Brf Utsikten

Welcome to your newly built new reality!

Brf Utsikten. Two- to four-room apartments on Getberget, with panoramic views across Skellefteå.

A neighbourhood with character Brf Utsikten is a neighbourhood of two 10-storey blocks around a central landscaped courtyard. The building also houses a guest apartment and underground garage.

On top of the world in Skellefteå

Perched high on Getberget with uninterrupted views, we are building your future home. Live with the town and countryside on your doorstop – with plenty of home comforts once you cross the threshold. From your sunny balcony, you will enjoy magnificent views across the rooftops, parks and glittering Skellefte River.

On Getberget, you will live close enough to the city centre to enjoy the bustle of urban life and far enough away to escape the noise of late-night revellers. Treelined paths, cultural experiences and exciting activities are part of everyday life.

Find your dream home among the selection of bright, meticulously laid out open-plan apartments. Everything from well-planned two-room plus kitchen apartments with ample storage to three- and fourroom apartments with kitchen islands and spacious bedrooms. All apartments have generous glazed balconies to extend the alfresco season. Set the table for fika in the spring sunshine and prolong that summer feeling well into the autumn.

To make life that bit easier, we are building a garage beneath the building. Imagine the convenience: no need to dig your car out of the snow each morning or search for a parking space. Simply park and take the lift up to your apartment.

Welcome home!

All the comforts of home and an active life

Live an idyll in the Utsikten cooperative housing association – on the edge of the forest close to town and countryside. With close proximity to all amenities, day-to-day life is made simple and opportunities for activities are many.

More exercise? No problem

If you enjoy exercise, you will love Getberget. The sports facilities at Norrvalla are in easy walking distance, including an athletics track, football pitches and swimming baths. And with only 1.5 kilometres separating you from the ice hockey arena, there is no excuse to miss a single home match!

Next door to the ice hockey arena is the popular outdoor recreational area around Vitberget. This area attracts visitors of all ages, from sun-seeking picnickers and families on outings to those who take their exercise seriously. In winter, Vitberget offers downhill skiing and cross-country skiing trails, as well

as a fun park with jumps and rails. During the summer, the area has many well-maintained jogging trails, including a continuous 20-km illuminated trail, an outdoor gym and Scandinavia’s largest bike park, the Skellefteå Bike Arena. This is also where you will find the Vitberget outdoor swimming baths, with its popular wave machine.

Schools and transport

In the middle of the residential estate, there is both a preschool and the recently completed Flora Primary and Secondary School. Skellefteå city centre is easily accessible by car or bus. If you prefer to get some exercise, there are excellent pedestrian and cycle routes.

FOTO:JONAS WESTLING

A city to feel at home in

Skellefteå is an exciting city with a delightful blend of nature, culture and cobblestones.

The city is enjoying an unprecedented expansion. New homes, workplaces and infrastructure are being planned and built as never before and the city is aiming for 90,000 inhabitants by 2030.

Blue-green experiences

Only a few minutes walk from the city centre, you will find the tree-lined path along the Skellefte River. Enjoy an ice cream in the charming marina or stroll to Stadsparken, the city park that provides a verdant oasis in the heart of the city. If you are feeling hungry, drop by a sunny riverside restaurant for a bite on the terrace.

PHOTO:JPATRICK DEGERMAN

PHOTO:JONAS WESTLING

PHOTO:JPATRICK DEGERMAN

Skellefteå is aiming high

The city is expanding rapidly. The recently opened and quite extraordinary Sara Cultural Centre is one of the tallest timber buildings in the world. As well as its many cultural events, the building also contains a hotel offering first-class accommodation, a spa, restaurants and sky bar with panoramic views. How about enjoying an after-work drink with stunning views across Skellefteå? Northvolt has also built a gigantic battery factory in Skellefteå, generating thousands of new jobs.

PHOTO:JONAS WESTLING

PHOTO:JONAS WESTLING

PHOTO:JONAS WESTLING

We take care of your building

Thanks to our property management, you will not need to weed flowerbeds, mow the lawn or shovel snow. We take care of the property and make sure it remains in good condition – all year round.

I live here!

Room for the heart

Do you enjoy large gatherings of friends and family around the dining table? If so, you will love the spacious open-plan lay out.

We sincerely hope that you will feel pride in your new home. Because we certainly do. We are particularly proud of the natural light delivered by the open-plan design, the high-quality fixtures and fittings and the glazed balconies, which bring an added dimension to the splendid outdoor life Skellefteå offers.

