Trade fairs, universities and a short hop to the airport. We take on the listing, pricing, guest support and cleaning — from 18 % commission, cancellable monthly.
In Oerlikon occupancy hangs on the events calendar — and that is precisely the problem with self-management. If you do not know that a trade fair is happening in four months, you price that week like any other. The loss goes unnoticed because it does not generate an invoice.
Oerlikon is Zurich’s second centre. An industrial quarter has become a district with residential towers, a university campus and its own station — with direct connections to the airport and the city centre.
Demand in Oerlikon depends more on dates than on sights: Messe Zürich, the Hallenstadion and the universities bring guests. Occupancy is high during major events and quieter in between — anyone letting here should know the events calendar.
Trade fair visitors, concert guests, visiting lecturers and students, airport transit
From the first assessment to ongoing management — you need not concern yourself with anything.
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We view your property and assess what short-term rental can realistically achieve. Free and without obligation.
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We produce the photographs, write the listing and set up your profiles on the platforms.
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Rates adjust to demand, season and events in Zurich — continuously, not once.
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Enquiries, check-in, cleaning, laundry and maintenance are handled by us. You receive the statement.
What owners in Oerlikon ask most often — with a source where one exists.
Considerably, and predictably so. Messe Zürich and the Hallenstadion are within walking distance; during major events occupancy is high and so is willingness to pay, while it is quieter in between. The booking pattern is split in two: one group books six months ahead, knowing it will be expensive later. The rest book very late, when hotels are full. If you do not set prices early, you give those dates away at the normal rate.
Because it learns from booking data. An algorithm detects unusual demand once it is visible in the system — that is, once others have already booked. Someone who knows a trade fair is coming in four months can set prices before the demand arises. That is the part software does not deliver, and in Oerlikon it makes the biggest difference. We maintain the events calendar by hand.
Trade fair visitors, concert guests, visiting lecturers and students of the ZHAW and the university, plus airport transit — the airport is ten minutes away by S-Bahn. These groups book at shorter notice than city travellers and care less about furnishings than about accessibility and price. A workspace and reliable Wi-Fi do more here than design.
For event-driven letting yes, for steady occupancy less so. The difference from the old town or Seefeld: there guests come for the city, in Oerlikon for an appointment. That means higher peaks and deeper troughs. Know the calendar and stagger prices accordingly and you achieve good results over the year — work with a fixed price and you achieve below-average ones.
Yes, Oerlikon is part of the city. In the former industrial areas, however, there are mixed zones with a lower residential quota (Wohnanteil) or none at all — there the assessment may differ from purely residential zones. This is one of the cases where the building authority’s information on the specific address genuinely makes a difference rather than being a formality.
Not legal or tax advice — the municipality gives binding information.
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