Issue LXIV — Spring 2026 Three Generations · Musterort West · Since 1962
Editorial · Spring 2026
From Musterort's West

Three generations,
one quarter.

We have been brokering residential property between the Outer Alster and the Elbe since 1962 — discreetly, with deep market knowledge, and without the tone of voice our profession is known for.

Musterort cityscape with Alster lake and classical townhouses
P. 01 · Musterstraße 1, Musterort — our office since 1971. Photography · Höffermann archive

[I.] Dossier

What we broker.

We focus on premium residential property between the Outer Alster and the Elbe. Many engagements come to us by referral — some of our houses move without ever being publicly listed.

Townhouses

Harvestehude · Rotherbaum

Classical and Gründerzeit villas. Often listed buildings, often in second or third hand within the families that have lived in them for decades.

Belle Étage

Eppendorf · Winterhude

Period apartments with stucco ceilings, French doors, parquet flooring. Four to seven rooms, often with a loggia or balcony to the quiet courtyard side.

Elbe view

Othmarschen · Blankenese

Houses on the Elbe slope. Garden, terraces, view. Rarely on the market — when they are, usually through us.


[II.] Selection

From the current portfolio.

An excerpt. The complete portfolio is available under Properties — or in the off-market newsletter.

High-ceilinged living room with stucco, townhouse Mittelweg
No. 047 · HarvestehudeFor sale · Available

Townhouse, Mittelweg

Classical villa from 1898, carefully restored. Six rooms over two floors, south-facing garden, original belle étage stucco ceilings preserved.

Area
312 m²
Plot
640 m²
Rooms
6
Built
1898
On requestPrice confidential
Energy Demand cert · 142 kWh/(m²·a) · gas · built 1898 · class F
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Bright living room with hardwood floors and French doors
No. 052 · EppendorfFor sale · Available

Belle Étage, Heilwigkanal

First-floor period apartment in a representative Eppendorf townhouse, view to the canal. Four rooms, library, high ceilings, original French doors.

Area
184 m²
Floor
1st
Rooms
4
Built
1908
€ 1,890,000Sales price · plus commission
Energy Consumption cert · 118 kWh/(m²·a) · district heating · 1908 · class E
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Garden villa under old trees, Othmarschen
No. 058 · OthmarschenFor sale · On request

Garden house, Elbchaussee

Reform-period architecture, built in 1924 for a Musterort shipping family. Mature garden, library with original glazing, sheltered south terrace.

Area
286 m²
Plot
1,120 m²
Rooms
7
Built
1924
On requestOff-market · strict discretion
Energy Demand cert · 156 kWh/(m²·a) · oil · built 1924 · class F
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[III.] Portrait

Helena Musterfrau.

Managing Director, third generation. In conversation about why this firm has belonged to the same family since 1962 — and why that is not by chance.

Portrait of Helena Musterfrau in a Musterort period office
Helena Musterfrau at her father's desk. The desk has stood at this address since 1971 — only the chairs were added later.

We don't sell houses. We facilitate handovers. That sounds dramatic — until you witness a seller weeping at the notary's because his parents built the house in 1956."

Helena Musterfrau took over the firm in 2018 from her father Friedrich, who had taken it over from his father Gustav — the founder — in 1994. Three generations, two handovers, one address.

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„We broker houses to people who know that buying a house is not something done quickly."

— Friedrich Höffermann, 2nd generation, in conversation 2017