The use of drugs is strictly prohibited in the building and the premises of the

Borromäum
House Rules
Light, water and heating are expensive resources. We expect you to help us
to save energy. Therefore we kindly ask you to air your room only briefly in
the heating period and to turn off the light and close the windows when you Welcome to Borromäum, the home for apprentices and students. The house
leave your room or one of the community rooms. offers accommodation to 43 young people in training. We expect the
inhabitants to contribute to a good atmosphere in the home, to show
There is a phone booth at your disposal in the ground floor. Every consideration for other inhabitants and to integrate, so that a lively community
floor is equipped with a phone for incoming calls (inform your and enriching meetings are possible.
relatives and friends about the respective phone numbers).
Telephone sets can be installed in your room at your own cost. The rules of the house provide the regulations which are important to a
pleasant cohabitation and the conservation of value of the facilities. Adequate
It is not allowed to keep pets in your room. care in the handling of the furniture will go a long way to guarantee that the
rooms will be comfortable for many more renters.
Musicians may use the Moviebar in the basement
In this spirit we wish you all a comfortable stay.
If you detect any damages or defects in the building, or if a
mishap happens to you, please inform the management of the Communal rooms and devices which are at your disposal are:
home. - Kitchen in every floor
We also advise you to enter into a contract with a liability - Fridge with lockable shelves
insurance. - Freezer
- Laundry room with washing machine and tumbler
You may park your bicycle or auto cycle, both should have valid number - Showers
plates, in the bicycle cellar. The home management will give you a key. - Study room with computers and internet access
- Elbowroom with table tennis and table football
- Fireside room with TV in the ground floor
- TV room in the basement
- Bicycle cellar

The rules of the house are an integral part of the rent contract and are The rooms and devices must be left in a clean and orderly state after usage,
as such binding for the inhabitants. so that the next inhabitant can enjoy them again.

All rooms have telephone- and internet-ports. For the telephone you must
register directly with Swisscom. The internet can be used after paying a
monthly lump sum to the home management.

Our home is a centre for young people of the city at the same time. There are
May 2008 the home management various conference- and seminar-rooms on our premises, as well as a large
communal room and a chapel. Events and offers of the Catholic University
Community will be communicated via the notice board.
 For moderate parties which take longer than after 10.00pm, the communal
New inhabitants must register with the municipality council rooms in the basement and the moviebar are at your disposal. (Please inform
(“Einwohnergemeinde”) of the Canton Basel-City at Spiegelhof 6. the home management).

Overnight stays of your guests are generally allowed, but must be You will move into a furbished room which already contains all
communicated to the home management. A fee of CHF 5 per night and guest necessary equipments. Please do not alter any of the furniture or
must be paid to the home management from the third night onwards. electric devices before conferring with the home management.
Additional electric devices like radiators, immersion heaters etc. are
When moving in, every inhabitant is given a key for the front entrance not allowed in your room.
door and the personal room after paying a deposit. Every home
section has its own door bell. If you expect visitors, please tell them Please use thumbtacks for hanging up pictures or posters. All other auxiliary
where to ring. means like adhesive tape, nails etc. are not allowed.

We advise you to lock your room when absent. We are not liable for lost and Your room neighbours will be grateful if you keep the radio and TV at room
stolen valuables and personal belongings. We are insured against burglary volume. Every renter is liable to register his or her TV and radio devices with
theft though. the Billag (Switzerland’s TV and radio agency) and to pay the consequent
fees. TV ports are only available in the new rooms of the Borromäum.
If you are absent for more than three days, please inform the home
management. In order to prevent your room from damages of high As long as you take the requisite care, you may smoke in your room.
winds and heavy rain, please do not forget to close the windows The costs for the removal of smoking remains, e.g. painting the
when you leave. room, are completely at your own costs.
The consumption of alcoholic beverages is allowed in sensible
Cooking is not allowed in the rooms. For cooking, the communal kitchens are quantities.
at your disposal; the kitchens are well equipped for cooking and eating.
Lockable kitchen shelves, a lockable fridge shelve and a freezer is at your
disposal for the storage of food.

Cleanliness is important to us. We carry out room cleaning and

general cleaning of the building’s facilities periodically.
During the rest of the time, you are responsible for the cleanliness of
your room. It is your duty to clean your room regularly.
We do also expect you to keep the communal rooms (kitchen,
elbowroom and TV room, WC and showers) clean and orderly.

You must bring your own bedclothes, including pillow and duvet.
We will not wash your personal bedclothes or laundry. But the
washing machine and tumbler is at your disposal. Both devices work
with a coin machine.
The usage of the washing machine and tumbler is prohibited
between 10.00pm and 7.00am.

It must be quiet on the living floors between 10.00pm and 7.00am.