Mysterious event in Gstaad: luxury chalet impounded – owner (24) cannot be traced

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In the posh town of Gstaad BE, a top-notch real estate thriller takes place. It’s about the “Chalet Flora”. It has an eventful history, including being a boarding school with an international student body. And it is located on a 10,000 square meter property. The house and garden are desolate and very run down. For years. However, the value of the property is likely to be in the double-digit million range. No wonder given the location!

An amount that could soon go to the Bern authorities. Because the chalet will be foreclosed. This can be seen in the Official Gazette of Bern, as the “Berner Zeitung” writes. This step is required as the owner, a 24-year-old student from Kazakhstan, does not pay bills. Owner of the house with a construction area of ​​more than 300 square meters in a prime location in Gstaad.

1913 franc not paid

But how could such a property be simply abandoned? And should it even be foreclosed? Kazakh has not yet paid the annual accounts of the Bern building insurance company (GVB) 2021. 1913 francs, a relatively insignificant amount for a million-dollar chalet. The rich student can no longer be reached by the authorities. According to the report, the payment deadline expired at the beginning of June.

But how does a young student from far-away Kazakhstan become the owner of such private property? Lex Koller aims to completely prevent such transactions by non-EU/EFTA countries. Apparently without success. “The person named is not registered with us,” Michael Teuscher (SVP), governor of the Obersimmental-Saanen prefecture, tells the “Berner Zeitung”. Teuscher confirms that if the Cossack were indeed subordinate to Lex Koller, he would have had to make representations to him.

Connections with Geneva commodity traders

One explanation: the Kazakh has a valid residence permit in Switzerland. So you can buy real estate like a local. But for this, the center of his life had to be in Switzerland. The relevant research by Tamedya newspapers was in vain. It seems she has been studying in the US and there as well since 2017.

His LinkedIn profile shows that he works as a project manager at an infrastructure company in the capital Astana. The director of the company is his father. And it is said to have had close ties to Switzerland for years, especially a major Geneva-based commodity trader. Nonprofit Public Eye created transparency about the close ties between the commodity trader and the Kazakh government. See: The name of the 24-year-old Kazakh’s father was also revealed in this research. As the documents show, his family settled in Gstaad over ten years ago. (be)

Source :Blick