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Electricity consumption is requested to be kept to a minimum – the saunas in the A building will be out of use today
The extended period of cold weather has raised electricity consumption to a high level. Fingrid, Finland's national grid system, asks everyone to reduce their electricity consumption and shift the electricity use from the peak consumption hours....
Soihtu Rents exceptional opening hours
Soihtu Rents is closed from Fri 22 - Tue 26 Dec. Wed 27 - Fri 29.12. we will not be available at the office, but can be contacted normally by e-mail and phone Wed and Fri 10-12. Mon 1.1.2024...
Tenants’ Info Letter of December
Tenants of Soihtu receive a newsletter about the current housing topics in Kortepohja Student Village, Soihtu Vehkakuja and Soihtu Korttelikylä every month. The newsletter is sent to the e-mail address found in our system and provided by the...
The service fee will also be charged for other contract changes
Soihtu has previously charged a service fee of 55 euros in situations where a tenant moves from one Soihtu apartment to another in such a way that the apartment type does not change (e.g. from a studio to another studio). From January 1, 2024,...
Ilokivi lunch restaurant joins Semma Oy
The Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä JYY sells its Ilokivi lunch restaurant business to Semma Oy by decision of the Council of Representatives of the Student Union JYY. The operations of the Ilokivi lunch restaurant will be transferred in their entirety to Semma Oy on 1.1.2024. The transaction does not apply to Ilokivi Venue's event business.
Jyväskylä of pleasant surprises
Text: Jenni Kirkkomäki | Pictures: Mari Mansikkamäki, Visual Friday Some of the apartments of Soihtu are annually reserved for exchange students. One of the exchange students living in the Kortepohja Student Village is Jenna...
Next week is Fire Safety Week – check the safety of your own apartment
National Fire Safety Week is from 25 November to 1 December 2023. It is much easier to prevent a fire than to put it out. It might not occur to you that even if the fire isn't very big, the smoke it causes will quickly destroy important things....
Rent increases in March – changes also in some usage fees
Verifying the budget of the housing locations of Soihtu for the year 2024, the representatives of the Student Union of the University of Jyväskylä and the board of Soihtu business unit have agreed on the rent charged in Student Village and Soihtu...
Community manager’s week
Text: Anni Pajari | Pictures: Mari Mansikkamäki, Visual Friday 18.9.2023 An important part of my tasks is tenant counselling; supporting tenants with problems related to housing or life skills in general. Today, for example, I write...
Versatile sports center
Text: Jenni Kirkkomäki | Pictures: Mari Mansikkamäki, Visual Friday Located in Rautpohja, Jyväskylä, Hippos is home to many sports clubs and has plenty of sports and competition venues. Valtteri Aarnu, who studies computer science at the...
Tenants’ Info Letter of November
Tenants of Soihtu receive a newsletter about the current housing topics in Kortepohja Student Village, Soihtu Vehkakuja and Soihtu Korttelikylä every month. The newsletter is sent to the e-mail address found in our system and provided by the...
Vehkakuja like its tenants
Text: Anni Pajari | Pictures: Mari Mansikkamäki, Visual Friday Soihtu Vehkakuja is a housing location consisting of three buildings in Savela, near Kortepohja and Laajavuori. According to Eeva Halkosaari, secretary of the Vehkakuja...