Later-life housing – the Swiss guide
Stay put or move on? SorgImmo guides you down both paths: financing, age-friendly adaptations, and finding the right form of assisted living. Explained step by step – for you and for the family helping you decide.
How the bank calculates from 65 onwards, how to keep the mortgage affordable, and the ways to release capital from your home.
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Thresholds, bathroom, stairs: what a barrier-free conversion costs, what it achieves, and which grants you can apply for.
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Senior apartment, co-operative or assisted living: the options compared, with costs, waiting times and how the move works.
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Also covered:Moving homeRenting & rightsEstate planningVirtual viewings
Estate planning · Financing
Transferring the house during your lifetime and staying put: right of residence versus usufruct, equalisation among siblings, statutory shares, and the deferred property gains tax.
12 August 2026 · 6 min read
Virtual viewings · Assisted living
Looking at senior apartments from home: what a 360° tour delivers, what to look for – and what it cannot show you, from smell and noise to the atmosphere in the building.
10 August 2026 · 5 min read
Moving home
From notice to move-in: a six-month timeline, deadlines for the municipality, compensation office and home-care service – and why clearing the old home takes longest.
6 August 2026 · 5 min read
Renting & rights · Assisted living
Service charges, care package fee, extras: three items governed by three different sets of rules. What you owe, what you may inspect, and where the common errors hide.
3 August 2026 · 5 min read
Renting & rights · Moving home
After 30 years in the same apartment almost everything is written off. How the useful-life table works, what counts as normal wear, and when the deposit must be released.
28 July 2026 · 4 min read
Renting & rights
Reference rate, renovation surcharge, official form: how to check an increase, challenge it free of charge within 30 days – and what else helps on a fixed pension.
21 July 2026 · 5 min read
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