Dear all,
We had to end our lease in Geneva due to personal circumstances. One of them being my change in jobs and having to move to another country, to second reason being that my flatmate, who was supposed to keep the apartment, died in an unfortunate climbing accident and left his family with the heritage of a lease in Geneva.
Me and the family immediately filed the letter canceling our lease and proposed three new candidates that would take the lease under the same conditions, since we only gave them one month instead of three. They told us by phone that this was OK and I should not worry, but meanwhile many weeks have passed without having heard anything back from them. No letter, no date for a move-out inspection, nothing.
This morning an angry man called me saying he was standing in front of my door, and to ask whether I was home for the pre-visit (before the etat de lieu). I was at work and was unaware of that they were coming, so I proposed a new date, which unleashed a further rage. I called to ask what the purpose of the pre-visit was. His colleague was saying "you want to leave the apartment, right? we have to make a pre-visit". Not really an answer, it seemed dodgy, but since we are on a short timescale here I do not want to make a problem.
They are now coming two weeks before the final move-out inspection, so it really puzzles me. Why not wait until the final inspection? Does anyone have experience with regies making pre-visits? Why would they do that?
Thanks,
Marco
