Buon giorno!
Quindi, sto cercando di assicurarmi un nuovo appartamento a Vaud: questa è la prima volta che affitto un appartamento in Svizzera.
Ho visitato un appartamento, mi è piaciuto e ho contattato il proprietario inviandogli la mia pratica (e i documenti). Sul modulo di domanda (vedi immagine), c’è questo bel blocco di testo che essenzialmente dice "pagami una commissione di 150.- CHF per preparare il contratto di noleggio"ed ora il proprietario mi ha chiesto di pagare il canone prima di redigere il contratto d’affitto.
Per il contesto, attualmente vivo in Francia (pendolare) e non ho mai affittato appartamenti in vita mia (in Francia e nel Regno Unito), mi è stato chiesto di pagare una tassa prima di ottenere il contratto di affitto.
Quindi, ora vengo da voi ragazzi per qualche consiglio esperto:
1) È una cosa comune in CH? O almeno in VD?
2) Devo pagarlo? Il mio istinto mi dice di non farlo.
Il fatto è che ho bisogno di un posto dove vivere dato che a gennaio inizierò un nuovo lavoro in VD, quindi sono un po’ preoccupato se dico "no" che farò naufragare le mie possibilità di assicurarmi questo appartamento.
Eventuali approfondimenti sarebbero apprezzati – grazie!
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di SecondaryPath
9 commenti
I have rented multiple appartments in SO and have never seen this. Same as you I am not sure if this is common in other cantons but to me this seems very scammy. As if this guy doesnt have template for that.
So, frankly spoken, I have one sneaky MF of a landlord, but not even that guy would have the audacity to ask for a bill of CHF 150.00 to print a friggin’ form.
Those whoresons think they’ll get away with anything. If you accept, look closely over the contract. That MF will try to put cost on you that’s his responsibility.
The bad news is, if you are in dire need of a place, you’ll probably have to comply.
I don’t know about the people in VD, but no, it’s not normal, and he is exploiting the urgency of your situation.
With our apartment we had something similar but it was more like a a safeguard for the landlord, since we could have decided against taking the apartment at any time. And then the landlord would have had to start the search again. However, the fee would only have been due if we had ultimately decided against the apartment. So I don’t think there’s any legal basis for it, but the market regulates itself… supply and demand… hope this clarifies a little bit
Ah btw. Happens in Kanton Zürich
1. I have never encountered any fees before I signed any contracts, so not common
2. I strongly advise against paying, it is not guaranteed that you’ll get the contract after that “preparation”. The landlord might be doing the same with others at the same time to cash in.
The image you posted is too low resolution to read. I advise looking for another apartment if it’s not urgent, it is a bad sign that the landlord is doing this shady stuff..
No contact = no apartment
google the landlord and maybe ask the Mieterverband, if they know him as sketchy
I suggest you to contact ASLOCA in Vaud.
This is illegal as those fees should be on the owner and not on the renter. However since it is on a document you sign, there is a grey area so until someone bring a case like this to the federal court so they can decide once and for all. If I were you i would cross this line in the contract and sign it (or if you want to be as scummy as they are rewrite it without this line and sign it)
i only knwo about a fee when you accept and they prepare everythign but then you cancel.
Do not pay! This isn’t common at all.