Thanks UM,
when I sent in my 3 month notice letter (which I had to do sharpish at the time cos I was running out of 3 months), they (the company I rented from - Basler) sent me back a form with 3 options:
1. Give them my work & mobile numbers so people could call me & make an appointment to view
2. Nominate a 3rd party to leave a key with so they could show the apartment when I wasnt around
3. Nominate 3 dates to show the place
I went with option 3 because I didnt want people calling all the time, and I'm not friendly enough with any of my neighbours to ask them for a favour like that. I also didnt have time to wait for 3 suitable applicants to express an interest and submit an application form before I gave my notice.
Having said that, yes I agree, there are a lot of people looking for apartments and in the name of helping out other expats I'm happy to show them the apartment outside of the official 'public' viewings - which is why anyone can pm me and we can try to arrange something outside of those times.
First viewing is set for September 6th btw: ad is here:
http://www.immoscout24.ch/IS24Web/Se...&lng=de&wl=740