Relocation Story - Goel Family

18.11.2020

Nagesh, his wife Aditi and their 3-year-old son Aadish moved from Nürnberg to Berlin in the Spring of 2020. They are originally from India, but had been living in Germany for a couple of years already. Nagesh was offered a new position at the Schindler office in Berlin. 

They didn’t know Berlin very well, Nagesh had visited for business and many years ago for a weekend trip and had a good impression from those visits. They were excited about the prospect of moving to a bigger city with more diversity and they say they have been pleasantly surprised about the city since they moved because it is so international.

IRC Consultant Sabina Heyn was assigned to assist them with the relocation. The pandemic was a real factor in limiting how clients would usually be able to view apartments – so Sabina sent examples of apartments on the market in order to give them an idea what was possible within the budget in regards to style, size, amenities. This gave Nagesh and Aditi a chance to point out the types of apartments they liked and to really clarify for Sabina what they were looking for. For them it wasn’t so much the area of Berlin which was important but more that the apartment suited their needs and would feel like home to them and relatively close proximity to Nagesh’s office, to keep daily travel time reasonable.

They expected the process to be quite arduous because they had heard the market was difficult in Berlin. However they were incredibly fortunate, Sabina showed them two apartments, one in Charlottenburg and one in Südkreuz. The apartment in Südkreuz was in a newly built complex, which also included a Kindergarten. It was 5km from Nagesh’s office and suited all their other requirements. Their son was offered a spot in the new Kindergarten, which opens in Nov 2020 – this sealed the deal.

6 months later, the family has settled in Berlin. They say that despite the unusual circumstances of 2020 it has been a good move for them. They enjoy their new home and really like the area they live in, Aadish is about to start at his new kindergarten and they look forward to really getting to enjoy Berlin post-covid!

Favourite place in Berlin – We haven’t seen a lot but Tiergarten was our best place so far (for families

A hidden Gem in Berlin – we haven’t discovered one yet!

Best day trip from Berlin – We like day trips to small towns like Dresden or Leipzig. We liked both of these from our visits before.

Great place to eat – We haven’t tried a lot of places to eat yet but can recommend an Indian place called Swadishta.

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