FAQ for private listings

To post a private listing on Mikasa for free, create an account, click "Publish a listing", and fill the form. Mikasa is built for the three private use cases in Switzerland, with the lease takeover (French: reprise de bail) being the most common rental scenario: lease takeover, where you are the current tenant of a flat and need to find a candidate to propose to your landlord, often under time pressure (notice period running out); private rental of a property you own; or sale of a property you own. Listings go live after a manual quality review. Mikasa never charges a commission. You stay in control of communication with interested candidates.

Yes, completely free, and it always will be. No publishing fee, no commission on the sale or rental, no premium tier.

Yes. Mikasa acts as a trusted third party in the screening flow. When publishing your listing, you specify which documents applicants must provide: a debt-collection extract (extrait de poursuites) under 3 months old, the last 3 salary slips, ID, residency permit (B, C or L) for foreign residents, and a caution solidaire if relevant. Mikasa collects and verifies the dossiers directly from applicants. Only candidates with a complete, régie-receivable file can reach out to you, and you never see the documents yourself: Mikasa forwards them to the régie only once you select your candidate. This guarantees that every applicant contacting you already meets the standard Swiss criteria under Art. 264 CO (net monthly income of at least three times the rent, clean debt-collection extract, willingness to keep the lease conditions). This screening flow is currently in development.

Title (10-100 characters), description (50-5'000 characters), listing type (accommodation, flat-share, parking, business), transaction type (rental or sale), full address, price (with charges if rental), and at least one photo. Optional: number of rooms, surface, balcony, parking, available-from date.

Only your profile picture and your name are public on your listing. Your email, phone number, and any other account information remain private until you choose to share them in a conversation. As for the address, you decide the level of detail: you can publish only the city (e.g. "Lausanne") or be precise down to the street and number. Mikasa displays exactly what you provide, and the map pin reflects the same precision. If privacy matters, give a less specific address.

Listings stay online for 14 days. Before expiry, Mikasa sends you a renewal notification: renewal is free and one click. The 14-day window exists so search results stay fresh and reflect properties that are actually still available. Once your property is rented or sold, delete the listing from your dashboard. Mikasa doesn't have a "mark as rented/sold" button: once sold, the property doesn't need to be discoverable through search. Users who saved your listing will see it marked "no longer available" the next time they open their saved page.

Through Mikasa's built-in messaging. You receive messages in your Mikasa inbox and can reply from there. Your phone number and email are never shared until you choose to share them in chat. If your listing expires before you renew, the conversation stays accessible in read-only mode: both parties can still read past messages, but no new messages can be sent until the listing is renewed.

Trust your instincts and watch for these Swiss-specific red flags: requests to TWINT or wire-transfer the deposit before any viewing; "I'm relocating from Dubai or abroad and my agent will pay" with overpayment-then-refund schemes; IBAN refund requests; contacts pushing you to switch to WhatsApp or Telegram only and refusing in-app messages; fake employer letters from Gmail or other free email domains; urgency tactics ("I need to sign tonight"); refusal to provide ID or proof of solvency. When in doubt, report at contact@mksa.app. The team reviews every report.