Summary EDITORIAL
Read our Kulmilla magazine Kulmilla is our renewed residents’ magazine. We will publish a summary of the most important topics in English in the future, so that as many people as possible can have access to the magazine’s content. I warmly welcome you to the readership of the magazine. Hopefully, you will find useful information in the magazine and enjoy being with us. We are also happy to receive feedback, which you can send to viestinta@espoonasunnot.fi. Hanna-Maija Loikkanen Editor
Espoon Asunnot got a Green Office sertificate WWF has awarded Espoon Asunnot the Green Office certificate. Receiving the certificate requires that the company has an environmental programme in place to monitor and develop its environmentally responsible activities. In addition, it is required to pass the WWF office check. The Green Office environmental system enables companies to reduce the carbon footprint of the workplace, decrease the consumption of natural resources and, at the same time, achieve cost savings. We are committed to Green Office’s policies, including efficient recycling and sorting, taking environmental considerations into account in procurement, promoting sustainable mobility and reducing electricity consumption. With the help of Green Office, we want to encourage both our staff and our residents to do small and large ecological deeds. → wwf.fi/greenoffice/en
INSIDE THE SAME WALLS Different lifestyles sometimes cause quarrel in the neighbourhood. A good neighbourly spirit is preserved when matters are raised in a timely and appropriate manner. Being neighbours sometimes requires the same kind of adaptability and flexibility as living in the same household with another person. Development specialist Anna-Liisa Saukkonen and resident ombudsman Tarja Fonselius also encourage residents to get to know each other. Catching up and exchanging basic information can help neighbours understand each other. It is the noise that causes the most resentment among neighbours. “You always hear the sounds of living in a block of flats, and it is OK. What is perceived as disturbing noise is very individual,” Fonselius says.
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If you find something very disturbing, Fonselius urges you to bring the matter up with the parties immediately. Prolonging things just inflames feelings, and then you might easily say worse things than you intended. She also calls for patience: perhaps the problem is not one that can be resolved in an instant. “It is easy to think that the dog should be silenced immediately or the children’s noise should stop completely at the moment the matter is raised.”
Text Tiina Parikka
PILLARS OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOUR: • Say hello when you see your neighbour. • Put yourself in their shoes. • Avoid excessive noise. • Tell them about the disturbance.
IN THE EVENT OF A DISTURBANCE: • Raise the issue with the neighbour concerned in a proper and timely manner. Also give them time to fix it. • If the situation cannot be resolved by discussion, contact the property manager. If necessary, we arrange mediation between neighbours who have come into conflict. • If the disturbance is a frightening noise, for example, do not go into the situation yourself but call for help. If nothing else helps, you can file an official disturbance report.
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