Practical guides
Reference guides written to answer one precise question in full. No generalities: the figures, deadlines and practices actually applied in Geneva.
8 topics
End of lease and handover in Geneva
Everything that happens between giving notice and getting your deposit back: what the managing agent checks, what the cleaning costs, what is included, and what to do if a reservation is recorded at the handover.
End of tenancy cleaning cost in Geneva
The prices actually charged by flat size, the factors that move the figure, and why two Geneva companies can quote very differently for the same apartment.
What is included in an end of tenancy clean
The full room-by-room list of what the service covers — and above all what it does not, because that is where unpleasant surprises appear at invoicing time.
The handover guarantee: what it covers and what it does not
Many Geneva companies advertise a "100% guarantee". Here is precisely what such a commitment can cover, what nobody can promise, and how to read the one you are offered.
The handover inspection: a room-by-room checklist
What is really checked at a Geneva état des lieux de sortie, in the order the inspector looks at it — and the ten places where deposits are most often lost.
Moving out and handing back: the order of operations
Handing back a Geneva flat is not one job but three: empty it, move, clean. Here is the real timeline, the order that works, and what it costs to split the three between different contractors.
Do it yourself, or use a company?
Nothing obliges you to use a company: what is required is the result, not the contractor. Here is the real calculation, including the cases where our answer is that you do not need us.
Getting your rental deposit back in Geneva
Where your deposit actually sits, who can touch it, why it can stay blocked for months, and the three habits that make the difference at handover.
The managing agent refuses the handover: what to do
What to do within the hour, the day and the week after a reservation is recorded on the handover report — and the two mistakes that permanently close options.