Detmolder Straße 21.3, berlin

I lived at Neon Wood for 4 semesters. The biggest advantage is definitely the location. It’s close to central Berlin, and being near both the U-Bahn and tram made life much easier. My apartment was one of the 17 square meter units on the seventh floor, listed as a “penthouse.” The wall insulation was indeed quite poor, and you could easily hear conversations from the neighboring apartments. One positive change during my stay was that the cold concrete floor in my apartment was replaced with a material looking like wood. The concrete floor was impossible to clean, and it had stains from the previous users. Ask for an apartment with a new floor if you are planning to move in, also a one facing outside. The ones facing the courtyard offer no privacy at all. The downside is the pricing policy and the extra fees. Every 6 months, or whenever you renew your contract, you have to pay a 245 euro handling fee, which feels completely unreasonable on top of an already absurdly high rent. On top of that, the laundry prices are ridiculous as well. One cycle was 5 euros before I moved out. What bothered me most, though, was that after I had decided to move out of an apartment I had been paying 1127 euros for, I was then offered the same apartment for 997 euros. That felt insulting. First, they pressure you into renewing early by making you worry that someone else might take your apartment and that you may have to move out, and then shortly before the new rental period starts, they send you an email saying they have lowered the price because they still haven’t rented it out. To me, that feels like a clear attempt to take advantage of tenants. This approach really needs to change.

I have had a very good experience living at Neon Wood. The location is convenient, the building is modern, and the facilities are well maintained. The staff have also been helpful and friendly whenever I needed support. Overall, it is a comfortable and convenient place for students to live. I would be happy to recommend it.

My son stays there. It is in a good location. The building is clean. Working personal is helpful and polite. There is s friendly, multinational envirement, but there is too much delay in the necessary repairs in the room. For example the dish machine has not been repaired for more than 1 month. Also the chair One last thing: Wasching and drying machines are too small.

I had a great experience staying here for one and a half years. The apartment was comfortable, well maintained, and in a very convenient location. A special thank you to Juliane Piecha for her kindness and professionalism — she was always helpful and supportive. I truly appreciate everything. Highly recommended!

Update: There‘s water damage since the rainfalls in Summer 2025. it’s leaking in the rooms. There have been several occasions now where staff has entered my apartment without providing an explanation and without previous announcement. Things have disappeared after these incidents. tl;dr okay-ish but overpriced rooms, terrible accessibility and extremely toxic environment, AVOID AT ALL COSTS The big glaring issue the Neon Wood Student apartments is the large amount of students who are apparently only there to permanently party. These party happen with loud music very well into 3am. There’s a security service til 12am, but this is hardly effective as people just start partying afterwards. Then, the atmosphere is very toxic and lacking of respect. Since when you complain to your neighbors, they will physically attack you, throw eggs at your windows or otherwise respond very poorly. So, generally, it is more advisable to be careful and call the police instead. The house management adds to this toxic environment. When reporting misbehavior, the house management tries to deflect your complaints as much as possible. As an example, for the egging incident, their only response was „This is stalking, you have to go to the police“ even though the house management is very well the first address to complain to. Interestingly, it seems to depend on the way you dramatize your complaint. Neighbors that I directly asked before to turn down loud music that you could hear in large parts of the building managed to complain about this incident to the point where I got an official notice threatening me with termination of contract. It seems the house management is solely interested in maintaining the status quo of a „student-friendly“ meaning anything goes party environment. If you’re fine with the extreme toxicness of this environment, be warned that this building is hardly accessible. There are several staircases with each having a rather tight elevator. I think it is theoretically possible using a wheelchair to get from the entrance of the building to any of the apartments. Many doors are operated with a keycard though and only open by pushing/pulling manually. In some parts of the building, for example when trying to g to access the launderette from one side, there’s a steep flight of stairs. If you’re fine with the toxic environment and can work around the accessibility barriers, then you can find for 1300€-ish an okay apartment with good connectivity to public transport.