To my knowledge 2400 CHF isn't a lot of money for what you are asking..

Check offers of immobiliers with your wishes and see what price comes out. Just "google" immobilier geneve. And I also believe the bail is standard 3 months of rent.

www.immostreet.ch

www.homegate.ch

www.comparis.ch

Youll be VERY lucky to find a nice place of 90m2 and 2 bedrooms for 2000 to 2400 pcm... welcome to the second most expensive city in the world after Moscow.

Thanks!!! We already check anything we can get - we established a system that helps us to scan most of the sources... ;-)

And sure - there are a lot of those places in our price range... - but in the hands of agencies... - private ones are sometimes even cheeper but rarely on the market - they change the owner before...

We will try on!

Merci! 

Actually Geneva is no 9, Tokyo continues to lead at no 1 and Moscow is no 15.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/10/06/0622_most_expensive_cities/2.htm

Not that I find Geneva cheap, but to put things in perspective. Charlie, I think you owe me a beer?

Thats true! 90qm is impossible! But 55 - 70 qm is! Thanks for the advices Charlie!

Matthias

ok we're even...... dammit

Matthias, looks like your best bet is to subrent from somebody or rent directly from the owner. Watch the ads on glocals for both scenarios. Renting the normal way through a regie is not realistic in your case, for the reasons that yourself you list. Sorry to spoil the fun but I least you can channel your energy better.

Have you thought at all about finding a place outside Geneva -- in France, for example, where rental prices are much less? You could find somewhere that has a good public transportation connection to Geneva and perhaps end your very difficult search. Good luck.

I agree.

You cannot realistically get a 3-5 room apartment in Geneva for that amount. Also, in Geneva, the kitchen counts as a room, unlike in most of Europe and nearby France.

If you really need all that space and only have the specified amount, you need to look closely at France or farther out in Switzerland. In a pinch, you can even live at a hotel for 49€/room/night (in Ferney-Voltaire, near the airport tunnel customs, 500m from Switzerland). A hotel room in France works out to less than many apartments in Geneva and is definitely more flexible.

Most improbable that one, assuming no "premium connections", can rent anything without all the paperwork in place, specifically double-signed work contract and recent payslips. Unknown, whether third-party guarantees will count. This assuming you will even be considered among the 20-40 other interested people, who have the paperwork. You can, of course, be very lucky, which I hope will be the case.

Good search and good luck,

FerneyL

Thanks so much for all your recent replies, thoughts and tips! That's a great community here! Somebody really nice even called me! Ok, we will go on and let you all know the eventual success...

M & T