How do you know if your rent is unfair? "I live in a flat in the centre of Geneva. The management company uses the fact that the flat is furnished to justify the rent. The furniture is old and cheap. What are the criteria for calculating whether the rent for a flat is excessive?
How do you break a fixed-term contract? "I have been on a fixed-term contract for 3 months, until 15 November 2017. I have found a permanent position elsewhere but my employer does not want to break my current contract. Is there a termination clause allowing a fixed-term contract to be ended early when...
How to terminate your lease successfully " I signed a lease for a flat in the canton of Geneva more than a year ago. It's a fixed-term lease, expiring on 31 October 2017. Now I want to leave the region. Is it possible to terminate such a lease?
How do I get my lease deposit back? I moved out of a flat I'd been renting over 6 months ago. When I checked the apartment at the end of my tenancy, my former landlord only noted minor defects that I had taken care of (in particular, I had to clean certain rooms thoroughly). I still haven't...
How can I erase ignominious things? My private life is regularly disrupted by biased articles about me on the internet, following an old dispute that I won. If I can't make the truth triumph, how do I go about getting these ignominies erased?" Maurice According to the definition...
How to leave a will to your partner " How to leave a will to my partner " Carlos, Geneva Carlos, Geneva Your relationship is known as a cohabitation, and is not treated as a marriage for inheritance purposes. By law, the legal heirs are, on the one hand, the surviving spouse or the registered partner in the sense of the...
How to keep your henhouse, even after Easter! The Easter period has given me wings and, after changing jobs, I've decided to go ahead with my old project of installing a henhouse in my little garden. Are there any special legal provisions I should be aware of? Aurélie If you want to keep chickens...
How do I set the rent for my property? "I would like to know what percentage of the property's value is tolerated when setting the rent in relation to the purchase price. For example, can a flat purchased for CHF 200,000 be rented for more than CHF 12,000?" Nil, Onex In June 2012, according to the Office fédéral de la...
How do I enforce the "no advertising" sign? My letterbox is inundated every day with a multitude of advertising leaflets, despite the fact that I've put a "no advertising" label on it. Is there any way of stopping this practice? Véronique, Geneva According to the law on the Post Office, the giant...
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