About Me

I support you in finding and implementing your individual taste for well-being in your own living space, which at best is a place of retreat, a filling station for the soul and a source of motivation and vitality. After all, it is the place where we spend most of our time in life and often also where we have spent or will spend most of our money. I realised a long time ago that there was often not the right professional advice and help for this area. And I have seen the need very often in the last decades. Not only on the owner side but also with real estate agents, architects or building contractors. For the last three groups, I have a different approach, especially to solve problems that have arisen in cooperation with the owners or future owners in a supportive way. I have specialised in this area and look after clients in Hamburg and Munich and their surrounding areas. My professional background as a communications manager, residential well-being consultant and psychologist has now led me to become a real estate psychologist. Coming from a "building family", where I was able to learn a lot, I have always furnished, renovated, converted and also built new properties, regardless of my profession. This talent was practically laid in my cradle. My professional qualifications are a degree in communications management from the Advertising College of Lower Saxony in Hanover and a degree in psychology from the University of Hamburg, as well as specialisation as a burnout prophylaxis coach in the German Federal Association for Burnout Prophylaxis in Munich. I have been a member of the Federal Association of German Psychologists since 2010.

A brief explanation for those interested:

In the course of life, we may make compromises of varying lengths and strengths that prevent us from actually feeling good, and then there comes a point where we consciously become aware of this and want to change it. This is where my work for you begins. I am there exclusively for you and take enough time for the initial analysis. Our cooperation can also be a development, for example, because at the beginning you have no idea what the reasons for your dissatisfaction might be.

You could also currently be in a phase of upheaval and see the opportunity for a change in your lifestyle in your living spaces. Here, too, I tune in to you personally. You sense that you can broaden your horizons if you get involved in new things and don't just let others choose for you. Beyond simply "finding it beautiful", you also want to feel a sense of fulfilment in your spaces. I work very professionally, psychologically underpinned, I don't look at the rooms from the "Feng Shui glasses", so to speak, but I make sure that your soul is doing as well as possible under Feng Shui observation. This is perhaps how I can describe it. Who you actually are as a person, how you grew up in your family, which people have had a strong influence on you in your further life and which life experiences are important for you up to the present time play a very important role.

Customer Testimonials

I was not aware that I needed help and that there was anyone who could help me in this particular area. When I met my husband, we decided to build a big house for us and our children. It was a big financial burden that we took on. We were very happy and saw our three children grow up there. When they left the house one after the other and their careers took them all over the world, we separated completely unexpectedly and I kept the big house alone. The actual life plan was now obsolete. My idea that the children and later grandchildren would often visit me there and that the house would make me happy was a dream of mine that did not come true. I became downright sick with this huge burden and did not realise it. I have now drawn up a plan for myself that is economically feasible for me and is finally a ray of hope emotionally. Obligations from my childhood as well as fears had risen up, which virtually paralysed me in my thoughts and actions. With Ms Watolla's help I was able to recognise this and resolve it. In addition, she advised me competently with my property and the trust I had built up in her represented a great security for me and I did not have to get used to another person again. Finally, I can look positively into the future and look forward to everything.

...I grew up in a high-rise housing estate. As my father was starting his own business at the time, my family moved into their own detached house with me when I was a teenager. It was very nice and big but my mother had taken many furnishings and especially decorations from the flat and the big house felt cosy and homely to us. We loved to sit together as a family in the kitchen in the evenings. The dining room was almost always empty. These memories left their mark on me but I forgot them. When I was 30 years old, I moved into a flat with my wife. When our two children were born, we looked for a house. At that time, my father signed his company over to me. All of a sudden I was living in a huge villa on the outskirts of Hamburg and had my own business. We employed architects for the renovation, he recommended interior designers, and neighbours recommended an interior decorator. They furnished the house the way they thought it should fit. My wife and I agreed to everything. Neither I nor you nor the children felt comfortable. However, we didn't know what we were missing either. Working with Mrs Watolla, she recognised our imprint and also our longing for normality and warmth and security despite the opulent villa with its huge columns and marble floors. Together with her suggestions we renovated a lot. The conversations with her also showed me my housing development and made me aware of some things. It is also nice that she is very flexible in combining furniture from designers and cheaper companies. I don't have a guilty conscience about changing the children's areas more often according to their age. We feel very comfortable and I finally feel at home in the evening...

... When I moved into my new penthouse flat, my partner and I had doubts for the first time after a 3-year relationship as to whether we really fit together. Outwardly, our age difference was not so noticeable and in our lives, with 2 flats and common interests, it really did fit perfectly until now. But already during the purchase there were disagreements and I asserted myself, since I paid for the flat all by myself. To create a balance, I allowed my partner to take care of the interior design. We did not agree on the choice of materials and colours for the rooms. We divided the rooms, I chose the living room, she the kitchen, I the bathroom and she the bedroom. Well, we ended up with a mixed bag and no one said what we liked or didn't like. It ended one evening in a quarrel and my partner moved into a hotel for a week. Here I realised that we couldn't make it on our own. From a business friend I learned about the rare combination that Ms Watolla offered and we agreed on a short-term consultation appointment. We quickly realised that our different taste in furnishings was not the problem at all. Rather, it was the unfulfilled expectations, the lack of perceived appreciation of ourselves by our partner and the disappointments from the past that shaped our decisions. We met with Ms Watolla four times within six months and did not notice that we were also making changes in our penthouse flat that did not seem so important to us. By the way, we solved our perceived main problem, which was actually no longer a problem at all, and were able to learn a lot of important things about our relationship and have found a very good way for the future ...

... I have already bought a few properties as investment properties and permanently use 4 houses in different countries for my family and friends. Actually, it always works in a similar way. I buy existing houses and renovate them according to my taste. In the end, it's often the same consultants who are on site, as I've been working with them for years. Only at one time with the last house I bought, I realised in the planning phase that I didn't want it like before. Maybe it was also because for the first time in my life I had more time to reflect. I was overcome by a feeling of dissatisfaction and even sadness. I found the behaviour, the furnishing consultants and the contact persons of the different companies to be dishonest, not honestly interested in my private needs and tastes. The room layout and the furnishings just looked the same as they did with all our friends. I lacked individuality and also respect for the money I wanted to spend. I became aware of Ms Watolla through an advertisement in a large newspaper. I was unsure at first, as I couldn't do anything with her job title of "real estate psychologist", but then realised that the title fitted. Ms Watolla visited me on site in the property, which had not yet been renovated, and got an overview. I was positively surprised by her know-how, also in the static and general renovation area. I got involved with their methods and also learned to dream again, built a castle in the air, so to speak. We then discussed another form of reconstruction together with my trusted construction company. I was not alone in the problem situations, Ms Watolla represented only me and my wishes. This house got my personal touch and there was finally enough time to realise it...

Evelyn, 61 years old from the south of Munich.

Peter F., 53 years from Hamburg

Paula P., 33 years and Jens M., 57 years from Hamburg Harbour City

Chris, 61 years from Munich