Kotkan Asunnot Oy – House Rules
These rules are effective from 1 October 2026.
1 § Common Areas and Outdoor Areas
Please keep all common areas and outdoor areas clean and tidy. Put all rubbish in the appropriate waste containers. Do not damage lawns or plants.
Please avoid making noise in common areas. Do not spend unnecessary time in shared spaces. When you go through a locked door, make sure that the door locks behind you.
Signs and advertisements may only be put up with permission from Kotkan Asunnot Oy.
After using the shared laundry room, drying room or sauna, please clean up after yourself and leave the facilities tidy for the next user.
For fire safety reasons, belongings may only be stored in areas intended for storage. Flammable substances and equipment with combustion engines must not be stored in the property’s storage areas or garages.
A moped may only be stored in a basement or other indoor area if all fuel has been completely removed. Batteries for vehicles and other means of transport must not be charged in common areas.
2 § Apartments
Please respect your neighbours and avoid disturbing them. In particular, please keep noise to a minimum between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Take good care of your apartment. You must report any water leaks or other faults you notice in your apartment.
Do not put anything down the drains that could block or damage them. Clean ventilation valves, floor drains and cooker hood grease filters regularly.
You must always get permission from Kotkan Asunnot Oy before carrying out any alterations or repair work in your apartment.
3 § Smoking and Smoking Products
Smoking and the use of smoking products that produce smoke or odours are not allowed inside apartments, on balconies or in private apartment yards.
Smoking is also not allowed in the building’s common areas or outdoor areas, except in designated smoking areas.
Please put cigarette butts and other smoking-related waste in the appropriate waste container at the designated smoking area.
4 § Waste Management
Put household waste and other rubbish in the appropriate waste containers. Please make sure that waste is properly packaged and sorted according to the waste-sorting instructions.
Residents are responsible for arranging the disposal of hazardous waste and large items, such as furniture, themselves.
Recycling items that can still be used and sorting waste properly benefits everyone.
5 § Pets
Pets must be kept on a leash outside the apartment and must not disturb other residents.
Pets may not be taken to children’s play areas or their immediate surroundings.
Please make sure that pets do not soil buildings or the property’s outdoor areas.
6 § Balconies and Private Apartment Yards
Keep your balcony clean and tidy. During the winter, residents are responsible for removing snow from their own balcony.
Do not wash balconies with running water. Do not beat or shake carpets or throw rubbish from balconies.
Only electric grills may be used on balconies.
You must ask Kotkan Asunnot Oy for permission before installing an additional antenna, such as a satellite dish.
Do not hang or store anything outside the balcony railing. Do not attach anything to the balcony that extends beyond the line of the railing.
If your apartment has its own private yard, you are responsible for looking after it and keeping it clean and tidy.
Feeding birds or other animals on balconies or in private yards is not allowed.
7 § Beating and Shaking Carpets
Carpets may only be beaten or shaken in the designated areas and at times that do not cause unreasonable disturbance to other residents.
8 § Traffic and Parking
Vehicles may only be parked in designated parking spaces.
Scrap or derelict vehicles may not be stored in yards or parking areas. The vehicle owner or holder is responsible for any costs of removing such a vehicle.
Do not leave motor vehicles idling or use them unnecessarily. Cars must not be washed in the yard areas.
The cover of the socket on a vehicle heating post must be kept locked. Do not leave the cable hanging from the post.
Kotkan Asunnot Oy is not responsible for electric shocks or other damage that may result from using the socket.
To prevent overloading:
- do not connect an interior car heater to the socket; and
- do not connect heating cables for more than one vehicle to the same socket.
Plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles may only be charged using a charging station specifically installed for vehicle charging.
9 § Breaking the Rules
Breaking these House Rules may result in liability for damages or termination of the tenancy agreement.
Residents must also follow the terms of their tenancy agreement, the Public Order Act, and all other applicable laws and regulations.
