Staff House Rules
Staff House Rules
Staff House Rules
We would like to welcome you at our USZ property and hope that you will enjoy staying in your room / studio.
The house rules are part of the tenancy agreement and provide the framework conditions for living together under
one roof and shall help you to orient yourself. We kindly ask you to consider your housemates in order to allow
for a pleasant living together.
General order
Inside and outside the whole house attention must be paid to cleanliness and tidiness.
The depositing of waste and objects in the common areas as well as outdoors is not allowed
Waste disposal
You may dispose of your personal waste into the official “Züri bags” (available from all wholesalers) in the
available containers located at your staff house. Disposal of private waste into the waste containers located in the
common rooms will be punished.
Night’s rest
Absolute quietness must strictly be observed between 10.00 pm and 06.00 am. Please listen to music at a
moderate level also during the day and do not have loud conversations. All actions must be refrained from that
could disturb your housemates’ and residents’ sleep.
Laundry
The USZ will provide you with bedclothes. You must wash them yourself and leave them in the room completely
and unwashed when moving out.
Laundry room
Washing machines and drying rooms and/or tumble dryers are available on the property. Please follow the
operating instructions in the washroom. During night’s rest between 10.00 pm and 6.00 am washing is not
allowed.
Reporting damages
Please immediately report damages/repairs to the staff service, tel. 5 34 20 (7.30 am – 4.30 pm, Wednesday
7.30 am – 12.00 pm).
The tenant will be liable for damages which have been caused wilfully, through negligence and through improper
use.
There is no insurance cover on the part of the USZ. We recommend to take out a private liability, house- hold,
fire and theft insurance.
Fire protection
In order to reduce spreading of smoke in the event of a fire, please keep the kitchen door and the doors to the
stairway closed at all times. Fire protection doors may not be blocked. Emergency exits must be kept free at all
times. Therefore, we kindly ask you not to obstruct corridors, doors and the stairway (with furniture, shoes and
the like).
Your safety
For your own safety, we kindly ask you to lock house, apartment and room doors at all times so that foreign
persons will have no access. Please report suspicious things to the staff service tel. 5 34 20 (7.30 am – 4.30 pm,
Wednesday 7.30 am – 12.00 pm). Outside of business hours, immediately call the alarm center, tel. 52777, to
report the incident.
Barbecue
In one staff house, there is a electric barbecue available. Please read the operating manual before you use it. It
has to be treated with care. After each use, it has to be cleaned. Barbecuing with open fire is strictly forbidden
everywhere.
Loss of key
A loss of key must immediately be reported to the staff service, tel. 53420. Outside of business hours, please
contact the security tel. 5 27 77, they open your room.
Pets
Keeping pets is not allowed.
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed in all staff houses of the USZ. Smoking in the rooms is prohibited. Smoking is only
allowed on marked smoking areas (in front of the house entrance and on the balcony). Infringements of the
smoking ban will be charged to the tenant (lump sum for reconditioning is CHF 500).
Energy
Before leaving the room, please close the window during the heating period. Vent your room shortly and
intensively. Please switch off the light before leaving the room.
Bicycle
Park your locked bicycle in the bicycle room and/or the covered parking spaces.
In the event of an infringement of the house rules, you will receive a written warning and in the
event of a repeated infringement, you will receive notice of immediate termination from the USZ.
Return of room
Rooms can only be returned on business days from 7.30 am – 4.00 pm. Please contact us in advance to
arrange a date for the room acceptance (staff service, tel. 53420)