Taking care of rented accommodation

You, as the tenant is responsible for cleaning your apartment during the whole rental period, and to leave it clean for the next tenant when moving out. You are responsible for buying cleaning supplies for example broom, washing powder, dish washing liquid, and mop. 

No hot oil should be poured into the kitchen sink. Instead wipe it away with kitchen paper towels and throw the towels in the food recycling bag. Clean pots and pans with dishwashing liquid. Cleaning all surfaces at least once a day, preferably after every use. Make sure you clean the sink, and stove at least once a week. The refrigerator and oven need a monthly clean. Please also remember to regularly dust or vacuum under and behind the refrigerator as the dust may cause a fire. 

You should empty the shower drain regularly to avoid causing an overflow. Make sure you wipe the floor, including all corners, with a mop and soft soap at least once a week to avoid silverfish infestation. Clean toilet and basin at least once a week. Clean the shower at least once a month. Use toilet brush regularly. 

You share the responsibility to keep shared facilities clean, such as common kitchens and bathrooms, corridors, laundry rooms and other common spaces. You are also expected to contribute to a clean environment, by helping keeping building and surroundings tidy.

Trädgårdsvillan and Konsulentvillan a cleaning company cleans the kitchen area, shared area and bathrooms regularly. If you stay in these housings, you are responsible for daily cleaning after using the kitchen or the bathrooms. Kitchen cleaning includes oven, stove tops and microwave, and taking care of dishes after use. If the cleaning is not carried out in a satisfactory way, please arrange a house meeting and agree on cleaning rules and a cleaning schedule. 
Hovbeslag shared apartment every shared apartment sets up its own cleaning schedule to keep the common areas clean. If the cleaning is not carried out in a satisfactory way, please arrange a house meeting and agree on cleaning rules and a cleaning schedule.

If the cleaning by the cleaning company is not carried satisfactorily, please contact Housing Office.
When moving out, you as tenant, is required to clean the accommodation and remove all personal belongings. Please see detailed cleaning instructions under departure information. 

Sweden has a long tradition of recycling. Make sure you follow the rules and learn all available fractions. You are responsible for sorting your waste and disposing it in the right containers. Please follow information and signs about recycling in the building and read the information for tenants under each housing area for more information. 
Waste is recycled in separate fractions such as food waste (assigned paper bags), papers, plastic, cardboard, metal, colored glass, transparent glass, other type of household waste, hazardous waste, bulky waste.

Clothes and things that are not fully warn out should not be thrown away but rather given to charity for example Red cross, Stockholms stadsmission, Myrorna or Erikshjälpen. 

When using the recycling rooms or the rooms for bulky waste always put everything as far into the bin as possible. Make sure you fold all boxes. Please note, you will be charged a fee if a clean-up, pick up or sorting is required due to recycling rules being ignored. This includes inside the building, the common room, any outdoor area near the building and in the rooms for bulky waste and at the recycling room/station. Do not throw cigarette butts, paper or any other items on the ground or out through your windows in your apartment, this is illegal in Sweden. More information: Sustainable living in your accommodation.

Pets are not permitted in any of our accommodations or common areas.

It is important to wash and clean clothes and bags thoroughly when arriving. Do not store luggage under bed. Cleaning your apartment thoroughly every week prevents infestations. First sign of bedbugs can be bites in places that are not covered by clothes at night and/or droppings (small black dots) on the bedspread. If infestations are found in apartment or elsewhere in the building, you are obliged by law to inform the landlord immediately. Log in to accommodation account and fill out a maintenance request if infestation is discovered. The decontaminate by the extermination company is free of charge for tenant. Please do not hesitate to report if suspect infestation of bedbugs or any other insects is noticed in accommodation or any of the communal areas.