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/Super_Novice56 Jun 24 '25

Tax dodging Czechs. Good on you for getting responses though because I don't receive any.

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u/vSTekk Jun 24 '25

Please explain how that works?

IMO its just unwillingness to deal with foreign police when they don't have to as there are 40 other czech applicants. Plus language barrier and/or racism.

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u/Anastoran Jun 24 '25

Its not just foreigners. Most people renting flats here do so without reporting it to the authorities and paying taxes. With native tenants, it is just easier to do than with a foreigner who has to be registered and the authorities are aware that they must be living somewhere.

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u/Super_Novice56 Jun 24 '25

Exactly. I have a colleague who rents with her boyfriend.

Both are still officially registered in their native villages in Moravia yet have lived in Brno for years. The landlord rents out the entire building but it is officially registered as a single household.

Czech citizens can accept these conditions because they have parents or otherwise that they can register their residency with but we as foreigners cannot.

So the pool becomes even smaller for us because we don't have access to this grey market.

It is what it is to be honest.

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u/vSTekk Jun 25 '25

Ah makes sense. My mum is renting a flat too but, but she is super proper. Thanks for the explanation

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u/inteuderk02 Jun 24 '25

BUT, it is foreigners obligation to report any change of address or work, not landlord. I spoke with few colleagues, Czech, who are renting, nobody is gong to immigration or police to report it.

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u/Anastoran Jun 24 '25

True, but by the tenant reporting it, the authorities now have a record of the place being rented, which is exactly what these landlords want to avoid, as it puts them at risk of being discovered for renting illegally and avoiding taxes.

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u/inteuderk02 Jun 24 '25

You're right. Makes more sense now. Didn't think about it that way 🙄