Sunshine outside, sunshine in The living room has windows on two sides to admit as much natural light and air into your home as possible.

At Brf Utsikten, every detail has been designed with care. The stylish and timeless interiors are finished in durable materials such as oak parquet and marble window sills. Standards are high, with every conceivable amenity. For example, stainless steel kitchen appliances, fully tiled bathroom with washing machine and tumble dryer and hallway with sliding-door wardrobes.

Just one more cup. And one more... Your balcony is adjacent to the kitchen. Convenient if you fancy an alfresco breakfast and like to refill your coffee cup again and again.

Touch wood

Wood panelling gives your balcony a warm and embracing atmosphere. It also ages gracefully.

A balcony for all seasons

With a glazed balcony, you can extend the pleasure of sitting outside from early spring to late autumn.

Morning rush hour in the bathroom?

In addition to the spacious bathroom, our four-room plus kitchen apartments also have an additional WC. Nice to avoid the queue. Right?

Laundry basket full?

No worries. Your new bathroom is equipped with washing machine and tumble dryer.

Your style – your choice

One of the advantages of buying a new-build apartment is that you have many opportunities to influence the interior design of your home to suit your needs. That said, it can be difficult to choose. At Riksbyggen, we have therefore developed an interior design program with various style packages to make it easier for you to make design choices. Each style package allows you to choose freely, safe in the knowledge that your selections will match beautifully. Our interior designers have already ensured that!

The basic design style of our kitchens and bathrooms is called Harmony. With Harmony, our interior designers have selected and matched materials and products to create an interior that is stylish, practical and durable. If you want that little something extra, perhaps one of our options will be more to your tastes? Learn more about our interior design program, style packages and other options in the interior design brochure for Brf Utsikten in Skellefteå.

To assist you, you also have Riksbyggen’s interior design portal, with its visual 3D picker to show you

a standard kitchen and bathroom and the various options. This allows you to test various styles and explore different options and combinations of cabinets, handles, countertops and tiles. You can access the portal from the project website. Later, when the time comes to choose the interior of your new home, you will receive a personal client login to the interior design portal, where you can see all the available options for your particular apartment, as well as the prices of any optional extras.

The architects’ thoughts

In designing the buildings, careful consideration has been given to blending them into the natural surroundings. The main material for the facades is light brick, but this is broken up with natural wood to create a sense of warmth around the large, fully-glazed balconies. The grey windows and vertical window strips give the building a modern design language that, in combination with the 10-storey height, gives the buildings a slender appearance.

We have focused on creating pleasant floorplans that capture the sun and views in all apartments. The area is elevated with fantastic views that, together the underground garage and enclosed courtyard, contribute a sense of security and wellbeing.

Fredrik Ågrahn and Johan Hansson, Arkinova Arkitekter Umeå

Site layout plan

On the following pages, you will find floorplans in ascending order of size.

3 RoK, ca 73 m2

2 RoK, ca 60 m2

3 RoK, ca 75 m2

4 RoK, ca 89 m2

2 RoK ca 60 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0106, 0110, 0114, 0118, 0122, 0126, 0130, 0134

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

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2 RoK ca 60 m2 Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0203, 0207, 0211, 0215, 0219, 0223, 0227, 0231, 0235, 0239

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

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Natural design

With facades in natural tones and wood-panelled balconies, the buildings blend into their surroundings.

3 RoK ca 62 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0201

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

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3 RoK ca 73 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0105, 0109, 0113, 0117, 0121, 0125, 0129,

0133

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

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3 RoK ca 73 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0202, 0206, 0210, 0214, 0218, 0222, 0226, 0230, 0234, 0238

Inglasad

Balkong ca. 15,0 m²

Sovrum 1 ca. 14,0 m²

Vardagsrum ca. 13,5 m²

Sovrum 2 ca. 8,0 m²

Matplats ca. 13,0 m²

Kök ca. 9,5 m²

Hall ca. 7,5 m²

WC/D ca. 5,0 m²

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

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Inglasad Balkong ca. 15,0 m²

3 RoK ca 75 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0101

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

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METER SKALA 1:100

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Takinklädnad (Rumshöjd under dessa ca 2300 mm)

3 RoK ca 75 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0102

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2750 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

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3 RoK ca 75 m2

Brf Utsikten

Hall ca. 10,5 m²

WC/D ca. 6,5 m²

Kök ca. 9,5 m²

Matplats ca. 8,0 m²

Sovrum 2 ca. 8,0 m²

Vardagsrum ca. 16,0 m²

BH = 700 BH = 700

Inglasad Balkong ca. 15,0 m²

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2750 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

Frysskåp

Diskmaskin

Dusch med glasdörrar

WC/D ca. 6,5 m² Hall ca. 10,5

Kök ca. 9,5 m² Matplats

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1:100 0 1 2 5 3 4 | BRF UTSIKTEN I SKELLEFTEÅ 36 RIKSBYGGEN RESERVES THE RIGHT FOR ANY PRINTING ERRORS AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES.

