On this page you will find the answer to your questions related to apartment renovation

In accordance with the new Housing Corporations Act, the shareholder must notify the housing association in advance in writing of the alteration work, if it may affect the part of the property, building, apartment that is the responsibility of the company or another shareholder, or the use of the company's or another shareholder's condominium. The notification must also include the necessary reports on the renovation measures (sufficiently specific). Change work may not start until the company or another shareholder has had a reasonable time to process the change work notice.

Always report, for example, bathroom or kitchen renovations, as well as if you change e.g. faucets or a toilet seat

renovation that may have an impact on the heating system, water distribution, electricity, drainage, air conditioning or acoustics (e.g. moving walls).

floor renovation, if it can have an effect, e.g. for sound insulation (the plastic carpet is changed to parquet) and through that to the neighboring apartment.

If you are unsure whether the renovation should be reported, ask the property management office before starting the renovation if the planned renovation is one that requires notification.

Small surface repairs such as wallpapering or painting the walls

Always notify the property manager's office in advance in writing before starting the renovation.

You can download the completed form base from the top of this page as a word file or a pdf version.

Partner's name and contact information (address, phone number, e-mail address)

The exact address where possible modification work would be done

What will be repaired or modified?

When will the repairs be made (planned start time of the repair and its duration)

Who does the renovation (including the names, contact information and social security numbers of the designers, contractors and supervisors),

The partner will be charged the costs incurred for the supervision of the renovation and the processing of the notification.

Professional supervision is beneficial to the partner, as it ensures that the repair work is carried out properly.

Alteration work register for renovations in the apartment. Keeping the register is the responsibility of the government. In practice, the government orders the maintenance of the register from a hosting company. Changes made to the apartments are shown in the property manager's certificate.

Supervision of renovations must also be arranged. In practice, the government has agreed with the hosting company how the renovations will be monitored. The costs arising from this are paid by the partner. The partner has an obligation to repair damages if the renovation causes damage to the housing association or other residents. Supervision does not remove the responsibility of the person responsible for the task.

You can fill out the change job application page. Remember that the processing of a change job application can take several weeks. Therefore, fill out the modification work application well in advance of the planned start date of the renovation.

As of July 1, 2010, a written application must be made to the representative of the housing company for maintenance and modification work done or to be done in the shareholder's apartment or other condominium.

If you need to make a change, find out more about it in the form on the change work section of the page.