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Looking for a home in Berlin

Writer: Pius Fozan
Pius Fozan
3 days ago
2 min read

Home is an elusive thing.


Warm home office with laptop on wooden desk, many potted plants, mirror, and colorful wall art in soft golden light
Warm home office with laptop on wooden desk, many potted plants, mirror, and colorful wall art in soft golden light. Photo: Pius Fozan

A balcony full of plans, and a home to find

This year I had big plans for my balcony. Corn, for the first time. A better way to grow potatoes and tomatoes. The cucumbers already gave me a good harvest, and next summer was going to be even more sunflowery.


But my landlady has other plans. She is moving back, and so I am looking for a home again.

In the past year I have moved five times: Leipzig to Potsdam, Potsdam to Bonn, Bonn to Potsdam, and then Berlin. This would be my sixth move. This time I would really like to stay somewhere for at least two years, and maybe finally see the corn grow.


Silhouetted church steeple and rooftops against a vivid pink-orange sunset sky, with a calm twilight mood.
View from balcony, August 2026. Photo: Pius Fozan

What I am looking for

A 1–2-room flat from December 2026 or January 2027, in Berlin (Friedrichshain, Prenzlauer Berg, Charlottenburg, Wilmersdorf).


I am not sure posting this on my blog will get me a home, but such is the desperation. If you know something or someone, please write to me. I am a fairly nice person and can give references if you like.


Pius taking a mirror selfie with a camera in a warm-lit tiled bathroom, framed by colorful cartoon stickers.
A mirror selfie is the only potrait I love, May 2026. Photo: Pius Fozan

Get in touch

Phone / WhatsApp: +49 163 2500093Email: piusfozan@proton.me


And if you want to see me at the Political Tech Summit again, help me find a home.


Cozy green room with sunflowers and potted plants, wooden shelves, framed art, and a large mirror reflecting the flowers.
Sunflowers, August 2026. Photo: Pius Fozan

Sunlit green wall with wooden shelves of stacked books, framed artwork, potted plants, and a black fan.
Sunlit green wall with wooden shelves of stacked books, framed artwork, potted plants, and a black fan. Photo: Pius Fozan
Dim hallway view into a warm-lit bathroom with white tiles, shower curtain, hanging clothes, and a potted green plant.
Dim hallway view into a warm-lit bathroom with white tiles, shower curtain, hanging clothes, and a potted green plant. Photo: Pius Fozan

Potted plant, long green leaves, and small cucumbers on a metal patio table beside a beige wall, calm natural scene
My first harvest. Photo: Pius Fozan
Close-up of a cucumber vine with green leaves and a yellow flower, supported by stakes in a sunny greenhouse.
Close-up of a cucumber vine with green leaves and a yellow flower, supported by stakes in a sunny greenhouse. Photo: Pius Fozan
Sunny apartment balcony crowded with green potted plants and herbs, with a church spire in the distance under a pale sky.
Somewhere in June when the sunflowers were growing. Photo: Pius Fozan
Close-up of a cucumber plant with a small green cucumber, yellow flower, and broad leaves in bright indoor sunlight.
Have you grown cucumber before? Photo: Pius Fozan
Sunlit apartment facades with potted plants on balconies, red brick and cream walls, framed by leafy trees in a quiet courtyard
Balconies in my neighbourhood are the prettiest. Photo: Pius Fozan


Sunlit apartment balcony with many potted flowers and plants, a blue-and-white striped umbrella, and cream stucco windows.
Another balcony with yellow flowers. Photo: Pius Fozan
Sunflowers in foreground with a red church tower and green spire behind them under a cloudy gray sky.
Sunflowers are my first love now. Photo: Pius Fozan
Tall sunflowers bloom on a sunny balcony, framed by open doors, with an apartment building and window reflections behind.
I put them almost everywhere in my apartment. Photo: Pius Fozan
Tall potted sunflowers on a sunny balcony seen through open doors, with a chair, table, and neighboring apartments.
When it was windy, it was quite difficult to save my sunflowers from falling. Not a fan of winds in Berlin. Photo: Pius Fozan

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