Termination of contract

Terminating contract

If you have an open-ended tenancy agreement, the notice period is one calendar month. The notice period is counted from the last day of the month in which the termination is made. A fixed-term tenancy agreement does not need to be terminated separately.

Example: If you give notice in January, the agreement will end at the end of February. The moving day is the next working day after the agreement ends.

Please submit your notice before the 15ᵗʰ of the month if possible. This gives us enough time to arrange the move-out inspections.

Notice of termination document

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Please fill in and sign the document. Send it to Kuopas by email or bring a paper copy to our office.

If you have a Finnish bank account (and access to online banking authentication), you can submit the notice electronically here.

Open-ended or fixed-term?

All our contracts are open-ended unless you have specifically requested a fixed-term agreement. You can check your offer or tenancy agreement to confirm this.

A fixed-term agreement includes an end date in the offer or contract. An open-ended agreement only has a start date. In that case, you must terminate the contract yourself.

Cooperation with the next tenant

You can give us permission to share your contact details with the next tenant. This makes it easier to agree on moving arrangements. For example, you can discuss schedules, apartment viewings, and key handover between tenants.

Family apartments and joint agreements: If there are several tenants in the apartment (for example a spouse or a friend), all tenants must sign the termination notice. You must also provide the same bank account for the deposit refund.

Termination of a parking space

The parking space will be terminated automatically when the apartment is terminated, if it is at the same address.

If the parking space is in a different location, remember to terminate it separately when using electronic termination.

• At the “contract selection” step, you will see your apartment and your parking space listed separately.
• First terminate one agreement.
• Then return to the beginning and terminate the other agreement.

Graduation

The tenant is responsible for informing Kuopas when their studies are completed. After this, Kuopas may terminate the agreement as follows:

• With 3 months’ notice, if the agreement has been valid for less than one year
• With 6 months’ notice, if the agreement has been valid for more than one year

The tenant can still terminate the agreement at any time with the normal one-month notice period.

Apartment transfer within Kuopas

If you move from one Kuopas apartment to another, the notice period is always one month.

The same notice period applies if you move from an apartment that is being demolished or sold by Kuopion Opiskelija-asunnot Oy.

Note! Remember to terminate your current apartment in time. Otherwise, you may have to pay rent for two apartments.

A fixed-term agreement ends automatically on the date stated in the contract. No separate termination is needed.

Please also note that any pending transfer application will be cancelled when you submit a termination.

Deposit

By paying the deposit by the due date stated in the offer, you accept the tenancy agreement. After this, the notice period is one calendar month.

• The deposit is the tenant’s guarantee that they will fulfil their obligations and take good care of the apartment.
• The deposit cannot be used to pay the last month’s rent.
• When the agreement ends, the landlord may deduct from the deposit. These may include damages or extra cleaning.

If all obligations are met and the apartment is clean, the deposit will be refunded to the bank account provided within about one month after the agreement ends.

Failure to pay the last month’s rent will automatically result in debt collection. The deposit cannot be used to cover this.