If you arrived to Helsinki this weekend and you do not have a place to sleep you can get a key to the emergency housing from Welcome Desk personnel at Vantaa Airport.
Welcome desk personnel is available from 10 till 20.00 on Saturday and Sunday. Look for a Welcome Desk in Arrival Hall 2 A inside Terminal 2. They are wearing orange T-shirts.
Please pass by housing office (Otakaari 11) on Monday 3.09 from 9 till 16.00 to pay for your stay to the emergency housing coordinator.
Find a flat, Mate! Find a flat, Mate! is an event for international students looking for an apartment and for landlords looking for a reliable tenant for a longer or shorter period of time. It is organised by HERA. http://www.welcomeweeks.fi/en/event/208 Event takes place on the 30.08.2012
Housing pages of the Aalto University Student Union are now availabe in Facebook. News, information and questions answered about living in AYY’s apartments.
Our mission – to house as many Aalto University students as possible, as well as possible!
Mosaic, the International Section of AYY, organizes various events for the students of Aalto interested in international experiences. This year they organise Mosaic Couchsurfing, a volunteer-based network for accommodation. More information can be found at http://couchsurfing.ayy.fi /. You can also check their Facebook event
If you need a place to stay for a few nights, fill in your application asap! If you got a couch to share do not hesitate to participate in the event as a host!
Töölö Service Point is closed during the summer. Therefore all AYY housing related keys are handled through the AYY Housing Office in Otaniemi for the summer. All keys must be returned and fetched from Otaniemi. During summer it is not possible to leave them or get them from Töölö.
It is still possible to exchange keys directly between the tenants and we strongly suggest you do this. Use the moving agreement and transfer of keys -form. Make sure to read the agreement closely first.
More info from Housing expert Jaakko Koivula (050 520 9444, firstname.surname@ayy.fi).
A new tenant must check the condition of the apartment within one week of the moving day. In this way, we can ensure that defects can be repaired and AYY’s apartments stay in good condition from one tenant to the next. Now you can make the housing inspection completely online. We advise all new residents to use the electronic housing inspection form instead of the paper form. This speeds up the process for everyone, necessary repairs or cleaning can be arranged faster and deposits can be returned faster to the previous resident.
The electronic housing inspection form includes the address of the apartment, the resident’s name and e-mail and the evaluation of the condition of the apartment. A completed form is delivered automatically to AYY and a copy is also submitted to the resident’s email. Further information on housing inspection and general advice for a new resident is available on AYY’s website at: /jasenille/asuminen/hakuinfo/sisaanmuutto/
The housing inspection form is currently being translated and it will be available in English and Swedish in the near future.
Feedback and questions on the electronic form can be submitted to Housing Specialist Jaakko Koivula (firstname.surname@ayy.fi, tel. 050 520 9444).
AYY’s Housing Office will help you with all housing-related issues.