The following is a list of Internet sites that are commonly used for seeking accommodation in Switzerland. Please make use of these first before posting in this area of the Forum. Many of these sites do not provide English-language navigation, and advertisements they carry may not be in English.

homegate (rent or buy: houses, apartments, rooms, parking garages - all Switzerland)

anzeiger (rent or buy: houses, apartments, rooms, parking garages - all Switzerland)

immoscout24 (rent or buy: houses, apartments, rooms, parking garages - all Switzerland)

immosearch (rent: houses, apartments - all Switzerland)

alle-immobilien (rent or buy: houses, apartments, rooms, parking garages - all Switzerland)

immostreat (rent or buy: houses, apartments, rooms, parking garages - all Switzerland)

wohnung24 (rent or buy: houses, apartments, rooms, parking garages - all Switzerland)

goodday (rent or buy: houses, apartments, rooms, parking garages - all Switzerland)

immohit (rent or buy: houses, apartments - all Switzerland)

immomarktschweiz (rent or buy: houses, apartments - all Switzerland)

markplatz (apartments, rooms - mostly Zurich)

marktplatz uni ZH (Apartments classifieds from Zurich University board - Langauge: E, G)

immozug (apartments, various - Zug)

immobern (apartments, various - Bern)

anzeigerbern (apartments, various - Bern)

immobiel (apartments, houses - Biel / Bienne)

wgzimmer (apartments, rooms, flatshare - all Switzerland)

easywg (room and room mate finder - all Switzerland - Language: All)

lavaux (apartments, rooms - Lavaux, Montreux, Vevey region)

justimmo (Houses for sale -Romandie - Swiss French region - Language: F)

montreuxtourism (apartments, rooms, B&B - Lavaux, Montreux, Vevey, Villeneuve region)

anibis (Classified adds including rental contracts and sublets - Romandie - Swiss French region - Language: F)

oklogements (apartments, houses, Lausanne)

residencedumidi (short-term furnished apartments, Lausanne)

apartments-swiss-star (temporary furnished and serviced apartments)

cityappartements (temporary furnished and serviced apartments - Zurich)

wohnen ETHZ (rooms, apartments, short and long term - Zurich)

pabs (furnished and serviced apartments - Zurich)

ums (rooms, apartments, short and long term - all Switzerland)

comparis (homefinder and general product and price comparison service)

lodge-finder (adverts for lets, sublets, rooms)

interhome (Holiday rentals - all Switzerland - Language: E)

Do you know of good sources for finding apartments? Post them here.

This is a member compiled list of sources for finding apartments, rooms or housing in Switzerland. Your contributions will be added to this list.

Just found this one:

http://www.newhome.ch/

Hi all,
I found this post very helpful. So, I just wanted to add these sites to this list..

Well, the grand-daddy of all classified sites that is becoming extremely popular (at least in the US):

• Swiss Craigslist (Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zürich - Languages: DE, FR, IT, EN)

And for those of us living or interested in the Italian-Swiss Ticino (Tessin), here is the list of sites that are useful.

• Cerca e Trova (rent or buy: houses, apartments, etc. - Also cars, bikes, etc. - Language: IT)
• Ticinocom (rent or buy: houses, apartments, etc. - Also cars, bikes, etc. - Language: IT, and very bad EN, etc.)
• Studio Immobiliare Ticino (rent or buy: houses, apartments, villas, lofts, etc. - Language: IT, EN)

Thanks,

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-Piyaz

A few more sites, none in English, unfortunately.

www.globetrotter.ch

www.gratis-inserate.ch

www.immobilien-4you.ch

www.schweiz.kijiji.ch

www.pinwand.ch

www.nabhome.ch (Kanton Aargau only)

http://www.open-immo.ch ; all Switzerland, languages:EN, DE, FR, IT

http://www.students.ch/fr/logement/ - apartments, rooms, flatshare - all Switzerland, languages DE, FR

http://www.immoogle.ch/ - all Switzerland, with map; language: DE

http://market.local.ch/en/q/?categor...Q6JeRJ2ZNVx3ow - all Switzerland, with map; languages: EN, FR, IT, DE

http://www.annonces-lyoba.ch/Immobilier/index.php - classified ads for GE, VD, VS, FR, JU, NE; language: FR - a lot of good bargains if you speak French

