The title of this set is a bit of a misnomer.  Ostensibly there are actually two buildings here, dominated by a three-story, full front section, with an attached L-shaped two-story ruin of an adjacent building.  By its size and the large double doorframe opening, the larger section could be a warehouse or store.  The adjacent building seems more suited for a beer hall or restaurant.   Both feature the exposed heavy crossbeam structure design, which is not just Germanic, but also seen in bordering countries.  So this kit has more versatility than the title suggests.

The kit is made up of five plaster pieces, five pairs of resin shutters, and a card of printed German signage, which is a very nice inclusion.  

The front of the large building is two pieces.  The bottom section of mine was significantly warped, leaning to the left.  All I could do was square the right side so it and the top floor would properly butt against the adjacent building, and the bottom of the piece so it would sit flat. Special care was taken with the bottom since there is a built-in threshold at the bottom of the large doorway.   There was a lot of plaster dust on my sandpaper, and the piece still leans to the left. Further sanding would only eliminate some of the detail and highlight the offset of other parallel and perpendicular lines in the architecture.  I grudgingly accepted the final result as lending "character" to the structure.

Some sanding was necessary to the other pieces to get them to square up correctly, but it was within an acceptable level.  Fortunately the back faces of the pieces were quite smooth, so they didn't need to be sanded.

In too many Verlinden products there is one glaring problem that provokes varying degrees of frustration.  In this set it's the resin shutters, a good idea gone awry.  While nicely detailed with strap hinges and bolts, they are too large for the windows if positioned so that the hinges nestle in the recesses provided on the inner side of the window frame.  They overlap.  I've never seen closed shutters overlap, they always lie butted together and flat against the window.  And it's a bit puzzling why shutters were included, but not doors.

The signs have a nice variety, including a brewery, restaurant, wine garden, and a furnace shop.  You'll have to do the translations yourself, however.  The signs are all designed to lie flat against the buildings.  It would be nice if VP would include some signs in duplicate, so they could be glued back to back and hung over a doorway rather than flush against a wall.

All in all, this VP item suffers from poor planning, execution and quality control.  The architecture is distinctive, however, and the signs and shutters can be used for other city or village buildings.