House Rules
House rules for Félagsbústaðir hf. apartment blocks
- Residents are required to be tidy and quiet when moving around in the communal areas of the building and premises. Residents should always keep in mind that they should cause other residents as least disturbance as possible. All activities and communication of residents that could cause discomfort are a breach of the house rules. From midnight till 7.a.m. there must not be any noise that could disturb the sleep of other residents.
- Front doors shall usually be locked, likewise all doors to communal spaces.
- All noise in buildings with a common staircase shall be avoided, and children must not use a communal area as a play area.
- The storage of personal items, bicycles, prams, pushchairs, shoes or other items that could cause constriction, dirtiness or disfigurement in the communal area is not permitted. It is forbidden to dump personal items that should go to a Sorpa recycling centre in communal areas. Bicycles, pushchairs and prams shall be kept in a special storage area. The storage of motorbikes in the building is forbidden.
- Nothing that might obstruct normal passage may be left outside front doors or on paths by the building.
- The common car-parking area is only intended for cars in drivable condition. Cars without number plates, trailers, tent trailers, caravans and collapsible campers will be removed from the car park.
- Washing may not be hung from the rail of balconies. It is not permitted to store on the balcony anything that could cause discomfort or spoil the look of the building. It is also forbidden to clean carpets or mats on the balcony.
- Animals must not be kept in apartments rented from Félagsbústaðir.
- It is forbidden to do anything or store anything which is dirty or smelly. Rubbish shall be put in put in packaging that is carefully closed so that nothing escapes from it on its way down the rubbish chute. In line with Félagsbústaðir’s environmental policy, all recyclable waste must be taken to a Sorpa recycling centre.
- Residents have equal access to the shared laundry, where this is appropriate, according to rules that have been set on its use.
- Tenants are responsible for joint duties concerning cleansing of communal areas, where this is appropriate.
- Smoking is banned in the communal areas of the building.
NB: A breach of these rules could mean that the tenancy agreement is rescinded.
Reykjavík, 1. April 2008
The house rules are also available in the following languages on pdf-format:
Russian