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| I plan to either sublet a place from a good friend of mine living in Zurich Kanton, or we plan do some apt. hunting when I get there. As such, I was assured there is no urgent need to find a place once I land in Swiss. | |
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Hi I won't be rude but I will be blunt... You have more chance of winning the lottery than renting an apartment for 4 months after you arrive here!
Firstly, with the type of permit you will have you are restricted to Kanton Zurich.
Secondly, and I am sure anyone here will back this up, there are barely enough apartments to go around for those with B and C permits or the little red passports.
Thirdly, the people who rent apartments don't like short term rents. In fact the Swiss renters don't seem to like them either so that generally you can terminate a contract twice per year on specific dates and most contracts share the same dates so you can imagine the chaos on those dates!
Fourthly, and sorry for saying this but you are foreign so some renters won't even entertain you because clearly as a non-Swiss you will completely wreck the flat!!!! Yeah right but some do believe this!
There are however aparthotels around where you pay CHF2 - 3K per month and get a hotel room sized place. Here you rent by the month min 3 months and no I can't recommend any.
Cheers
Richard