A room of your own,a 214 m² flat to share.

Yes. The figure shown includes water, electricity, heating, internet, cleaning of shared areas, home insurance for the flat, building service charges and household waste tax. The amount is fixed in the lease and never reconciled at year end: there'll be no catch-up bill. Your groceries and your own liability insurance stay yours.

None. No admin fee, no lease drafting fee, no inventory fee. The law does allow a professional to charge them — around €130 on a 10 m² room. We charge nothing.

No, none. We don't ask for a deposit on any room, whatever your guarantee: that's money you don't have to tie up on the day you sign.

A one-year furnished lease in your name alone, renewed automatically. You can leave at any time with one month's notice, no reason required and no penalty. You aren't jointly liable for your flatmates' rent: everyone has their own contract.

Mostly young professionals, several of whom work in Geneva. We don't give out their names or jobs before the viewing, out of respect for them — but you'll meet them on the day you come, and that's the best way to tell whether you'll get on.

A company comes every week for the shared areas: kitchen, living room, shower rooms, toilets, hallways. It's included in the service charge. Your room, your laundry and your washing-up stay yours — the one thing that takes a bit of collective discipline.

The flat is on fibre and the subscription is included in the charges. We're currently measuring the real speed in each bedroom and strengthening coverage where needed. If you work on video calls, say so: we'll give you the reading for that specific room before you commit.

No, the flat has no allocated space. Parking is on the street and in nearby public car parks. If you absolutely need a space, mention it in your application: we're currently looking for spaces to offer nearby.

No. There's no deposit to pay, with or without Visale. Visale stands as guarantor for your rent instead of a person, free of charge: it doesn't add any up-front sum.

No. The Visale guarantee from Action Logement is free and replaces a personal guarantor; it covers far more profiles than people assume, particularly the under-thirties and employees early in a contract. One rule to respect: get the visa BEFORE signing the lease. See the 'Your guarantee' section above.

Yes. The lease is individual and in your name: you file your own claim with the CAF after signing. It is not backdated — claim as soon as you move in. The amount depends on your income and your share of the rent: run the simulation on caf.fr.

We call within 48 working hours, including to say no. An application left unanswered is the most infuriating part of any flat hunt: we reply to every one, even when the room has just gone.

You message us, and we deal with it. A broken boiler on a Sunday shouldn't become your problem, or a debate between eight people. Emergencies same day, everything else within the week.

On the file, then on meeting you. The file says whether the rent is manageable; the viewing says the rest — your hours, how you feel about noise and cleaning. Other tenants already live there, and we won't land them with an arrangement that won't last.

No, and we won't set one. Age is one of the grounds on which French law forbids refusing someone housing, and that isn't a formality: it's for the landlord to prove a refusal was justified, not for the applicant to prove otherwise. What we look at is income, guarantee and lifestyle — none of which has an age.

No. We do the viewing by video call, camera in hand, in French or English, answering your questions live. Many of our applicants are arriving for a job in Geneva and can't travel beforehand.