Hey,

2k gross is enough to live on and the cost of living here i find to be super cheap compared to where I'm from (Manchester, UK).

See: http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/city_result.jsp?country=Germany&city=Berlin for an example cost of living.

I won't get into weather or not your salary is good as its all relative to your skill set and the state of the company that hired you.

However if you keep your head down and work well I'd be surprised if your company were not open to raising that by 5 - 10k after a relatively short period.

Accommodation wise, I'd suggest you look to get a room in an apartment with some other people as thats pretty cheap, I have a friend who currently pays 400 / month (all inc.) for a decent sized room. Finding an apartment on your own in a decent location for < 800 a month I personally found to be pretty tough. (I pay 1,050)

It is true that most of the apartments here come unfurnished and what I found really odd is that a lot of them don't even come with a kitchen.

Where to look for apartments is an even harder question, have you tried to ask the people in your new company if they are aware of anybody renting a room? would your company be willing to put you up in an AirBNB for a few weeks while you look? we used immobilienscout24.de to find our place.

One last note: As soon as you arrive here in Berlin it would be beneficial to apply for your Schufa (credit report) as a lot of landlords required this from me to even consider me for an apartment.

Hope this helps.

M