The Finnish Real Estate Magazine | Locus | Surroundings Search for products Shopping basket Login | Register Books E-services Forms Foliage courses Home > Kiinteistökulma > New member of the housing association's board? Check out these things New member of the housing association's board? Check out these things Have new people been elected to the board of your housing association? Did you become a board member for the first time? Read below what the new board member should look at right from the start. 1. Get to know other board members and the property manager The Board of Directors of the housing association is elected at the Annual General Meeting. If you don’t know the other board members before, go greet them after the meeting. Shortly after its election, the Board will hold an inaugural meeting, where e.g. elect a chairman for the board - be sure to attend the meeting. Also find out who the property manager of the housing association is and make a note of the contact details of the management company. 2. Learn the key things needed to manage a condominium The operations of a housing company are determined in accordance with the Articles of Association and the provisions of the Housing Companies Act. Check out the contents of both. Also find out what the responsibilities of the board and the property manager are and how the maintenance responsibility between the company and the shareholder in your housing association is divided. 3. Familiarize yourself with the content of housing association agreements Every board member should be familiar with the basics of the housing association’s most important contracts, that is, at least the property management, maintenance, and cleaning contracts, as well as the unfinished contracts. Ask the chairman of the board or the property manager to see the agreements. Find out from the contracts at least what is included in the different service packages and how the prices of the services are determined. 4. Find out the condition of the condominium buildings This is best accomplished by reviewing fitness studies, long-term plans, and other repair plans that the company has developed in recent years. In particular, find out what repairs are coming during the government term and how their funding is planned. Ask your property manager for repair plans. 5. Browse through the minutes of recent Board meetings and Annual General Meetings It is good for a board member to know what decisions have been made in the housing association in recent years. So check the minutes of Board meetings and Annual General Meetings, for example, for the previous two years. You will get the minutes for you to see when you request them from the Chairman of the Board and the Property Manager. The Board's Starter Package 2015 contains four guides that allow a Board member to become acquainted with the housing company's operations and duties as a Board member. Read more and order >> INFORMATION ABOUT US Contact information Our company Current affairs Property angle Writers Suomen Kiinteistölehti Locus Surroundings CUSTOMER SERVICE Sales and customer service Registering as a user Order and delivery terms Terms of use for electronic products Instructions for use of electronic products Registry description frequently asked Sitemap give feedback Kiinteistöalan Kustannus Oy Malmin Asematie 6 00700 Helsinki P. 075 757 8590 Business ID 0108801-6 E-mail: firstname.lastname@kiinkust.fi © Kiinteistöalan Kustannus Oy