Coexistence Rules & House Rules for Housing Co-ops – Laundry Room & Board Decisions | Word/PDF/Excel

House Rules & Conduct Rules for a Housing Cooperative (BRF) is a digital document package with Word, PDF and Excel for boards that need to develop, adopt, communicate and monitor clear rules for the living environment and common areas. Ready-made drafts and practical decision-making and registration tools make it easier to document the work – but each rule must be adapted to the association's own bylaws, decisions, property and Swedish law.

For Which Housing Cooperative Are the Templates Suitable?

For BRF boards and property managers who want to clarify the use of the laundry room, bicycle storage, stairwells, courtyard and other common areas without creating arbitrary prohibitions. The package can be used when rules are missing, need updating or must be communicated upon move-in. This is not a template for the housing cooperative's bylaws, a notice to remedy a breach or a document that in itself gives the right to terminate someone.

File Overview – BRF Document Templates

Excel: Rule Register and Decision Follow-up

The workbook contains the tabs Overview, Rule Register, Board Decisions, Areas, Communication, Feedback, Exception Review, Audit Log and Read Me. Prepared forms and status selections help the board see which rules are active and which decisions are missing. Formulas flag an active rule without a decision reference or start date. Excel does not legally approve a rule. Authority, decision process, proportionality and personal data handling must be checked manually.

How the Board Uses the Package

1. Identify actual areas and needs, and check the association's bylaws.
2. Edit the main rules and include only the appendices that suit the property.
3. Assess whether each rule serves a legitimate association interest, is reasonable and complies with Swedish law.
4. Document the decision-making process and exactly which version was adopted.
5. Inform all affected residents and publish the rules where they can be accessed.
6. Follow up on feedback and plan a review in the Excel register.

Legal Background for Conduct Rules in a BRF

According to Chapter 7, Section 9 of the Housing Cooperative Act (1991:614), the tenant shall, among other things, take into account the surroundings and observe what is required for health, order and good condition. Special association rules must be compatible with local custom. The board may decide on appropriate house rules within its responsibility, but a general meeting decision can be valuable for anchoring. See also The Housing Cooperatives' Guidance on House Rules.

Limitation: The association cannot freely prohibit ordinary housing activities, introduce automatic fines or create new grounds for termination through a set of rules. Rules on smoking, pets, children, grilling and disturbances require particularly objective and proportionate assessments. Individual disturbance cases are handled separately and may be subject to special formalities and a duty to notify.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a housing cooperative decide conduct rules on its own?

The board can normally decide on appropriate and reasonable house rules within its area of responsibility, taking into account the law and bylaws. A general meeting decision can provide broader anchoring, but is generally not a requirement for each such rule.

Must the house rules be written into the bylaws?

No. House rules are a different type of governing document than bylaws. They may not be used to circumvent provisions that must by law be in the bylaws or decided in another way.

Can we specify quiet after a certain time?

Practical guidelines can be useful, but a certain time does not automatically create an absolute prohibition or a legally relevant disturbance. Assess actual disturbance and reasonableness in each situation.

Can the board ban all pets or introduce fines?

Such far-reaching rules or sanctions cannot be introduced arbitrarily. They require a special review of legal support and concrete circumstances.

Does Excel include a completed legal assessment?

No. Excel supports documentation, reminds of decision references and displays administrative status values. It does not perform an automated legal review.

Are the Swedish templates also translated into English?

No. The five working templates are in Swedish. The English User Guide provides instructions for using them under Swedish law.

Complementary Products

For individual complaints, there is Notice of Disturbance for Rental Housing and BRFs. For long-term property planning, there is the Technical Maintenance Plan for BRFs. These are separate template products with different uses.

Document version 1.0 · Swedish law · AI-assisted source check November 2 November 2026 · No independent external legal review. Digital ZIP delivery after future manual publication.