Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · LucernePrime Relocation is a family-owned relocation agency in Zug, founded in 2006, helping expats, families and HR teams with home search, permits, temporary housing, schools and settling in.
Home search services
Apartment search services in Lucerne
expat-services.ch lists 6 hand-checked English-speaking apartment search services in Lucerne, including Prime Relocation (our partner), Welcome Service (our partner), Auris Relocation (our partner) and Lifestylemanagers (our partner).
Besides English, they also work in German, French, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Relocation agencies in Lucerne.
Apartment search services in Lucerne
6 providers
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Welcome Service
Full-service relocation · LucerneWelcome Service is a family-owned relocation firm founded in 1990, with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, handling permits, home search, schools and settling in for families and HR teams.
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Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · LucerneAuris Relocation is a Swiss relocation and global mobility firm with nine offices from Geneva to Lugano, handling permits, home search, schools and moves for companies and families.
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Lifestylemanagers
Full-service relocation · LucerneLifestylemanagers is a family-run relocation and real estate firm in Steinhausen that has helped private clients and companies settle in the canton of Zug since 2007.
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RelEx
Full-service relocation · LucerneRelEx is a relocation company from Andelfingen that helps expats find a flat and settle in around Zurich, Zug and Lucerne, with every service bookable on its own.
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ReloNest
Destination services · LucerneReloNest is a Zurich-based relocation company, founded in 2023, that provides home search, school search, permits and settling-in help through consultants in nine Swiss cities.
Local facts
Apartment search services: what's particular to Lucerne
Flats are scarce: 0.85% (1 June 2026) (LUSTAT, checked ) of the city's homes stood empty, against 0.70% for canton Lucerne (LUSTAT, checked ). In 2024 a quarter of 3-room tenant flats rented for less than CHF 1,200 net a month and a quarter for more than CHF 1,780 (LUSTAT, checked ). The city's Welcome Desk points flat hunters to online platforms, local newspapers and housing cooperatives (City of Lucerne, checked ).
Many flat hunters need a current debt-collection extract (Betreibungsauszug), which the Betreibungsamt der Stadt Luzern issues from Winkelriedstrasse 14 (City of Lucerne, checked ). Since July 2022 it can be ordered online; the city's release said it comes back in digital form within a few hours on working days and priced it at CHF 18 (City of Lucerne, checked ). In canton Lucerne each commune forms a debt-collection district unless several communes combine with the government's approval (Canton of Lucerne, checked ).
The Schlichtungsbehörde Miete und Pacht, at Bahnhofstrasse 22, is the cantonal conciliation authority for tenancy disputes (Canton of Lucerne, checked ). The conciliation procedure is in principle free of charge, filings are made in German and the complete lease is attached (Canton of Lucerne, checked ). Residents of the canton can phone for free legal information on tenancy law on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14:00 to 17:00 (Canton of Lucerne, checked ). Landlords report every move-in and move-out to the Einwohnerdienste (City of Lucerne, checked ).
Registering in Lucerne
New residents register with the Einwohnerdienste (residents' office) in the Customer Centre at Obergrundstrasse 1 within 14 days (1 Jan 2026) (City of Lucerne, checked ). The counters are open Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00, the fee is CHF 40, and people arriving from abroad register in person (City of Lucerne, checked ). A Welcome Desk at the same address gives newcomers short consultations without an appointment on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons (City of Lucerne, checked ). See registering at your commune.
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