Tvistevägen 1D, Umeå: Campus X student studios next to campus

Tvistevägen 1D in Umeå is part of Campus X's student area on Tvistevägen, where the company has more than 1,400 studios a stone's throw from Umeå University. To get a flat at Tvistevägen 1D you need to be studying at least 15 higher-education credits, be at least 18 and have no payment defaults, and you apply through Campus X's own housing queue, where queue points are counted per day.

Who owns Tvistevägen 1D Umeå?

The whole Tvistevägen area sits on the property Sofiehem 2:158 and is owned by Campus X, a property company based in Umeå and owned by Kajeka AB and Wallenberg Investments AB. It is managed by Kajeka Förvaltning. Between 2017 and 2022 the company built almost 1,000 new student flats on Tvistevägen; according to Campus X, that was just over 20 per cent of all flats built in Umeå municipality in the period.

The service office, where you also collect your keys, is at Tvistevägen 3D, next door to 1D.

The flats and what is included

Campus X's flats on Tvistevägen are studios of 16, 24, 25, 30, 32 and 35 m². Listings for Tvistevägen 1D itself have been 24 m² studios. In a typical 24 m² studio the rent includes:

• heating
• hot and cold water
• household electricity
• a place in a bike store

Not included: broadband, TV and storage. The flats are connected to Umeå's city network, so you plug a router into the network socket and choose a provider via Umeå Energi's site.

Tvistevägen 1D is one of the addresses with a combined washer-dryer in the flat. That does not apply to neighbouring 1A–1C and 5D, which have a shared laundry room instead.

The flats have no storage of their own, but there are external storage units at Tvistevägen 1D that only residents of the same address can rent. Parking costs SEK 250 a month with an engine-heater post and SEK 150 without.

The rent

Campus X publishes vacant flats with their rent on its website. The rent varies by building and size, so go by the listing for the flat you apply for. Remember that broadband and any parking come on top.

How to apply for a flat at Tvistevägen 1D Umeå

1. Create an account on Campus X's website and join the housing queue. You earn one queue point per day in the queue.
2. Apply for flats as they are published. New ones go up continuously, and sometimes none are available.
3. After the application period, the five applicants with the longest queue time who meet the requirements are asked to confirm their interest. You have 24 hours to reply.
4. The one who confirms and has the longest queue time is offered the contract and has two days to sign. If you do not sign in time, the contract is cancelled and your queue points are reset.

Your queue points are reset when you get a flat. You collect the keys with valid ID after 1 pm on the first weekday of the month the contract starts.

If you need an accessible flat, contact Campus X directly. According to the company, a large share of the flats are adapted for people with reduced mobility or orientation.

Rules worth knowing

• Notice: three months, counted from the next turn of the month. You are expected to give notice when you graduate or stop studying.
• Subletting: allowed only for valid reasons, such as temporary studies or work elsewhere, illness or a trial cohabitation. Each application must cover at least four months and at most one year, and two years in total at most. Subletting only over the summer is not approved. You apply on My pages.
• Snow: you clear snow at your own door and your parking space.

The basic rules on subletting are in the Land Code (jordabalken), and Hyresgästföreningen can answer questions about your contract.

Location

According to Campus X, from Tvistevägen it is about 300 metres to campus, 300 metres to a grocery shop and pharmacy, 200 metres to the health centre, 500 metres to IKSU sport, one kilometre to Norrland University Hospital and three kilometres to the city centre. Ålidhem centre, with several supermarkets, is a few hundred metres away.

Tvistevägen 5D

Tvistevägen 5D belongs to the same area and the same landlord, so the queue rules, requirements and notice period are the same. The difference is that 5D has a shared laundry room instead of a washing machine in the flat. 5D also has access to a bike store.