METER SKALA

3 RoK ca 75 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0107

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

Garderob

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3 RoK ca 75 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0104, 0108, 0112, 0116, 0120, 0124, 0128, 0132

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

Garderob

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3 RoK ca 75 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0205, 0209, 0213, 0217, 0221, 0225, 0229, 0233, 0237

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

Garderob

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4 RoK ca 89 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0111, 0115, 0119, 0123, 0127, 0131, 0135

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

Garderob

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4 RoK ca 89 m2

Brf Utsikten

Lägenhet 0204, 0208, 0212, 0216, 0220, 0224, 0228, 0232, 0236, 0240

FÖRKLARINGAR

Rumshöjd är ca 2500 mm och bröstningshöjd är 800 mm över golvnivå där inget annnat anges. Avvikande mått anges (BH=xxx) på planritningen. Lägenhetsförråd finns på Plan -1 och Plan -2.

Garderob

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Room description

Riksbyggen reserves the right to make changes and to replace any discontinued products with equivalent or better products.

Apartments in general

Apartment front door: Security door.

Flooring: 3-strip oak parquet.

Joinery (frames, trim, skirting boards): White, NCS S 0500-N.

Interior doors and windows: White, NCS S 0500-N.

Ceilings: White painted plaster, NCS S 0500-N.

Walls: White painted plaster, NCS S 0500-N. Sliding wardrobe doors: Located as per drawing. Sliding doors in white with silver trim.

Wardrobes/high cabinets: Located as per drawing. High cabinets with plain doors painted white. Doors fitted with pull handles. High cabinets are tip-over protected/secured to walls with screws. Wardrobes are equipped with shelves and clothes rails and linen

closets with three shelves and three wire trays. Window sills: Light grey/white polished marble. Curtain fittings: Curtain rail brackets (Reform, white) above windows and French windows. Reform bracket supplied unassembled.

Hall

Flooring: 3-strip oak parquet.

Skirting board: Painted white.

Essem Nostalgi Aluminium hat rack. Delivered unassembled.

Sliding-door wardrobe, located as per drawing. Electrical/media panel.

Kitchen Fixtures and fittings as per drawing. Kitchen joinery from Marbodal, plain white

doors and drawers with soft-close. Cornice supplied by Marbodal, same colour as doors.

Plinth adapted to door colour.

Cladding on all visible cabinet sides. Fan cabinet adapted to choice of fan.

Handles on cupboards and drawers: Solo Krom. Certain apartments have a kitchen island with room for seating.

Kitchen counter splash guard: White gloss tiles, 1003300 mm. Horizontal, straight setting with light grey grout.

Countertop: Laminate, grey concrete 30 mm with straight edge.

Lighting: LED strip under wall cabinets.

Sink: Intra Horizon, undermounted.

Cooker hood: Franke, stainless steel.

Stainless steel appliances from Electrolux, as follows:

Induction hob.

Microwave oven.

Built-in oven.

Dishwasher.

Fridge-freezer (2-room + kitchen)

Refrigerator (3 or 4-room + kitchen)

Freezer (3 or 4-room + kitchen)

Bathroom/laundry

Flooring: Light grey tiles, 1503150 mm.

Straight setting and grey grout.

Walls: White gloss tiles 2503500, straight, horizontal. Light grey grout.

Toilet: Floor-standing.

Electrolux washing machine and tumble dryer.

Bathroom fixtures and fittings from Svedbergs, as follows:

Washbasin: Square.

Washstand: White with two drawers, 60 cm. Cabinet with mirror: White 60 cm, LED lighting.

Shower: Curved corner shower, clear glass 9003900 mm.

White wall cabinet 60 cm and worktop above washer/dryer. Electrical sockets beneath wall cabinet. Chrome handle.

Countertop: Laminate, Chromix Silver. Other: The bathroom is equipped with towel hooks and toilet roll holder. These are supplied separately and mounted with doublesided tape.

WC (4-room + kitchen)

Flooring: Light grey tiles, 1503150 mm.

