It is difficult for foreigners to find a place to live.
Although you can find offers of rental apartments on the portals, it is difficult for a foreigner to find a suitable rental apartment in Estonia. Apartment owners prefer a familiar Estonian-speaking person to someone with a different skin color, cultural and religious background.
One of the solutions in this case is definitely educating our people and hearing positive experiences from other landlords. However, tolerance and confidence are not built overnight.
The solution is modern rental houses.
Scandium Living is one of the professional landlords who manages high-quality complete rental houses with modernly furnished rental apartments. In a rental business at a level where there are 100, 200 or more rental apartments in an experienced rent manager’s portfolio, there is no place or no sense for prejudices.
Estonians and foreigners, students, specialists and freelancers are equally welcome in the rental houses managed by Scandium Living.
The selection criterion is a credit check.
An important criterion for choosing a stable tenant is credit control, i.e., ensuring that the prospective tenant is able to pay the monthly rent. It is a great advantage if the employer himself is looking for accommodation for the employee. Then the landlord can be sure that the tenant has a secure income and has in fact already had a background check.
Employers are ready to assist foreigners in their search for a place to live, which means that a specialist coming from abroad may even have an advantage over local jobseekers.
In Scandium Living rental homes, almost 20% of the residents are foreigners.
At Scandium Living, we have experienced that co-living lifestyle houses are best suited for foreigners, because it is easy to meet local people, take part in joint events and to blend into the cultural space in here.
The locals also win – they often find a business partner or a good acquaintance in the house with whom to share international experience and discuss new business ideas. We believe that we will soon hear more frequently about start-up business seeds planted in a co-living rental house such as Newton Studios instead of a garage.
Co-living, or communal living
Co-living is a global trend that has reached Estonia these days as well. Favorable soil for this has been created by the popularity of living in small areas. This is especially true among young people, for whom small rental apartments are the most affordable to live in.
On the other hand, sociality and a sense of community, which ordinary apartment buildings do not offer, are very important for a young person. This is especially needed by a young person from another city or country, whose network of friends and thus their sense of security has been left in their hometown. The co-living concept encourages more open communication between homeowners, creating a fertile ground for community formation.
Forming a community
In co-living houses, there are suitable opportunities for residents to spend time together. For example, you can find various common areas such as a table tennis room, a gym, a games room, a washing machine room and a community garden.
The co-living lifestyle rental house created by Scandium Living in Newton Studios has all the above-mentioned common areas and they are actively used by the residents on a daily basis.
Living in Newton Studios
In Newton new in-house friendships and acquaintances have emerged. The residents come together every week to work out or cook together or to play table tennis. In addition, the house hosts events and gatherings for residents from board game evenings to theme parties and movie screenings.
Larger events are organized by Scandium Living, which manages the house, but many smaller events are initiated and led by the residents of the house. Watch the Newton Studios co-living video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOA4LCUZ588.
A shared mindset
In the case of a co-living lifestyle, the rule is that if a house is designed with a certain mindset, it will also attract residents with the same mindset. In Newton, the young people staying both for a shorter and longer time are open, sociable and smart.
They have a healthy lifestyle and appreciate the gym, garbage sorting and the use of planting boxes. All this is being offered to them, making the daily life of the residents of the house significantly brighter than in a traditional apartment building.
New project from a recognized developer
Scandium Kinnisvara is developing a five-story co-living rental house in Mustamäe near Mustika Centre. The building, which will be located at Laki 24/2, will have 151 one- and two-room studios and a wide range of common areas for residents. A building permit for the building has been issued and work will begin shortly, the builder is Mitt & Perlebach.
Private furnished studios to suit all tastes
Magma Studios comes in three types of rental studios – larger studios with a two-room layout, classic one-room rental studios and compact rental studios specially designed for two people.
All studios coming to Magma House are fully furnished and available to move in immediately. A private bathroom and kitchenette complete with oven, tables and chairs, sofa, wardrobes and of course a comfortable bed.
Modern amenities and general areas
In addition, the house will be equipped with the comforts of a co-living lifestyle – a gym available to residents every day, an entertainment and recreation room, a common area for studying and working, and a separate washing machine room on each floor.
In addition to entertainment and sports facilities, the outdoor area will have a community garden with planters and a greenhouse.
If you would like to live in Magma, put yourself down on the waiting list by writing to us at magma@scandiumliving.ee
1) As a rule, rental houses are better maintained than apartment buildings
The rental houses have secure managers, who on the one hand are responsible for ensuring that all rental studios are as tidy and nice as possible.
On the other hand, they make sure that all common areas, corridors and the exterior of the house are modern, clean and nice. Thus, the quality in rental houses is usually even better than in conventional apartment buildings.
2) Various additional rooms are available to residents in rental houses
The heart of the co-living lifestyle are common areas where residents can gather, spend time and organize events. Most frequently, common areas include the recreation room, the gym, but also, for example, the community garden and terrace.
Inspiring and inviting rooms extend the living space beyond the apartment walls.
3) The rental house creates a sense of community
When you work out in the gym, play table tennis in the games room or do your laundry in the laundry room, you will meet other residents and it will be easier to make contacts. Chatting behind a cup of coffee on the terrace can lead to some new business ideas or a friendship that lasts for decades.
4) The rental relationship in the rental house is secure
When renting a casual apartment from an individual, it may happen that the apartment will be sold or used for personal use after some time. Rental houses, on the other hand, are designed for the purpose of a long-term tenancy, ensuring reliability and security in both financial matters and the stability of the habitat.
5) Our rental homes have a co-living lifestyle
Man is a sociable soul. A young person or specialist moving to a new city must build a new network of acquaintances to contact and ask questions from. The easiest way is to go to the nearest person distance-wise – to knock on a neighbor’s door.
Co-living elustiiliga majades on aga naabrite Unfortunately, for us Estonians, this does not sound very logical – how are you going to disturb a neighbor; who knows who will be welcoming you there? In houses with a co-living lifestyle, the door-knocking of neighbors is very welcome, even welcome.
