This apartment is managed by the city of Zurich. I have no experience with mold and don’t know if I can trust them to get rid of it properly. Any advice?
Did you already agree to taking it?
Landlord should be responsible for things like this.
Looks like the place we had in Basel. Or at least what it would look like if I weren’t fighting it back. (I was using a 5-10% bleach solution)
Man that place has sat empty waiting clearance for renovations for almost a year now. (Objections based on the overhangs being a migratory bird home have put it into regulatory purgatory) I would legitimately be concerned about my health going in there now. Wouldn’t surprise me if they do a more extensive teardown after a couple years of mold growth gets it through regulations as a health hazard.
You forgot the strip naked kitchen and the ugly yellow and black floor tile from the 60s
Welcome to Switzerland: We act like we are rich but live in flats that are total shit!
Jesus Christ that’s an ecosystem
How big and how much does it cost?
What makes you think this is indicative of apartments in Swiss cities in general?
Folks, if your apartment has not extractor fan in the bathroom and you don’t like to open the windows in winter nor going to court to fight the landlord, the easiest solution is to get a dehumidifier and put the drain tube in the shower.
I don’t understand how even newly constructed buildings have no proper air circulation but that’s the way it is here and the law doesn’t always favour the tenants in this regard.
Affordable and Swiss in the same sentence?
I don’t think it’s a problem with the moisture barrier. This is clearly an old, uninsulated building, and that’s a cold, outside corner. The previous tenant may have had a closet in that corner, preventing air circulation. Plus, you must air out the apartment daily, in Winter, to keep the humidity down.
That said, before a new tenant moves in, the landlord must remove the mold (wash with bleach, for example), and repaint. If the city is the landlord, this shouldn’t really be a problem.
I don’t think that’s typical, at all. I’ve never seen an apartment like that, here, and I went to waaaaaaay too many viewings before we got our current place. That’s just neglect.
How much is the rent? How many rooms?
Why do you generalize the whole switzerland with that? Fuck me, for a second I tought this was an article from 20minuten or Blick.
This is clearly a fake: there are no affordable appartements in Swiss cities!
I am so desperate for an Apartment that I will take it.
– A refugee with family living in a temporary apartment.
Oh nice, even a wooden floor
You got Parkett and rolladen without belt to pull, that’s luxurious
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This apartment is managed by the city of Zurich. I have no experience with mold and don’t know if I can trust them to get rid of it properly. Any advice?
Did you already agree to taking it?
Landlord should be responsible for things like this.
Looks like the place we had in Basel. Or at least what it would look like if I weren’t fighting it back. (I was using a 5-10% bleach solution)
Man that place has sat empty waiting clearance for renovations for almost a year now. (Objections based on the overhangs being a migratory bird home have put it into regulatory purgatory) I would legitimately be concerned about my health going in there now. Wouldn’t surprise me if they do a more extensive teardown after a couple years of mold growth gets it through regulations as a health hazard.
You forgot the strip naked kitchen and the ugly yellow and black floor tile from the 60s
Welcome to Switzerland: We act like we are rich but live in flats that are total shit!
Jesus Christ that’s an ecosystem
How big and how much does it cost?
What makes you think this is indicative of apartments in Swiss cities in general?
[Here is some information for those having this problem in their apartments](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/gesund-leben/umwelt-und-gesundheit/wohngifte/gesundes-wohnen/feuchtigkeitsprobleme-und-schimmel.html)
Folks, if your apartment has not extractor fan in the bathroom and you don’t like to open the windows in winter nor going to court to fight the landlord, the easiest solution is to get a dehumidifier and put the drain tube in the shower.
I don’t understand how even newly constructed buildings have no proper air circulation but that’s the way it is here and the law doesn’t always favour the tenants in this regard.
Affordable and Swiss in the same sentence?
I don’t think it’s a problem with the moisture barrier. This is clearly an old, uninsulated building, and that’s a cold, outside corner. The previous tenant may have had a closet in that corner, preventing air circulation. Plus, you must air out the apartment daily, in Winter, to keep the humidity down.
That said, before a new tenant moves in, the landlord must remove the mold (wash with bleach, for example), and repaint. If the city is the landlord, this shouldn’t really be a problem.
I don’t think that’s typical, at all. I’ve never seen an apartment like that, here, and I went to waaaaaaay too many viewings before we got our current place. That’s just neglect.
How much is the rent? How many rooms?
Why do you generalize the whole switzerland with that? Fuck me, for a second I tought this was an article from 20minuten or Blick.
This is clearly a fake: there are no affordable appartements in Swiss cities!
I am so desperate for an Apartment that I will take it.
– A refugee with family living in a temporary apartment.
Oh nice, even a wooden floor
You got Parkett and rolladen without belt to pull, that’s luxurious