hi hasan,

i read your ad online that you are searching for an apartment in Lausanne. I will be renting my apartment. here is the information on the apartment. It's a two piece fully furnished apartment. That includes a spacious living area with a dining area, a cozy bedroom, a bathroom and a kitchen. The apartment is located in the center of Lausanne with a few facilities with in walking distance: a grocery store and the post office as well as a few cafes. A bus stop is a few steps away from the building. laundry facilities are in the building. The rent includes heating, water, electricity and internet. The apartment comes with a TV. the rent is 1350 CH. if interested contact me. The apartment is available from December 9.

thanks,
Nada

Is this your apartment, or are you moving out. Is it a sublet?
I would be interested if it's still available.....please let me know

Hi again,

The apartment is a sublet that i was renting till june but i have to move back home, you would have to sublet it, but it is easily arranged if you are interested.. the apartment is available..

thanks,
Nada

Hope you got my PM...look forward to hearing from you......

I am about to move to Vevey area in January, and I desperately need to find a place to live. What are the best websites to start my search? I can't seem to find a place in Vevey big enough for my family (2 adults, 2 kids). I've seen a few on www.annonz.ch but couldn't find anything suitable.

I am moving to Geneve on January and tomorrow I'm flying there to look for accomodations. The contacted real state agent told me that is almost impossible to find houses and the rental figure for a two bedrooms apartment is more than 4.000 CHF....it is true?
Thanks,

hi,

the apartment i'm renting is in Lausanne its a one bedroom.. but i think 4,000 is alot

i casn try to help what are you looking for and where?

Be aware when you're looking at flats in Geneva that they count the rooms differently!

They count the kitchen as a room so a 2 room flat in Geneva is the equivalent of 1.5 in Lausanne or Vevey.

Flats can be expensive in Vevey but if you shop around you should be ok. I live in La Tour-de-Peilz but lived in Vevey for about 7 years. I like the area (obviously...).

In Vevey I paid 540.- all inclusive for a 1.5 room flat which was fine for the time.

I now pay 1620.-(incl. charges) for a 3.5 room (100m2) flat in La Tour-de-Peilz. It sounds a lot, but there are 2 of us and I'm about a 30 second walk from the lake. It's not the same quality of flat I had in Vevey either.

The problem in Vevey is not necessarily Nestlé employees looking for flats as most of those with families seem to move up to St.Légier, Blonay, Chardonne, Chexbres etc.
The problem is that Nestlé rent all the 3.5 / 4 room flats just in case they have to house employees coming over from abroad for a few months. Sometimes these flats are empty for months but Nestlé don't let them go. This means that for the Veveysans who are not with Nestlé, it's almost impossible to find a flat of this size in Vevey and the prices have gone up over the last few years as there are fewer and fewer available.

You never know, you might get lucky.

Good luck, if I hear of anything, I'll let you know

Yes, it's very difficult to find an apartment in Geneva. Of course there are places for less (and much less) than that, but it will take time to arrange. Any agent will "sell" you on the most expensive & easiest option, especially if they know the company if paying or if they think you are a fat cat expat.

Having said that, renting a HOUSE in Geneva will easily cost you 4+k a month.

Have you done any looking on your own yet? www.homegate.ch and www.ghi.ch will give you start. You should use the search function on this forum, as think topic has been covered in depth elsewhere.