Index:

Downloadable PDF:
a guide on how to find your student accommodation

Examples of content:

  • Checklists
  • Different options for accommodation
  • Summertime on Gotland
  • Storage
  • Home insurance
  • Signing a contract etc.

Download the PDF here:
ENG – student housing on Gotland

Cheklist – how to find an accommodation:

  1. Private landlords:
    Under the tab “private landlord”, you will find available objects from private landlords that they are subletting. The accommodations can be anything from a room in an apartment, your own apartment, a back yard house or a villa. The information is continuously updated.
  2. Housing companies:
    Under the tab “housing company”, you will find contact details and information about the island’s housing companies that offers student accommodation. Contact the respective company for information about available housing and join each housing company’s queue.
  3. The housing company K2A will, from September 1, take over all the student accommodations that GotlandsHem previously owned. Feel free to join K2A’s national queue today. Read more here.
  4. There is still the possibility to register i Gotlandshem´s queuing system, but from 1 September they no longer have any student accommodation for their own.
  5. Register yourself in several housing queues at the same time.
  6. Still haven’t found a vacant accommodation?
    Here you will find contact information for all landlords on the island, even those that do not offer student accommodation.
  7. Visit Uppsala University Housing Office webpage to see if they have any vacancies.
  8. Search for accommodations and share information that you are looking for housing via Facebook:
    ”Bostäder på Gotland”
    ”BOSTÄDER – köpes, säljes, uthyres Gotland”
    ”Gotland Hus Lägenheter Stugor säljes köpes uthyres”
    “Studentboende Visby”
    “Lediga lägenheter Gotland/Visby”
    “Gotland Visby lägenhet hyra ut”
    “Rindi international”
  9. Have you found a larger accommodation and are looking for other students to share with?
    Then you can advertise here under the tab “Notice board” as well as on the physical notice board behind the reception at Campus Gotland, remember to put a date on the ad.

Guidance from Orimlig Hyra (Unreasonable Rent)

Here you can download and read information where Orimlig Hyra gives tips and guidance to those who sublet student accommodation and suspect that you have paid excess rent.

Please find the document here
Orimlig Hyra – guidance on subletting student housing, reasonable rent or excess rent? 

Get home insurance

As a student, you have insurance cover for the time you spend at the university and when moving between home and the university. The insurance normally covers accidents and some cases of illness through infection.

When you move to new accommodation, you should always take out home insurance. If you sublease, the landlord’s insurance will only cover the building and not the apartment that is let.

There are many companies to choose from, and many offer student or youth discounts, including Folksam and Unionen.

DISABILITY
When you are a student with disability you can apply for housing support if you are diagnosed with a mental disibility through the municipality of Gotland (Region Gotland) find out more  here .
Our recommendation is also as soon as possible to establish a contact with the coordinators at Campus Gotland, whom offers support before and during your studies, find out more here

Become a member of Hyresgästföreningen (Tenants Association)

When you have accommodation, we recommend that you become a member of the Tenants Association. As a member you will get:

  • Answers to questions on rent and legal support in difficult cases
  • Support and help with rent negotiations
  • Support and advice if you want to become involved in accommodation issues where you live
  • Lots of members’ benefits
  • The members’ magazine Hem & Hyra (Home & Rent)

When you have found suitable accommodation

Make sure you have a written contract!

Read the contract carefully before signing it. Ask yourself the following questions:

  • What is included in the rent?
  • When must I pay the rent? It is important to pay the rent on time!
  • Which areas can I use in addition to the apartment, for example, storage areas and patios?
  • What should I do/what applies if I want to end the contract?
  • Are there any special rules and regulations written in the contract that need explaining or pointing out? For example whether pets are allowed.

Look around the apartment and make a list of any damage before you move in so you cannot be unfairly accused of it when you move out

If you have made any additions or come to any special agreements with the landlord, make sure they are written in the contract.

When you have arranged your accommodation, it is important that you become a member of the Tenants Association hyresgastforeningen.se. Together with the student union, it will help you if you have any problems with your landlord.

Finally, when you leave your accommodation, make sure it is in the same state as when you first had access to it.

In case you do not have accommodation all year round and your landlord cannot offer storaging, there are different alternatives to choose from on the island:
Ilexpressen, Ph: 0498-26 49 00 E-mail: info@ilexpressen.se
Visby Self Storage, Ph: 0498-225055 E-mail: sanna@visbyselfstorage.se
Visby Självflytt, Ph: 0498-21 24 12, Mobile: 0737-07 19 20, E-mail: info@visbysjalvflytt.se
Servistore Visby, Ph: 010 – 214 78 00 (urgent matters: 010 – 210 90 00 (Avarn), E-mail: info@servistore.se
Lagerkungen at Herkulesvägen 5: Ph: 010-405 81 05. E-mail: visby@lagerkungen.se
Lagerkungen at Wilhelmina skoghs gata 10 : Ph:  010-405 81 05, E-mail: visby2@lagerkungen.se