What are korteriühistu apartment association fees in Estonia in 2026?

A korteriühistu (KÜ) is the mandatory apartment association for multi-unit buildings under apartment-ownership rules. Owners are members; renters follow the house rules (kodukord) and usually pay the association costs as accessory expenses under the lease. Typical invoice lines include district heating or building heat, hot and cold water, sewage, waste, stairwell and lift electricity, management or bookkeeping fees (haldustasu), insurance for common parts, and remondifond contributions toward future roof, façade, or lift projects.

Personal electricity and broadband are usually separate contracts you open with an energy retailer and ISP once you have an isikukood. Clarify in the üürileping whether you pay the KÜ directly or reimburse the landlord: Rental contracts and deposits.

Ask for full kommunaal statements from a recent January and July before you sign: How to rent a home. A mild May invoice is not a forecast. Poorly insulated wooden stock and older panel blocks push heat hard: Utilities, internet and transport and How much is rent.

Tallinn district heating and Tartu building stock both show winter spikes; compare city bands in Living in Tallinn and Living in Tartu. Buyers inherit the remondifond politics and special levies when a façade project passes: Can foreigners buy property. Furnished short stays sometimes wrap fees into one gross price; long leases usually split üür and kommunaal: Furnished rentals.