Changing your apartment within M2-Kodit: even if your life situation changes, could the old familiar still be your thing?
Is your life situation changing? Sometimes change means finding a new, more suitable home.
There are advantages to continuing to live with M2-Kodit: you won’t have to pay two rents at the same time and you can be flexible about when you move.
On this page, we have put together some useful information on changing your apartment within M2-Kodit.
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When should I apply to change my apartment within M2-Kodit?
When you live in M2-Kodit, you can apply for a change of tenancy when your needs change in terms of size, location or rent. Typical situations for changing an apartment include:
- Addition to the family
- Separation
- Joint move
- Change of address
- Change of income level
For example, if your income level decreases, changing to a cheaper rental home may make more financial sense. When life takes you by surprise, we make sure you don’t have to worry about housing.
Many good reasons to live in M2-Kodit
- Security deposit 0 €
- Pets allowed
- Free internet
- Paints and painting supplies
- AsumisPlus insurance
- Tenant activities
How to apply to move from one M2-Kodit apartment to another
Search for suitable apartments in our search service and add the properties that match your wishes to your application as favourite homes.
- In the applicant’s details, select “I already live in an M2-Kodit apartment”
- In the additional information field, enter the reason for the change (e.g. family reunion, divorce, change of income level, move to another location) and any wishes you have for the future home and area.
- If an apartment matching your application becomes available at M2-Kodit and we are able to offer it to you, we will contact you by e-mail and/or phone.
- Please note that your housing application is valid for 3 months from the date of submission or modification of the application.
The need and urgency of changing rental apartment is interpreted in accordance with ARA’s guidelines
In M2-Kodit, all tenant selection is made in accordance with ARA criteria. This means that the selection of tenants takes into account the applicant’s financial situation, the urgency of the need for housing and the applicant’s life situation.
There must also be sufficient grounds for changing rental apartment within M2-Kodit.
Moving within M2-Kodit – how to terminate the lease?
Only terminate your current lease once you have secured a replacement home.
The start date of the lease and the termination date of the current apartment will be agreed separately at the time of the exchange. You will be able to influence the end date of your current lease and the start date of your new lease within reason.
As a general rule, you will not have to pay two overlapping rents.
Terminate the lease: download the prepared basis
Changing your rental apartment with M2-Kodit – checklist:
- You can apply to change your rental apartment at any time if your circumstances require it.
- We also follow the ARA tenant selection criteria when it comes to moving from one M2-Kodit apartment to another. This means that the reason for a change is not just that you like another apartment more than your current one.
- Clear reasons for changing rental apartment include, for example, a change of location for work or study, or an apartment that is too large, too small or too expensive.
- If you have rent arrears, the possibility of changing your home will be considered on a case-by-case basis. As a general rule, rent must be paid in order for a change of tenancy to be possible.
Do you need to change your home in a challenging life situation? Housing counselling are here to help
At M2-Kodit, we want your housing to be a success. Our housing counselling are here to help.
They can help you with issues such as paying rent and applying for housing benefit and other benefits.
Exchange of apartment between residents
Would an exchange of rental apartment with a neighbour go nicely? M2-Kodit residents can swap apartments with each other if the conditions set by ARA are met.
Here’s how to do it:
- Both make your own housing application on our online service.
- Select the “I already live with M2-Kodit” option in the application and enter in the additional information field which apartment you want to exchange and with whom.
- Wait for your application to be processed.
The decision may be positive or negative. A negative decision may be affected by factors such as unpaid rent or housing-related problems.
Our rental negotiator will process your application and check your payment and housing history for the current tenancy, as well as your credit history. Any credit history will affect the amount of security for a new tenancy.
Only terminate the lease of your current home once your change of tenancy has been confirmed. For tenant-to-tenant exchanges, we do not carry out separate move-out checks.
Housing Exchange – report your exchange and search for exchange homes on OmaM2
You can also register your interest in changing your rental apartment on the OmaM2 service. You can find instructions on how to submit an exchange notification by logging into the OmaM2 service.
In exchanges announced on the Housing Exchange, residents search for a suitable exchange home themselves among the homes listed on the Housing Exchange.