For you who own your apartment

As an owner and member of the association, you are responsible for maintenance inside your own apartment. The exact boundaries are set out in the association's statutes, which you will find under My pages.

Read the statutes carefully before submitting a fault report. A report will not be processed if the area in question is your responsibility.

In some associations you can get help with things outside the association's responsibility. The cost of that work is then charged to you as the holder of the apartment.

As a member you own a share in the association, not your apartment, only the right to live in it. Because of that you are obliged to let the board or contractors in for inspections and planned maintenance, such as statutory ventilation checks and heating adjustment.

If you want to renovate or alter the apartment you must notify the board, and in some cases also apply for a building permit. It is your responsibility to find out what applies in your case, and always check the statutes, as exceptions may exist in your association.

You are also required to take out condominium cover as an addition to your home insurance, unless it is already included collectively in the association's property insurance.

An important part of living in a housing association is taking part in how it develops. So always attend general meetings and members' meetings.

You can also contribute by joining the board or the nomination committee. That is where decisions about the building's future are made.

When you transfer your apartment it is important that you give the estate agent every document they ask for.

You obtain the broker statement yourself by logging in to My pages. Under the tab for your apartment you will find the association information you need. Also include the statutes, the economic plan and the latest annual accounts, all of which are on My pages.

If you as an agent or owner order a broker statement from us, an administrative fee is charged per order. The cost is billed to the owner of the apartment.

The first Swedish housing associations were formed in 1930, after the first legislation on tenant ownership was passed that same year.

Before 1930, an apartment was owned through a share in a housing society or shares in a housing company. The purpose was to make it possible to acquire a home with a relatively small cash deposit.

The idea was that the building should be owned jointly by its residents, with a board elected by them able to control income and expenditure.