Straight setting and grey grout.

Walls: Painted white, NCS N 0500-N. Splash guard over washbasin: white tiles, 1503150 mm. Straight setting and light grey grout.

Other: Toilet, mirror, washbasin, toilet roll holder and towel hooks.

Balcony

Flooring: Screeded concrete.

Walls: Wood panelling.

Ceiling: Underside of balcony slab. Integrated glazing with glass sections and railing in one.

Building description

Buildings

Foundations: Ground slab.

Facade: Brick.

Roof: Load-bearing timber roof with backing and covering of roofing felt.

Non-load.bearing walls: Plasterboard. Windows and French windows: Windows in wood with exterior aluminium cladding. Foyer and stairwell: Entrance sections in aluminium. The stairwell has painted walls and stone paving. Mailboxes are located in the ground floor foyer. There is a newspaper holder outside the front door to each apartment.

Balcony: Glazed balcony with concrete slab and wood-panelling on the walls. Lift: Each stairwell has one lift.

Courtyard

Great care has been taken to ensure that the courtyard is a pleasant and sheltered environment with varied surface coverings, mixed vegetation, terrace and barbecue area. The courtyard is designed to accommodate both children’s play and adults’ socialising.

Homes

All apartments have a spacious, glazed balcony and high-quality interiors, with care and attention paid to every little detail. The basic standard will be high, consisting of classic and stylish materials that provide a good base and fit for most interior design styles.

The apartments are equipped with a full set of high quality appliances, including washing machine and tumble dryer, dishwasher, refrigerator and freezer (fridge freezer in two-room + kitchen apartments) as well as hob with built-in oven and microwave in the upper cabinet.

Ceiling height

The general ceiling height is 2.5 metres. However, there may be occasional variations due to installations or for design reasons.

Storage

Each apartment has a storage room in the basement/garage. Storage rooms have mesh walls and a shelf on brackets with a clothing rail.

Bicycle parking

Bicycle racks will be placed around the residential buildings.

Car parking

The garage has 64 parking spaces. There are also seven parking spaces at ground level. Electrical vehicle charging will also be available.

Water and wastewater

The property is connected to the municipal water and wastewater system. Hot water, hot water circulation and cold water pipes are drawn from the district heating plant into each apartment.

Heating and ventilation

The buildings are connected to the municipal district heating network. Apartments are heated by a waterborne heating system with traditional radiators. Both residential buildings have exhaust and supply air ventilation with heat recovery, known as an FTX system.

Electricity

The property is equipped with common meters that measure total energy consumption. All apartments are equipped with individual meters for electricity and hot and cold water. The cooperative housing association will bill each household for the electricity and water it uses.

Television, telecommunications, data

All apartments are equipped with a media centre for IP telephony, data and digital TV.

Waste management

Deep waste containers for household waste and waste sorting facilities will be located in the courtyard.

Other buildings

One of the buildings contains a guest apartment. The cooperative also has a simple bicycle workshop and rooms to store walking frames and strollers.

Accessibility

Particular attention has been paid to designing homes and common spaces that meet requirements for good accessibility. Entrance doors and interior doors to common areas are equipped with automatic door openers and can be easily opened with a tag or elbow contact. All residents can reach their storage room by staircase or lift.

The buildings are equipped with an entryphone with an answer function on residents’ mobile phones.

Child safety

The residential buildings and courtyard are designed and built according to applicable building regulations.

Fire safety

Each apartment is designed and built as a separate fire cell, making it difficult for a fire to spread through the building. Each apartment is equipped with a smoke detector and the stairwells have been designed to ensure swift evacuation in the event of fire.

Riksbyggen’s Brf Utsikten consists of two 10-storey apartment buildings containing a total of 75 apartments. The cooperative housing association also owns a twostorey garage that connects the two residential buildings.

Ecosystem services at Brf Utsikten

An ear to the ground

Ecosystem services are the positive benefits that healthily functioning ecosystems provide to people. Before we embark on building the homes of tomorrow, we always carefully study the site on which we intend to build. We call this an ecosystem services analysis, which means that we investigate what services nature can contribute, such as clean water, binding carbon dioxide or reducing erosion. Then we make sure that the land contributes just as much, or even more, once the project is complete. So, with us you can keep your ear to the ground and take responsibility for the future.

What measures does Brf Utsikten plan to implement?

