Technically it's all regulated in Zug like elsewhere and after signing a contract last week I was given the option to sue the landlord within the first 3 months if the rent was too high? He laughed so did I, which was a good sign.

There's many tricks to force up rent prices the trouble is the expats don't generally query it. Demolish perfectly good appartments rebuild them then jack up the prices.

I managed to get a 5.5 room apt 135m sq + land + garage in Canton Zug for a very reasonable rate with no deposit. Which is unheard of, it is acheivable.

Now how I achieved this was a huge amount of luck and to talk to the landlord directly (who was a farmer and we got on like a barn on fire) and I had a good agent. I will not touch agency properties with a bargepole.

I was asked to sign the offical Zug rental contract form, which has some interesting clauses/rules in such as "communial stair areas will be cleaned in rotation by residents."

Hmm wheres my mop and bucket?