Apartment shareholders, wake up!
There are around 90,000 housing companies in Finland. For most people, their wealth is tied to the square metres of their own home. As living and maintenance costs rise, a well-performing property brings real value to its shareholders.
A property manager who stays up to date guides the housing company’s board in thinking about property development. That’s why better digital systems are needed—for monitoring building automation and anticipating both financial and safety-related issues.
Real-time data for better decisions
In housing companies, technology is mainly used for measuring energy consumption. The most significant change technology can bring is increased situational awareness—concerning residents, the environment, and the condition of the building.
With real-time digital property solutions, residents gain peace of mind and housing companies gain value.
– The laundry room in a housing company is typically located in one stairwell and accessible to all residents. With the e-Spaces booking system, access is granted only to the person who made the reservation and only for the reserved time, explains Pasi Nurmela, CEO of Minesec.
Integrated key management and access control tracking ensure that every user leaves a digital trace. This way, the reservation system also serves as an information channel. Incidents such as vandalism or theft can at least be traced by time—and hopefully verified as well.
According to Nurmela, data-driven decision-making is becoming more important for housing company boards. Boards play a key role in assessing changes in space usage, improving safety, and managing property-related costs. The right decisions can only be made using measured and analysed data.
Revenue for the housing company
As costs rise, housing companies start looking for ways to save. Diversifying and renting underutilised spaces to residents or outsiders can generate income. Also, reviewing usage-based charges and how they’re distributed can bring surprising insights.
By integrating the calendar booking system with payment functionality directly into the company’s accounting, costs can be reduced by eliminating intermediaries—every service provider takes a cut, even for simple laundry room payments. Using club rooms as paid remote workspaces or renting them for evening use can generate income. Temporary storage rental, or hourly and daily rentals for garages and parking spaces, can help with parking issues.
– With a digital booking system, you can instantly see if a space is available and make a reservation on the spot. Payment is handled conveniently via a mobile app, Nurmela notes.
Savings can also be achieved by automating services that are easy for residents to reserve or purchase, even from external providers. Shared-use items or electric cars are ecological options—not everything needs to be owned personally.
Automated systems are scalable even for the most demanding environments, such as real estate or industrial settings. Thanks to EU accessibility directives, the technology also supports manual use when needed.
e-Spaces Facility Management System
- The e-Spaces platform handles both key management and access control. It includes comprehensive reporting tools and a convenient booking system. The platform can easily integrate data from different systems, and all building alerts can be routed to predefined recipients.
- The e-Spaces platform is fully digital and compatible with all mobile devices. It requires no additional wiring or modifications to modern doors.