the relationship between the company and the employee — separate from the lease with the landlord.

  • Which cities does Space to Settle cover?

    Currently Berlin only. Other German A-cities (Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart) follow soon.

  • Who are the landlords?

    Verified private and institutional owners in Berlin who list their apartments exclusively for companies. Every apartment is checked before it goes live. We currently maintain a waitlist for landlords because we vet every listing ourselves.

  • What features can I expect in the future?

    We're working closely with larger companies and their HR teams to tailor the product for them. Full employee-housing management will be available in a friendly portal soon. Today, our motivated support team handles the work directly.