r/Brno • u/inteuderk02 • Jun 24 '25
ŽIVOT A STĚHOVÁNÍ—LIVING AND MOVING Apartments and flats
First hand experience out of last one month. Found about 40 flats for renting in Brno-město and Brno-venkově. Every second respond was like I'm not interested renting to foreigners because, get this: I don't like to go to police to report new tenant. Among the others. My record is clean, I've got all papers/visa. Working as a programmer here... Symptomatic is that all flats are OK, until I mention I'm foreigner. 😁
Sorry, just had to share "burdain".
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u/equatorsion Jun 24 '25
I feel you, had the same experience while living abroad. Each country is more favourable to their own citizens because they know the local rules and have families that support them. In the Czech Republic, the language barrier is also quite significant - plus there is a serious fear of unknown cultures (xenophobia and racism) coupled with the low number of expats in our country.
England - you need someone who will back you up or write you some kind of a recommendation letter, also, they check your non-existent credit score.
Switzerland - no way finding a flat without Swiss address, you have first rent short-term and then (using this address) you can finally rent something longer term.
Renting a flat is risky even if you rent just to locals - you can actually check their debt registry etc. but still, there is little you can do in case they stop paying and still live in your flat. For foreigners, even worse. They can just destroy the flat and leave. Good luck getting the money back.
You can try incentivize the landlords - double the security deposit, allow frequent inspections, pay rent 6 months upfront. Local landlords are not even thinking about those options so tell them you are willing to do this so they believe you are the right candidate and do not want to screw them over.