1 Garage roof and joists reinforced for various forms of cultivation

2 Minimise the area of hard surfaces

3 Plant flowers that bloom throughout the season and other plants to encourage pollination

4 Strive to use local species to the greatest possible extent

5 Barbeque areas planned to make use of conditions

6 Social meeting places

Ecosystem services that measures planned by Brf Utsikten contribute to:

Water regulation

Waterflow will be regulated, meaning that we are protected from, for example, flooding.

Preventing soil erosion

The ability to bind soil, regulate water and thereby prevent erosion.

Recreational and aesthetic value

The ability of ecosystems to create experiences and contribute to recreation.

Pollination and seed dispersal

The transfer of pollen between plants, so that fruits, berries and crops can form. Seeds are dispersed by wind, water, animals and insects to other places where they can germinate

For young and old – and everyone in between The courtyard is designed with playful elements for energetic children and comfortable seating and barbeque areas for adults to socialise in.

Welcome to a home for life

Here, will answer frequently asked questions and guide you along the way. We would also like to enlighten you about the benefits of living in a home from Riksbyggen and tell you a little about what it means to be a member of a cooperative housing association. Here at Riksbyggen, we always care that little bit extra. About you, your home and the surrounding environment. Shouldering long-term responsibility is something we have been doing for over 80 years. And it is something we intend to keep doing far into the future – a future we would be delighted to share with you.

How your purchase works

Once you have decided to buy a home, the first step is to sign a precontract. The second is to sign a leasehold agreement. During this period, you can select the fixtures and fittings and thus take part in the design of your future home. The period between a decision to buy and moving in varies depending on what stage of development the new homes are at when you enter the picture as a buyer. During the period between signing a contract and moving in, you will receive information on an ongoing basis concerning the development of your new home.

Precontract

A precontract is entered into between you and the cooperative housing association. As the buyer, this guarantees you the right to acquire a specific apartment. The contract is based on the association’s cost calculation, which is registered by the Swedish Companies Registration Office. Before you sign the precontract, a credit report will be obtained and confirmation that you have been guaranteed a mortgage. You will then receive an invoice in the post for advance payment of part of your deposit.

Leasehold agreement

Once the association’s final financial plan is registered by the Swedish Companies Registration Office, we will send you a leasehold agreement. You then sign the agreement and return it to us. We will then send you an invoice for the deposit on your new home. The standard deposit is 10 per cent of the price, less the advance payment you made on signing the precontract.

Option agreement

If you are involved at an early stage of the development,

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you have ample opportunity to put your personal touch to your future home by making interior design choices. How much of an opportunity depends on the project you are interested in and at what stage you become involved. Your interior design coordinator can explain the situation with regard to your particular new home. The option agreement is a separate agreement between you and Riksbyggen. The standard agreement is that you pay 20 per cent of the cost of options when you place an order and the rest when you move in.

Taking occupancy and moving in

On the day you take occupancy, your final deposit payment, option payment and monthly fees must be paid in full. Once payment is made, you will receive the keys to your new home. When you take occupancy, you will receive a folder containing maintenance and other instructions. In good time before you move in, we will send information via a newsletter or arrange an information meeting.

Inspection and warranty

In conjunction with the completion of building work, a final inspection will be conducted by an expert inspector. Once the handover is complete, there is a warranty period of five years. After two years, an inspection will be carried out of all buildings and the grounds. At the end of the warranty period, a review will be conducted of the defects reported during the warranty period (no inspection is carried out at this time). Riksbyggen will remedy any defects that have been noted by the inspector.

Payment of annual fee

The annual fee is paid monthly in advance, beginning on the date of occupancy. The first invoice will be sent to you and must be paid no later than the date of occupancy.

Riksbyggen Priority

Riksbyggen Priority is a way for you to see and choose newly built cooperatively and privately owned homes before there are available to the general public. You collect points over time, and the more points you have, the greater the chance you have to choose exactly the home you want in a certain project. By registering for Riksbyggen Priority, you receive advanced information about the projects in which you have registered an interest.

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Riksbyggen. On the journey to moving in, we want you to have the guidance you need and to be as well-informed as possible.

Cooperative housing associations

Membership of a cooperative housing association

Owning a cooperative home means that your apartment is at your disposal, but you own a share of the cooperative housing association, which in turn owns the housing. In simple terms, it is an economic association through which the residents collectively own or dispose of the land and buildings. The association makes all decisions concerning the management and development of common areas – foyers, stairwells, courtyards, storage rooms and so on.

