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| * Wife went to ASLOCA to check the notice period we need to give on our rental contract as this was not clear in our 2nd contract. ASLOCA pointed out quite a lot of issues with both of the contracts we have had being:
- Overcharging by at least 1050CHF per month, quoting chapter and verse of some legislation.
- One contract not legal because basically tells us we cannot give notice
- Owner has sold his share to developer but still receives the rent (We know he got 1.2 million as it was in the paper +deal on 2 new apartments)
- No permission for renovation he carried out in 2006
- No garage, no cave, no gardner which were in the original
- Notice period is now 3 months as per first agreement.
They sent the Regie notice of proceedings and told them to write back and settle or it will go to tribunal and that the 2nd contract is not legal.
So far so good, we pretty much knew we were being overcharged but mainly we do not want to move out in just under a year and still have to pay rent.
Regie emails my wife yesterday and tries emotional blackmail on her and requests for her to call, which she did. She stated we had been 100% honest and did not understand why he was getting aggressive. He then tells my wife he knows a lot of people and life will become hard for us, we will not succeed and was quite aggressive and threatening on the phone. Requests a meeting to which she initially agreed but now declined because ASLOCA advised us to stand our ground and make him answer to them correctly.
Thought I would share our experience, life is fun now and I am hoping that they get what they deserve.  | |
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