We realised when we arrived here that it would have been to much of a squeeze to fit everything into a 5.5 room appartment so went down the house buying route.
We have 7.5 room house with small garden, 10 mins cycle into centre of Fribourg, 30mins into Bern, got change out of 600k, With interst rates as they are it costs us in the region of CHF1100 per month.
Obviously can't compare Fribourg to Zurich ,Lausanne or Geneva, but it does go to show that it doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg to buy something in CH
At the moment we feel it was the right decision however when we move on we will see how difficult/easy it is to sell/rent out.