General information about the housing
What are the apartments like?
You can see all our apartments on the Aparments page. We rent studios, two and three room apartments. The larger apartments, like two and three bedroom apartments are more often available. Our houses are mostly multi-storey apartment houses, but there are also lofts and wooden houses. All of our houses are located close to amenities and good connections. We have residences in the Helsinki metropolitan area and in other larger centers. The equipment and size of apartments are designed to meet the needs of young people.
Rents
We strive to keep the rents as affordable as possible. The rent of a single home depends on the location, size of the residence, and the location and age of the house. From the Apartments page you can see the rental rates for individual houses and apartment types.
We are a non-profit company and our rents are determined on the basis of a cost rent. This means that we charge rent only as much needed to cover the costs of construction, maintenance, repairs and administration of the apartments.
The rent consist of the costs below:
- apartment and building repairs
- building costs
- waste disposal
- cleaning
- building electricity
- heating
- plot rents
- staff wages
- other administration costs.
Our rent level is below the free market price.
Rental period
The tenant can live in most of our apartments until he or she turns 35 years. We have individual houses, which do not have an age limit. Check the houses without an age limit here. The minimum rental time is one full month. However, the landlord has the right to terminate the lease if the tenant doesn’t follow the house rules or pay rent.
Security deposit
We do not collect security deposits!
Water charge
The water fee is 25 euros per person / month.
Term of lease
In most of our buildings, tenants can live there until they turn 35. However, we have some properties with no age limit. You can see those buildings here.
The minimum stay is one full month. The notice period for tenants is one full calendar month.
The landlord also has the right to end the contract with the legal notice period if needed. In practice, the landlord can only end the contract for ongoing disturbances, breaking house rules, or unpaid rent.
Available apartments
Houses with available apartments can be seen on our front page or on Oikotie. Apply for an apartment here.
Please note, that our customer service is not able to answer to inquiries concerning vacant apartments.
Resident benefits
All residents have a 10M free broadband connection in use. In most houses, there is also a free sauna, laundry and club rooms for residents.
NAL’s housing instructors provide residents with free resident events, such as movie nights and sports events. All of our houses also have a resident committee that decides on the common issues of the house, such as what the house money is spent on. Housing instructors can also be met at houses regularly and they will answer your housing related questions.