Your property manager vs imoz: the full cost
A property manager costs more than the base fee. Re-letting, handover reports and markups on contractor invoices come on top of the percentage of collected rent.
A transparent estimate, line by line, with the source of every figure. Prudent ranges, amounts excluding VAT.
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Indicative estimate based on market practice, excluding VAT. Actual fees depend on the management mandate.
The manager's cost, line by line
What a property manager typically charges to manage one rented unit. Each line states its source; none of these values is a contractual tariff.
Annual amounts smoothed per rented unit, excluding VAT. Services and rates vary between managers: ask for the details of your mandate.
A property manager also gives you physical presence on site; imoz does not replace it, it removes the administrative share billed as a percentage.
What the tool calculates for you
A preview of imoz's real engine, applied to your input. The same calculations drive deadlines and notices in the application.
3 months' notice (residential), termination for an admissible cantonal date.
Basis: notice sent today, including a 5-day receipt margin.
This canton follows local custom: the exact date depends on your lease and local practice.
Art. 266a and 266c CO
As of 09.2026, published by the Federal Office for Housing.
A 0.25-point decrease: -2.91% on the entered rent, that is CHF 1'747.62.
A 0.25-point increase: +3% on the entered rent, that is CHF 1'854.00.
Official scale applied to the reference rate alone. Inflation and cost increases combine separately in an actual notice.
Art. 269d and 270a CO, art. 13 VMWG/OBLF
Method and assumptions
A manager's headline rate is a percentage of collected rent, usually between 4.5 and 6% excluding VAT. That percentage covers day-to-day management: rent collection, correspondence, building accounts. It generally does not cover re-letting, handover reports or supervision of works, which are billed on top, per act or as a percentage.
An honest comparison therefore adds up: the base fee, re-letting fees (often one month's rent per change of tenant), handover reports billed per act, and the markup on contractor invoices. That full cost, smoothed per year, is what the simulator above estimates, as a low and a high range.
The ranges used are market practice observed in Switzerland, not official tariffs: there is no legal fee scale for property management. Each component is shown with its range and is deliberately prudent. Amounts exclude VAT and are rounded to the franc.
The imoz cost comes straight from our public pricing: a subscription per active lease, with no percentage of your rents. imoz is software: you remain the manager and the holder of the rent account. The legal calculations shown (termination dates, reference rate) use the application's engine, with their legal references.
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Create a free account, enter a lease and see what the tool tracks for you: deadlines, incoming payments, documents and sealed evidence.
See detailed pricingThe estimates on this page are indicative and based on market practice; they are neither a quote nor legal advice. A manager's actual fees depend on the signed mandate. Amounts exclude VAT.