Went to visit a studio this morning and a 3 rooms flat on the same building. After speaking with the person responsible for showing the apartments he said to double check the prices with the letting agency, because he wasn’t sure. But throughout the visit the studio was being referred as that – a studio. I went to the agency and asked about the studio flat.
They were confused because they didn’t have any studio flat for rent on that building, only a 2.5 room and a 3.5 room apartment. They showed me the picture of the 2.5 apartment and it was the one I visited. So what the new agency did was: build a sliding door in the middle of tight space and call it a 2.5 room apartment. Am I wrong for feeling cheated when looking for an apartment?
I said to the lady that it definitely wasn’t a 2.5 apartment, but a studio and she was getting annoyed that I was calling it that. I was just baffled at the way the studio was being advertised as.I mean, the guy who showed me the flat has been there for 35 years, and it as always been a STUDIO.
It feels like they want to deceive people who are already struggling to find affordable housing and it’s disgusting.
Does it really matter what its called?
Many modern apartments have big open spaces with fewer „rooms“. Size matters more IMO
What does a frustrating advertisement practice have to do with /r/Switzerland?
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Went to visit a studio this morning and a 3 rooms flat on the same building. After speaking with the person responsible for showing the apartments he said to double check the prices with the letting agency, because he wasn’t sure. But throughout the visit the studio was being referred as that – a studio. I went to the agency and asked about the studio flat.
They were confused because they didn’t have any studio flat for rent on that building, only a 2.5 room and a 3.5 room apartment. They showed me the picture of the 2.5 apartment and it was the one I visited. So what the new agency did was: build a sliding door in the middle of tight space and call it a 2.5 room apartment. Am I wrong for feeling cheated when looking for an apartment?
I said to the lady that it definitely wasn’t a 2.5 apartment, but a studio and she was getting annoyed that I was calling it that. I was just baffled at the way the studio was being advertised as.I mean, the guy who showed me the flat has been there for 35 years, and it as always been a STUDIO.
It feels like they want to deceive people who are already struggling to find affordable housing and it’s disgusting.
Does it really matter what its called?
Many modern apartments have big open spaces with fewer „rooms“. Size matters more IMO
What does a frustrating advertisement practice have to do with /r/Switzerland?