Cooperative housing associations

When a cooperative housing association is formed it has a board consisting of administrators and elected officials from within Riksbyggen. Once the association’s building is completed, the residents elect a board at a general meeting. From then on, the board consists of residents in the association and an experienced and knowledgeable representative of Riksbyggen. Before the general meeting, you may register your interest in sitting on the board and thus become more deeply involved in running the association. Riksbyggen offices training courses so that you can learn more about what is involved in serving on the board of an association.

Fixed price and purchase guarantee

A cooperative housing association can enter into an agreement with Riksbyggen guaranteeing the price of its new-build project. This means that the final acquisition cost to the association is known when the economic plan is drawn up and the apartments are leased. Riksbyggen is responsible for all costs and revenue until the final day of the month that falls five months after the final inspection and handover of the property. If any apartments have not been sold, Riksbyggen undertakes to purchase them.

A cooperative enterprise

Riksbyggen is a cooperative economic association of some 1,700 cooperative housing associations. So, you will not only be a member of a housing association, indirectly you will also be a co-owner of Riksbyggen.

Dividends

One classic principle of the cooperative is to pay dividends to its members. Within Riksbyggen, the dividend is based on the management services that cooperative housing associations buy; the better it goes for our management services, the more money is left over for the associations.

Relax, you’re buying a Riksbyggen home

To ensure that we fulfil all of the modern demands on the quality of housing, we have developed something we call the Riksbyggen Home – our model for what a good home should be. In addition to statutory requirements, a Riksbyggen Home must live up to our own requirements, which have been developed based on our ambitions for good housing and a sustainable society, the wishes of residents and a long-term approach to management.

Homes for unique places and unique people

The houses can look very different depending on where they are and who is to live in them. It is a matter of ensuring that houses and neighbourhoods are aesthetically pleasing, accessible and secure, that they have green spaces and are energy efficient, etc. Riksbyggen Homes have a number of characteristics in common.

For example:

A community hall – Every project with over 25 apartments must have one. It can be used for board meetings, children’s parties or as overnight accommodation.

Security – Security planning is carried out in every project. This covers factors such as the outdoor environment, lighting and locking systems.

A pleasant outdoor environment – Work to create pleasant, green and diverse courtyards.

Long-term management – Riksbyggen Homes are planned to be low-maintenance from a property management perspective. This is good for both those who work on the property and for your cooperative housing association.

Accessibility – Floorplans must be well thought out and have certain specified dimensions. For example, that entrances, stairwells and balconies and patios meet applicable accessibility requirements goes without saying in a Riksbyggen Home.

Environmental certification

Choosing a home from Riksbyggen is to make an environmentally friendly choice. Since 2012, all of our new-build apartment buildings of three or more storeys have been environmentally certified by the Sweden Green Building Council or Nordic Swan. This is a matter of ensuring quality within areas such as energy, materials and indoor environments. Environmental certification is proof that a building meets these exacting requirements. Sweden Green Building Council classifies buildings as bronze, silver or gold. Riksbyggen’s new builds are designed to achieve a minimum level of silver.

Well-maintained buildings thanks to your fees

When you move into a Riksbyggen House, it will be managed by Riksbyggen’s own staff for at least five years. They will ensure that the building functions as intended and that everything is well-maintained and in good condition.

Your fees go a long way

As a member of a cooperative housing association, you pay a monthly fee to the association. This covers a great deal, from heating, water and maintaining the grounds to cleaning and maintaining the building in the short and long term. Your fees also cover interest and repayments of the association’s loans.

Riksbyggen ensures everything is working

From the fees paid to cooperative housing associations, Riksbyggen makes sure that the lights are on, keeps an eye on the heating, ventilation and water so that any problems are promptly rectified, often before you notice that anything is wrong. In short, Riksbyggen ensures that everything is working as intended.

The pleasures of apartment living

If you previously owned a house, when you move to an apartment you can feel comfortable and secure in the knowledge that everything is kept in good working order without you having to shoulder the responsibility yourself.

A well-maintained courtyard, tidy stairwell, heating and maintenance, so that a building can stand for a hundred years. These are a few examples of what the fees you pay to the association each month are used for.

Financial stability

Your fee also includes regular updates from us concerning maintenance schedules. This provides the association with long-term financial stability, as money can be set aside for future major projects such as maintenance of the facade, roof and heating system. This provides financial security and avoids unpleasant surprises.

An expert in the boardroom

Your association’s board will include one member employed by Riksbyggen. They will be an expert on the work of cooperative housing association boards, willing and able to offer support.

