Selling property in Menziken: united with Burg since 2023

There is no official price series for Menziken. Unlike the Canton of Zurich, the Canton of Aargau publishes no median prices by municipality. Listing figures for Menziken show what is asked, not what was paid.

What is on record is the stock: Menziken has 1,844 buildings with residential use in the Kulm district. 1,293 of them are single-family houses, or 70.1%. The cantonal figure is 65.9%. Menziken ranks 5 of 16 in the Kulm district. In total, Menziken has 4,197 dwellings. 60.2% were built before 1981, against 51.8% in the canton. 17.3 hectares of 254.8 hectares of building zone are undeveloped, or 6.8% (as of 2022). For the share of undeveloped zone, Menziken ranks 90 of 196 in the canton.

What your house in Menziken is worth follows from comparable sales, the plot and its condition. The free assessment provides a written range with its explanation.

Menziken and Burg merged into the new municipality of Menziken on 1 January 2023.¹² Menziken had already provided administrative services for Burg since 2007. Voters confirmed the merger at the ballot box on 15 May 2022.¹² A merger check by the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons tracks the outcome with 47 indicators.¹² Its second survey in 2025 rated the overall development as positive. Seven criteria have improved compared with before the merger.¹²

In planning law, the two villages remain separate. Menziken is governed by its 2016 building and zoning code, approved by the cantonal government on 6 September 2017.¹³ Burg keeps a building and zoning code of its own.¹⁴ Section 8 of the Menziken code requires a levy when a zoning revision creates a substantial planning gain.¹³ The details are to be set out in a separate regulation.¹³ For sellers, this means the code of the village where the plot lies is what counts.

In Menziken, 1,111 of 1,844 buildings with residential use date from before 1981. That is 60.2%. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 29, counting from the highest share. In the Kulm district: rank 9 of 16. Menziken therefore has a higher share than the canton at 51.8%. Compared with Menziken, the figure in Reinach (AG) is 60.7%.

In Menziken, oil or gas heats 1,058 buildings with residential use, 57.4%, against 51.8% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 45, counting from the highest share. For many houses in Menziken, heating is therefore on the agenda.

Anyone selling in Menziken adds records of heating, roof and windows to the sale documents. From 1 January 2029, owners living in their home in Menziken lose the imputed rental value and the maintenance deduction.¹ The calculation before a renovation is in Renovate or sell.

Menziken has 8,909 residents. 1,603 of them, 18.0%, are 65 or older, against 19.5% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 144, counting from the highest share. In the Kulm district: rank 15 of 16. Compared with Menziken, the figure in Reinach (AG) is 20.3%.

On 1 June 2026, 218 homes in Menziken were empty, 5.19% of the stock, against 1.05% in the canton. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 196, counting from the lowest vacancy. For Menziken, the figure counts all homes; it does not measure houses on the market.

The municipal tax rate of Menziken is 118%. Among the 196 municipalities in the canton, that is rank 158, counting from the lowest tax rate. It applies to income and wealth; the municipality atlas compares all municipalities. By public transport, Zurich HB is 72 minutes away from the Menziken stop, with 1 change.

In Aargau, property gains tax falls with every full year of ownership. The rate drops from 40 per cent in year one to 5 per cent after 25 full years.² After more than ten full years, a house gets at least a flat-rate cost deduction: 80 down to 65 per cent of the sale price.³

If you sell your permanent and exclusive home, you can apply to defer the tax.² You must buy or build a new Swiss home within 2 years before or 3 years after the sale.² Only the reinvested proceeds are deferred.² Deferred does not mean waived: the next taxable sale also taxes this gain.²

Aargau has no classic transfer tax. Instead, the canton charges a land register levy (Grundbuchabgabe) on every sale: 4 per mille of the price.⁴ Buyer and seller are jointly liable; the law does not say who bears it.⁴

Only an Aargau notary (Urkundsperson) may notarise the sale contract.⁵