Reading through the posts about how some people find it difficult to find accommodation I just wonder if it is something to do with trying to get a Wohnung using a Makler, almost everybody I know has had some kind of problem with one of these buggers, i.e. rent application: "Only for Swiss, foreigners need not apply."
or having to show the last four months wage slips and background checks if the company you are working for is valid Swiss company and has work or is it bankrupt or will it be soon, or if you have ever been in a Betreibung.
But I suppose If I had a flat to rent out I would not want to let the Ausländer Riff raff in my house...
And at the end of the day a Makler wants money for doing the job so when I pay for it, it should be done right (notice dripping sarcasm)
I found my flat in the local budgie cage liner paper. It is a miniature, one roomed, kitchen, bathroom thingy, hardly enough room to swing a cat around, but I have been in it now for over four years.
I did not see the landlord for seven months after I moved in and after I said OK on the telephone, he just said the contract is in the kitchen, just sign and send it back.
I get asked every now and then if everything is OK! I say "yup" and do not see a soul for the next six months or so.
Methinks that is the way it should be.