Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · LausannePrime 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.
Relocation agencies
Settling-in support in Lausanne
expat-services.ch lists 5 hand-checked English-speaking settling-in services in Lausanne: La Boutique Relocation, Prime Relocation (our partner), Welcome Service (our partner), Auris Relocation (our partner) and ReloNest (our partner).
Besides English, they also work in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Home search services in Lausanne.
Settling-in support in Lausanne
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Welcome Service
Full-service relocation · LausanneWelcome 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 · LausanneAuris 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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ReloNest
Destination services · LausanneReloNest 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.
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La Boutique Relocation
Settling-in support · LausanneWestern Switzerland relocation and integration service offering à la carte support for expats and companies around Lausanne, Geneva and Neuchâtel.
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Local facts
Settling-in support: what's particular to Lausanne
Non-recyclable waste goes into official white bags marked «Trier c'est valoriser». A roll of ten 17-litre bags costs CHF 10.00, ten 35-litre bags CHF 19.50, ten 60-litre bags CHF 38.00 and five 110-litre bags CHF 30.00; any other bag is prohibited and risks a fine (lausanne.ch, checked ). A base fee of CHF 0.24 excluding VAT per cubic metre of building volume a year falls on the owner, who may pass it on to tenants under the lease (lausanne.ch, checked ). Paper, glass and biowaste go into containers near home, and aluminium, tinplate, oils and textiles to eco-points (lausanne.ch, checked ).
Vaud's tenancy terms set neighbours' rest from 22:00 to 07:00 (Canton of Vaud (RULV), checked ), and the city marks Neighbours' Day on the last Friday of May (lausanne.ch, checked ). Lausanne has six municipal libraries and a mobile library (lausanne.ch, checked ). Resident parking permits (macarons) are issued by the Office de la circulation et du stationnement, Rue Saint-Martin 31 (lausanne.ch, checked ). Serafe, the federal collection agency, bills the household radio and TV fee, CHF 335 a year, separately from the rent (Serafe, checked ).
Registering in Lausanne
Newcomers register with the Service du contrôle des habitants at Rue du Port-Franc 18. The registration deadline is 14 days (2026) (lausanne.ch, checked ). Arrivals from abroad or from another canton book a counter appointment and attend in person with a complete file (lausanne.ch, checked ), and the city's fee schedule sets CHF 30 for registering an arrival (lausanne.ch, checked ). For the national rules, see registering at your commune.
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