Remoters

What Remoters does

Remoters is an international network of local property hunters, or chasseurs immobiliers, who search for rental housing on behalf of arrivals in over 60 countries. The firm operates across more than 220 cities worldwide, matching each client with a vetted professional already based in their destination who understands the local market, speaks the client's language, and works solely on the client's behalf, not the landlord's. For someone arriving in Switzerland to find an apartment without a local address or deep knowledge of Swiss rental customs, this is exactly the service that exists: a professional who does the search for you while you prepare your move.

The arrival problem Remoters solves

Switzerland's rental market moves fast. Properties posted on major aggregator sites are often snapped up within hours by applicants with established Swiss credit histories and local employment letters. Someone arriving from abroad faces an additional hurdle: landlords are wary of renting to people without a Swiss address yet, and without proof of local employment or a Swiss bank account, many applications go nowhere. Remoters places a local expert between you and the market. That expert knows which landlords are willing to rent to arrivals, can verify properties before you waste time viewing them, has access to off-market listings that never appear online, and accompanies the process all the way through to the lease signature. The initial consultation is free, so you can test whether the approach suits your timeline and budget before paying anything.

How the service works

The site outlines a straightforward four-step process. You begin by filling out a questionnaire describing what you are looking for: how many rooms, your budget, which region, whether you need furnished or unfurnished, your move date. A chasseur immobilier then phones you for a free initial conversation to understand your needs more precisely. They send you a written quote detailing their fee and the services they will provide. Once you accept and pay, they begin searching, sharing properties with you as they find them and handling the negotiation and paperwork until the lease is signed. The site says the search usually takes a few weeks to find a suitable place. You never have to be in the country while this happens. You communicate entirely in your language with someone who already lives there.

What the price covers

Remoters' hunters are not salaried; each sets their own fee within the network. The site states that fees typically fall between 400 and 2,000 euros, with an average around 600 euros. The initial matching and first consultation are always free. Remoters charges no platform fee on top of the hunter's fee. Payment is held by Remoters until the task is complete, protecting you if the hunter fails to deliver. Once a lease is signed, the money is released to them. The firm emphasises that you are only paying for a service if you want to use it, and you know the exact cost before you commit. The site does not publish whether prices differ for furnished versus unfurnished apartments or vary by destination, so you would need to get a quote to understand the exact cost for your situation.

What the network claims about access to inventory

The site contrasts three types of apartments available in any rental market: those listed on public portals like immoscout, those advertised directly by private landlords, and the "off market" inventory held by agents and landlords who do not post publicly. Someone searching alone can typically access the first two types. A professional hunter, the site claims, can access all three, including properties that come to market first through an agent's network before they are ever published. This claim cannot be verified from the destination alone, but it is the core value proposition of using a hunter rather than searching on your own. The site does not explain how this works in Switzerland specifically or what percentage of the market in Swiss cities actually exists off-market.

What remains unclear

A critical gap: the site does not say which Swiss cities are covered or who the local hunters are. It lists Switzerland as a destination and says hunters are based in every city it covers, but clicking through to see which Swiss cities exactly and which hunter would be assigned to your city requires starting the application. The site also does not explain how language works if you are moving to the French or German-speaking parts of Switzerland but speak only English. It says every hunter speaks your language, but you would need to confirm that Anglophone expats are well-supported in, say, Geneva or Zurich. The firm's own page does not break down fees by destination or apartment type, so a Swiss search might fall at the high or low end of the 400 to 2,000 euro range. And the site does not disclose what credentials or licensing local hunters hold, beyond saying they are "verified" and "installed on place for several years".

Reviews and reputation

The site displays a 4.8-star rating from 1,100+ Google reviews and a 4.5-star Trustpilot rating from 89 reviews. What the reviews say is not quoted, so you cannot read what customers experienced. One customer testimonial on the page mentions long hours of frustration searching manually, which Remoters claims saves. But beyond the star count, the site offers limited transparency into what actual clients encountered.

Who this suits and who it does not

Remoters makes sense if you are moving to Switzerland from outside and cannot visit repeatedly before finding a place, or if language is a barrier to negotiating with landlords directly. It suits people relocating for a defined start date and want to avoid the stress of house-hunting from abroad. If you have time to make multiple visits, speak German or French fluently, and want to minimise costs, searching yourself on the major Swiss portals might be faster and cheaper. The firm's model depends on the local hunter being genuinely invested in finding you a good match; reviews suggest this often works, but you are trusting an individual's diligence rather than using an automated system. At 600 euros on average, it is not a trivial cost compared to many typical monthly rental expenses in Switzerland, so you should evaluate whether the service saves you time and stress relative to its fee.