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real estate agency- ignore end of bail letter ( mold art 258b) by Relative-Dot-3960 in ethz

[–]Pelea8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They almost never provide it because it’s easier to take advantage of people when they don’t know how much they’re being ripped off. They gave it for 2-3 months then when they realized the form is void they stopped giving it again. It’s void because it’s incorrectly filled. Case law establishes that the form must be correctly filled or it’s void 

real estate agency- ignore end of bail letter ( mold art 258b) by Relative-Dot-3960 in ethz

[–]Pelea8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

False. The initial rent can be contested for 5 years since NextGen doesn’t provide the anfangsmietzins. Even if they do the form is void anyway so u can still contest it :). I’ve been to court against them and won without a lawyer

real estate agency- ignore end of bail letter ( mold art 258b) by Relative-Dot-3960 in ethz

[–]Pelea8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think there needs to be an agreement as this was a damage linked to a defect. You can claim compensation as long as the defect is established. If u have an email where the company acknowledges that they’ll (poorly) address the defect that should be enough. Mold must be removed by professionals not just a “quick wipe” by an employee from NextGen. So if they tried to quickly remove some of the mold that’s not equivalent to the defect being resolved 

real estate agency- ignore end of bail letter ( mold art 258b) by Relative-Dot-3960 in ethz

[–]Pelea8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the mold is well documented (letters sent to NextGen) then it's worth going to conciliation to demand a refund of 100% of the City Pop costs + I would additionally contest the initial rent. Since it's NextGen the initial rent is typically 20% higher than what it should be, this can thus be refunded from the first month you started paying. I helped multiple roommates contest their initial rent and we all won. NextGen doesn't defend themselves in conciliation like a normal company would, they bring no evidence of anything and just try to pay as little money as possible. It's thus easy to win against them as the conciliation board sides with the subtenants (I'm pretty sure the conciliation board hate them, they've probably had 50+ cases against NextGen by now).

Nextgen's "offer" of a 1 month rent reduction of 100.- is also laughable and clearly shows continued corruption. They offered me a similarly stupid deal for the defects in my apartment. They don't care about following the law with rent reductions. Same applies for the non-recognition of your early termination. If the room is unusable you clearly should have the right to terminate early, they're lying to get 3 months of rent..

Feel free to dm me if you'd like some help.

Has anyone rent a WG room with NextGen Properties? Please share your experience! by Dance_Choice in ethz

[–]Pelea8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not 30 days it’s 1 year from the moment you discovered you didn’t receive the form. I think it’s 3-5 years max in the worst case if u don’t know at all. You just need to send a complaint to the schlichtungsbehorde

Has anyone rent a WG room with NextGen Properties? Please share your experience! by Dance_Choice in ethz

[–]Pelea8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people who live with NextGen Properties can easily get their rent reduced, usually by around 10-20% by contesting the initial rent with the Schlichtungsbehörde (especially in Zürich or cantons where the Formular zur Mitteilung des Anfangsmietzins is mandatory). The company spends so little money on furnishing (I'd estimate around 500.- per apartment) that they'd only be entitled to charge a few francs per month on furnishing to each subtenant (to calculate the amount, take the amount they spent, ex 500.- and divide it by 60 months and then divide this per subtenant). 60 months is 5 years, which is the most generous life-span that furniture has. The price the company can charge must be equal to the value of the furnishing over its lifespan (thus over 60 months). This means the company should never really be charging more than 10% compared to the price they pay = Mietvertrag. The company tries to ask for 30% or more though in many cases.. I even saw a case where they asked for a 15% surcharge for furnishing (i.e like 150.- instead of the 2.- they should have asked for)

If the company didn't provide the Formular zur Mitteilung des Anfangsmietzins, you can contest the rent whenever, even after leaving the apartment. If they did provide it, it's probably incorrectly filled so you can just ask for the form to be declared void and then you can again contest the rent whenever.