I need your advice. I was subleting my apartment for 3 months and set up a non-terminable contract, since it was only for 3 months. One week before I left and after they signed the contract, they informed me that they found a cheaper apartment but still want to use my apartment for the first month. I was like, well we have a contract so of course you can use it for one month but then you need to provide a replacement for the other two months or you have to pay the rent. Since I didn’t trust them anymore, I was looking for a replacement on my own and found someone for the 3rd month but also decided that I don’t want to have another tenant for month 2. I just felt too unconfurtable to have this many unknown people in my apartment so I offered them to split the rent for month 2. They never responded to this offer and I was just glad when they left because of all the trouble. At the end they actually went back to their homecountry. I don’t know what exactly happened but they texted me that they had a terrible time here and just want to go home. So I knew that it would be hard to get the money and I didn’t do anything. The other thing that happened is that most likely their son stole my armchair from the basement. He is living here in Switzerland and I handed over the keys to him before I left and gave a little tour of the apartment. He told me that he is moving into a new flat but doesn’t really have any furniture. When we were in the basement I pointet to an armchair and wardrobe and told him that I would consider selling them if he would be interested. Later after what happened with the unpaid rent I didn’t wanted to sell it to him anymore and didn’t mention it to him again but also he never asked. Soo now I’m back in Switzerland and wanted to get my stuff from the basement and what a surprise, the armchair was gone. It’s pretty obvious he took it so I texted him, asking if he took it. I didn’t get an answer for two days so I texted again, that if he won’t answer until the next day I’ll let his parents know and will consider legal actions, also for the pending rent. Almost one day later he texts back that he will get back to me later. This is now one day ago. So now I’m wondering what should be my next steps. I mean I don’t mind about the armchair it was sitting there for like 5 years but it’s the action that bothers me. Probably important to note the subtenants let their son handle the communication when they decided they would only come for one month, he also paid the rent for the firs month. submitted by /u/leakra
Originally posted by u/leakra on r/Switzerland