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Costs, permits, taxes and processes around renovation and maintenance in Zurich — short, factual, no sales talk. New articles are added regularly.
When a landlord may renovate the bathroom, when tenants can ask for a rent reduction and what applies to a rent increase afterwards.
Guide prices for removal, installation, splashback, painting and connections, a worked example for a four-metre kitchen run, and what drives the price up.
Guide prices per square metre and per trade, typical cost drivers and what a fixed-price quote must include. With a worked example for a 3.5-room flat.
Shut off the water, make the electrics safe, document the damage, notify your insurer and property management — the first steps after a burst pipe or water damage. And when you really need an emergency service.
Which renovation works need no permit, when a building application becomes necessary and how long the municipality takes to reach a decision.
The process from the move-out inspection to re-letting, what the outgoing tenants pay for and how to shorten the vacancy — with the right order of trades.
Value-preserving or value-enhancing? What owners in the canton of Zurich can deduct, when the flat-rate deduction pays off, which documents the tax office requires — and what applies from 2029.
Guide prices for a complete bathroom renovation, the biggest cost drivers and the items that are missing from many quotes.
What painting a vacant flat costs per room and per square metre, and what the price depends on.
When a single overall contract pays off, when awarding trades separately is cheaper and where the interface costs are hidden — with an honest look at a third model.
How an office or shop remodel typically runs, what matters when the opening date is fixed and how to keep costs under control.
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