Clean and tidy improves wellbeing

A clean building and tidy grounds are important factors when it comes to a pleasant home. We employ trained cleaners who know their stuff. We have also reduced the use of chemicals in floor cleaning, and when we do use chemical products, they are eco-labelled.

Customer service around the clock

Should you have any problems or questions, Riksbyggen has a hotline you can call around the clock.

Included in your fees are:

Property management ensuring that, for example, there is running hot and cold water, working heating and ventilation and that the building is maintained and kept in good condition year after year.

Cleaning ensuring that the stairwell and common areas are kept clean.

Snow clearing and lawn mowing ensuring that paths are cleared in winter and lawns are mowed in the summer.

Loans interest and repayments on the loans that any cooperative housing association usually has.

Provisions for future maintenance setting funds aside for the maintenance and renovation of items such as facades, roofs and heating systems.

Maintenance planning drawing up and updating maintenance schedules.

Heating the association pays for heating via the district heating network.

Expert board member an representative of Riksbyggen sits on the board of your association to contribute expert knowledge and support to the work of the board.

Customer services and fault reporting you can call us around the clock to report faults if you have any problems.

These costs are billed separately:

Hot and cold water You pay for hot and cold water separately based on the amount you actually use. We are keen that it should pay to be economical and to protect the environment.

Household electricity Electricity is billed separately based your consumption. We are keen that it should pay to be economical and to protect the environment.

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We work towards sustainability by building communities, creating local green spaces and managing property in an economically sustainable manner. We do so for the benefit of society as a whole, for the planet and for all our residents and customers. For us, sustainability is about the big things, and the small. The broader holistic perspective is a prerequisite for doing the small things right. The things that make home and working life sustainable now and in the future.

Sustainable homes are tough. And soft. Here at Riksbyggen, we construct buildings to last for at least a hundred years, and to be sustainable for the climate and the planet. This demands that we are involved in driving progress, such as by installing solar panels on the roofs of all of our new builds, by increasingly building with climate-enhanced concrete and offering services such as carpooling. When our role changes to property management, we continue to work towards a number of environmental goals.

When Riksbyggen develops, builds and manages homes and workplaces, we create solutions that promote social, economic and environmental sustainability.

One example is the target of a fossil-free vehicle and plant fleet by 2025. Another is a 30% reduction of energy consumption for heating, hot water and building electricity in our own properties by 2030.

But it also requires soft values that cannot be measured. Values that make a building into a home that simplifies daily life and provides space in addition to one’s own home, such as community halls for hobbies, meetings and parties, green courtyards with space for cultivation and good opportunities to sort waste at source.

Together

We strive to do both the big and the small things together with our customers and residents. Such as helping by providing solutions that make it easy for residents to share goods and services, or by installing charging stations for electric vehicles in the association’s parking spaces.

Sustainability is about the big things. And the little things

Sustainability in all we do

Sustainability is embedded in our business idea: “Riksbyggen creates attractive and sustainable homes for all”. But today, no housing developer or property manager can tread so lightly that they leave no climate footprint. This is unsustainable in the long term. The overall ambition of our sustainability work is therefore to ensure that everything we do is climate neutral and sustainable for life: environmentally, socially and economically.

It is equally clear that we should be a driving force in major national initiatives as that we should be an inspiration and facilitator for our residents in their quest to live a sustainable life. As a leading company in the cooperative housing sector, we can make a difference in the big things and the small.

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Vi ska bygga klimatneutralt och hållbart för hela livet.

Vi ska verka för hållbarhet i det stora och det lilla.

Vi ska utveckla be ntliga boendemiljöer till att bli klimatneutrala och hållbara.

Vi ska skapa ett klimatneutralt och hållbart liv tillsammans med styrelsen och de boende.

Vi ska skapa värde för våra kunder med en klimatneutral och hållbar förvaltning.

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Many of our assignments come from cooperative housing associations whose property we have developed and built, and who we also take good care of for at least five years after the building is ready for occupation – although often for much longer. Because of this relationship – that we continue to work with the association and manage the property for many years – we think in the long term and sustainably. We build something solid and stable from day one, which benefits you and us.

We are with you for the first five years. At least. For the first five years that you live in your new home, Riksbyggen will be responsible for the financial and technical management and day-to-day operation of the property. We hope that when five years have passed, you will continue to employ us as your property manager going forward.

Valuable services

We are well aware that a holistic approach is vital if a cooperative housing association is to function well. It is equally important to maintain the stairwells and courtyards as to manage finances well. All of this contributes to maintaining the property’s value. We employ specialists in every area and our experience and support increase the wellbeing of residents and the value of the property. You can read about our services in more detail here.