And last, but not the least, a very useful French-English real estate lexicon
http://www.housesearch.ch/e/renting/lexicon-french.html

I used this one during the summer. http://www.expatriates.com/classifieds/switzerland/

There are new serviced Apartments very central by Staufacherplatz, it's called Apartmenthaus St.Jakob and is operated by Glandon Apartment.

http://stjakob.glandon.ch

A big THANK YOU to All for that extremely useful list!!!

a couple of sites I've used for finding and also advertising an apartment...
(I found these recommended in an online NZZ article about how difficult it is finding an apartment in Zurich, and where to look to stand a fighting chance. They recommended these as the places the Swissies look to find the places that go 'under the radar' and don't even get as far as being listed on homegate).

Ron Orp
www.ronorp.net

Separate sections for Basel, Bern, Luzern, St. Gallen, Zurich, Winterthur.

For Zurich, there's both german and english versions, but very few apartment ads actually get posted in the english section. Also sections for swapping apartments, etc.. (Look for the 'Dach über dem Kopf' section im the german version )


Jesselespool & Naloo's immomailing
www.jesselespool.com
www.immomailing.ch

Zurich-centric, as far as I know. Both offer the same service (and state in their AGBs that they share their sources).
For submitting an advert, this is free.
For searching, you pay a one time fee of CHF 50 to receive a daily email listing all the ads that have been submitted in the last 24hrs. They claim (but offer no guarantee) that their ads are not listed on homegate and the like. When submitting an ad, you have to check a box to confirm that you haven't also listed it on any of the big property sites, such as homegate.

I wasn't sure about this, but decided to give it a shot as I was getting desperate after the umpteenth homegate rejection!! I'm currently subscribed to jesselespool and get anything in the range of 0-10 apartment ads per day. Most of them are people looking for 'Nachmieters'. Also apartment swaps are often advertised here.


Tauschwohnung

For apartment swaps, you could also try www.tauschwohnung.ch. I haven't used it myself but I hear a friend has had some success using this site.

Hope these help...

We're looking for tenants (Nachmieter) for our beautiful, FURNISHED 3.5 room apartment in Zürich-Wiedikon for July 1st.

Apartment is located close to Goldbrunnenplatz and is less then 5 minutes from: Trams 9/14, bus 32/33/67, Shopping Center, Migros, Coop, Restaurants, Gemeinschaftszentru m Heuried, Swimming Pools, Skating rink, School (Aemtler), Hort und Kindergarten.

Apartment lies at the end of a quiet dead end street in a typical Zurich residential area, and surrounded by lush nature. There's a play ground and shared garden area right in front.

Apartment is on ground floor. Surface is approximately 75m2 (750 sq feet). Kitchen is fully equipped (incl dishes, etc) and has place to eat. Living room has hardwood floors and a large balcony onto a nice green area. Lots of storage space. Apartment is fully furnished so nothing else is needed to live here.

Rent: CHF 2300/Month inkl. Heat, all charges, and Cable TV. TV set and DVD player also included.

Available: July 1st until end of October and extendable until July 2010

Address: Leonhard-Ragaz- Weg 14, 8055 Zürich (Tramstop Talwiesenstrasse)

Open house 2: Tuesday June 9th 18:00-20:00 or by separate appointment. Please email for more information:
olga_stefan@hotmail.com

Pictures:
http://www.homegate .ch/homegate/ detail?lan= d&advertisementid= 103039451

Please can you add this to your list
www.superhomesinzurich.com

Thanks

Just seen a quarter page advert in this weekends IHT (they must have money). expatmarketplace.ch - not too many places to rent/buy at the moment, but it looks like they intend to get much bigger. Perhaps you can add this to the list? (or is it a competitor?)

Its pretty simple to read all these sites in English..

Set your laptops to auto translate and every page you open will change to English...

We used this site to find our flat in Ticino

http://www.immogalaxy.ch

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Web Guide for Expats in Ticino www.lacastagna.ch