A separate town until 1816 and it still feels like one — low buildings, courtyards, the best evenings in Geneva. Twelve minutes to UNIGE on the tram and noticeably cheaper than Plainpalais. If you want somewhere that feels like living rather than studying, start here.
Landlords in Carouge ask for the same file as anywhere in the canton: a debt-collection extract, proof of income, and a guarantor who lives in Switzerland. Two of those are impossible before you arrive, which is why flatshares and private landlords are the realistic route from abroad.
Your deposit is capped at three months of net rent — up to CHF 4'050 at the top of the range here — and it is blocked in your own name, not the landlord's. How the deposit works
We co-sign leases so the file gets accepted, and we search the market when our own rooms are full.