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Administration of contract documents

Monitor statutory requirements

First point of contact in case of disruption

Insurance and claims administration

Technical support to the association’s board

Procurement of materials and services

Updating maintenance schedules

Annual planning

General oversight

We also offer optional services

Financial management, basic service

Subletting

Fees

Financial statement and annual report

Budget

Financial administration

Financial advice

Rent and fees administration

Liquidity investment

Loan management

Forecast and follow-up

Tax and tax declarations

Transfer administration

We also offer optional services

Technical management

Well-thought-out technical management is fundamental to securing the long-term value of the property. Here, maintenance schedules, documentation and thorough annual inspections play an important role. With this in place, day-to-day operations can be managed efficiently.

Financial management

In any cooperative housing association there are many financial matters to be dealt with. We assist with accounting and financial services that ensure that the association’s finances are managed correctly and efficiently.

Property operation

With technical and financial management in place, the day-to-day operation of your property will also be very effective. The association will be cared for by personnel who are well acquainted with your property and its installations. This means that faults are discovered and rectified in a timely manner by people with the right skills.

Our customer services is open around the clock

Riksbyggen offers unique customer service. Our communications centre is open 24/7. Simply call 0771 860 860 no matter what you need to speak to us about or where in the country you are.

Property operation, basic service

Operation of installations

Fault reports

Corrective maintenance

Meter reading and statistics

We also offer a wide range of optional services: Energy, operation monitoring, call-out and case management, outdoor environment, cleaning and building operation

Maintenance and renovation

Project management from start to finish:

Replumbing

Bathrooms

Balconies

Windows Energy

Solar panels

Heating

Ventilation

Laundry rooms

Recycling Basement

Roofs

Electrical installations

Grounds and outdoor environment

Garage

Environmental improvement measures

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Not only does Riksbyggen develop new homes, but we are also one of Sweden’s largest property managers for cooperative housing associations. In fact, in our property management role Riksbyggen encompasses far more people than we do as a property developer.

You should feel secure in buying a cooperative home

Postpone the date of occupation

If you have been unable to complete the sale of your current home and need more time to do so, you may request a postponement of the date of occupation by up to three months.

Waive monthly fees in the event of double occupancy

If, on moving into your new cooperative home, you have still not sold your previous home, you have the right to waived monthly fees for your new home. If you meet the criteria, Riksbyggen will pay your monthly fees for up to 12 months. If you have already been granted a postponement of occupancy, the number of months will be reduced by the corresponding amount. The maximum amount of compensation is SEK 10,000 per month.

...or if you are on sick leave or unemployed

You also have the right to waived monthly fees of up to SEK 10,000 per month if you are on sick leave or unemployed. This also applies for the first 12 months after moving into your new home.

Right to withdraw from the contract

In the event of your death or critical illness, or the death or critical illness of a member of your family, you have the right to withdraw from the purchase up until occupation has taken place.

Extended cover for Riksbyggen Priority members

Riksbyggen Priority members have extended cover under Trygghetslöfte. They are entitled to have monthly fees waived for an additional 12 months, up to a total of 24 months.

Our purchase commitment, Trygghetslöfte, provides you with financial security when you buy a cooperative home. Below, we briefly describe what Trygghetslöfte means to you as a buyer. You can find the complete terms and conditions here:

www.riksbyggen.se/globalassets/1-riksbyggen/ om-oss/about-us/trygghetsfilosofin-english.pdf

Riksbyggen’s Trygghetslöfte always includes:

• Five year warranty on new builds and renovations.

• We continue to manage the property for at least five years.

• We know your building inside and out, so we have good knowledge about cleaning, maintenance and development needs.

• Your association will be financially stable and have clear maintenance schedules.

• Around-the-clock customer service.

• The board of your cooperative housing association will work closely with Riksbyggen. We will provide one board member to contribute expert knowledge and support to the work of the board.

• The buyer will receive personal guidance through the entire purchase process.

• If not all apartments are sold six months after the final inspection and handover, Riksbyggen will buy the unsold apartments and guarantee the association’s income.

Welcome to Riksbyggen, a company built on a promise of security.

You can find details about Trygghetslöfte at: www.riksbyggen.se/globalassets/1-riksbyggen/om-oss/ about-us/trygghetsfilosofin-english.pdf

BRF UTSIKTEN, SKELLEFTEÅ: Customer service 0771-860 860 www.riksbyggen.se/utsikten