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Plastic recycling begins in July
In accordance with waste management regulations, plastic recycling becomes mandatory in properties of at least five apartments on July 1, 2021. You will recognize the new plastic recycling bins from the yellow lids.
Key cards in building C of Student Village expire on the 2nd of July
Key cards of tenants living in building C of Kortepohja Student Village expire so, you need to pick up new key card(s). The key cards expire on the 2nd of July 2021. You can pick up your new key cards from the SERVICE POINT OF SOIHTU HOUSING...
The locks of apartments in Student Village’s building B will be coded – Tenant needs a new key card
Key cards of tenants living in building B of the Student Village expire next week. The lock company will code the locks of the apartments for the new key cards on Monday the 21st of June 2021. Your old key cards won’t work after the lock has been...
Student Village’s Yard Party tomorrow 15th of June – welcome!
Finally we can have some fun together and enjoy the summer. Join us tomorrow for Student Village's Yard Party with live music, creative writing workshop, yard games, urban farming, sauna and a bouncy castle, of course! Program: 15-16 Creative...
June 2021 Tenants’ Info Letter has been mailed
Soihtu Housing tenants receive a newsletter about the current housing topics in Kortepohja Student Village and Soihtu Vehkakuja every month. The newsletter is sent to the e-mail address found in our system and provided by the tenant. Sometimes the...
No changes for service fee
The Board of JYY organized a poll in April about the service fee collected by Soihtu when moving between apartments internally. The Council of Representatives of the Student Union (Council) had already ruled in December 2020 that the tenants whose...
What is it like living in a new house?
A great number of Soihtu’s residential buildings are newly renovated or recently built houses. Living in a new house is often not only a nice but also an exciting experience, especially for the first tenant of the apartment, because there are...
Noises of the city disappear in nature
Kortepohja Student Village and Soihtu Vehkakuja are conveniently located next to Laajavuori, Haukanniemi and Viitaniemi outdoors and hiking routes, and many summer dwellers cycle around the Tuomiojärvi lake or go swimming at Köhniö. But what if the neighboring areas are already too familiar, and roaming new places feels intriguing? The Chair of the Board of Executives of the Student Union in 2021, Petri Laaksonen, shares his knowledge of a gem hiding in plain sight, reachable easily by bike or bus.
Apply now for building D!
If you would like to live in the renovated building D, fill in an apartment applications online or update your current application. Application time 12.-31.5.2021.
Proud of the own self-grown food
Last spring, Laura Del Castillo Munera, a tenant of the Kortepohja Student Village, read in the tenant newsletter about the possibility of getting her own cultivation box for the summer. Both Laura and her flatmate were excited about the idea of growing vegetables from the beginning, on their own yard.
Village key cards expire 20th of May
The village key cards (ie. the contactless key cards used by tenants of the buildings EFHJKLMNOPQ) will expire on Thursday 20th of May. Tenants of the Student Village can pick up new key card from Lillukka (space connected to Rentukka), where a...
Keycards in building A expire in May
The contactless key cards used in building A expire on 24th of May. Tenants of building A can pick up new key cards from Lillukka (a space connected to Rentukka), where a temporary key collection point will be set up for exchanging keys. The new key...