Many Berlin tenements are bought, refurbished and the apartments resold as investment properties. Modernization and new letting promise big profits. Rents are rising abruptly, the tenant structure of entire city districts is changing. Displacement is taking place. This phenomenon is discussed a lot in the media and politically. My work is a very personal examination of the consequences of gentrification. The house in Berlin Neukölln, where my partner and I live for rent with our two children, was sold to a big investor in 2015. This group is known for aggressively displacing old tenants, also by using legally dubious means. Shortly before the implementation of laws for preserving the composition of the resident population in our neighborhood, each single apartment was converted into private property and sold individually. I never met the owner of my apartment and he has never seen his apartment in person. Directly after the house was sold, I started taking photos of the building. My fascination of the patina of surfaces and traces of past residents and times has quickly given way to the logging of the transformation of the house. I recently started portraying the remaining tenants in their flats. Many apartments stood empty for years or were offered for short-term rent. In the meantime, noise and dirt permeate our everyday lives. The renovation of individual apartments has picked up speed. Neighbors who were friends have given up and moved out. Other neighbors have been able to afford the purchase price of their flat. But the new owners often have other interests and another awareness of housing concepts than us. It gets lonely. How does it feel when living space becomes a commodity, when the walls of the apartment appear to be permeable and do not guarantee retreat? One day the walls in the apartment under my apartment had been torn out and I was afraid the ceiling will no longer hold up. Our time is running out. But we have still a few years legal protection against termination of the tenancy agreement. My children grow up with the feeling that their home is not safe. They are often angry when interested people stroll through the house and yard again or when the permanent construction work is particularly loud again. I will continue the project as long as possible.