Hippos
The largest project in TOAS’s history, TOAS Hippos, will be completed in stages during 2024-2026. Hippos will have a total of ten houses, of which the first five have been completed in the fall of 2024. The next houses will be completed in the fall of 2025.
1B and 1C buildings have family apartments and completely new community studios. Community studios are 19 m2 and 19.5 m2 apartments that are part of a group of nine apartments. Each community studio has its own kitchen and bathroom, the smaller ones also have a fixed bed, for which the resident only needs to get a mattress. The common space is the living room, where you can spend time and get to know other students. Community studios are meant for only one person. You cannot bring pets to the community studios. Get to know community studios and Hippos through our tenant Lumi.
The other buildings have standard studios, two-room and three-room apartments, and 5E and 5F buildings have new types of loft apartments. Get to know all apartment types from the apartment listing and blueprints on this page.
Services will be opened in stages as the houses are completed. At the moment the saunas, laundry and laundry-lounge are in use. The parking hall is estimated to be completed in the summer of 2025.
Applications for 1D house (estimated to complete in August 2025) are open. Bluebrints and apartment and rent info can be found on this site. When you submit an application to 1D house, you can also get an offer for a house that is already completed, because all applications are generally directed under the same location number, i.e. there is no separate application system for the new apartments.
There are water meters in each apartment, ie the tenant pays a water fee according to consumption. The water billing price is based on the water and electricity utility’s prices.
The location is completely non-smoking.
| Address: | Uimalankatu 1-5, 33540 Tampere |
| Location number: | 211 |
| Region: | Kaleva |
| Rent (€/m2): | 16,9 |
| Construction year: | 2024-2026 |
| Apartments: | 290 |
| Maintenance company: | HH-Kiinteistöpalvelut, tel. 010 3950 395, hhkp(at)hhkp.fi |
| Property maintenance: | isannointi@toas.fi, Tel. 0800 95560 |
Apartment Types and Rents
| HOUSE 1A - studios | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 1 room + cooking place | 28,5 | 521 |
| 1 room + cooking place + balcony | 28,5 | 517 - 531 |
| In total 35 studios |
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| HOUSE 1A - family apartments | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + balcony (one apartment without balcony) | 50 | 724 - 775 |
| 3 rooms + working space + cooking place + balcony | 61 | 884 - 918 |
| In total 10 family apartments |
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| HOUSE 1B - community studios (small studio + common living room with a balcony) | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 1 room + cooking place + French balcony. Note! Fixed bed in the apartment | 19 | 405 - 426 |
| 1 room + cooking place | 19,5 | 413 - 435 |
| In total 54 community studios |
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| HOUSE 1B - family apartments | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 40 - 40,5 | 626 - 659 |
| 3 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 58,5 | 856 - 889 |
| In total 10 family apartments |
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| HOUSE 1C - community studios (small studio + common living room with a balcony) | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 1 room + cooking place + French balcony. Note! Fixed bed in the apartment | 19 | 405 - 426 |
| 1 room + cooking place | 19,5 | 413 - 435 |
| In total 54 community studios |
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| HOUSE 1C - family apartments | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 40 - 40,5 | 626 - 665 |
| 3 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 58,5 | 856 - 889 |
| In total 11 family apartments |
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| HOUSE 1D - studios, MOVING IN ESTIMATED 8/2025 | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 1 room + cooking place + French balcony | 24 - 25 | 455 - 482 |
| 1 room + cooking place + balcony | 24 | 467 - 483 |
| 1 room + cooking place + balcony (1 pcs) | 32 | 580 |
| In total 62 studios |
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| HOUSE 1D - family apartments, MOVING IN ESTIMATED 8/2025 | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + French balcony | 42 - 45 | 632 - 691 |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + balcony (1 pcs with French balcony) | 44 | 656 - 702 |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 48 - 48,5 | 723 - 759 |
| In total 21 family apartments |
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| HOUSE 5E - studios | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 1 room + cooking place + French balcony | 28,5 | 498 - 521 |
| 1 room + cooking place + balcony (1 pcs) | 32 | 550 |
| 1 room + cooking place + terrace. Loft apartment with it's own entrance | 32,5 - 36,5 | 564 - 605 |
| In total 43 studios |
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| HOUSE 5E - family apartments | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + terrace (1 pcs). Loft apartment with it's own entrance, not suitable for families with children | 46,5 | 742 |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 47 | 701 - 736 |
| 3 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 57,5 | 841 - 866 |
| In total 11 family apartments |
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| HOUSE 5F - studios | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 1 room + cooking place + French balcony | 28,5 - 29 | 498 - 531 |
| 1 room + cooking place + balcony (1 pcs) | 32 | 550 |
| 1 room + cooking place + terrace. Loft apartment with it's own entrance | 32,5 - 36,5 | 564 - 605 |
| In total 48 studios |
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| HOUSE 5F - family apartments | Square meters m2 | Rent € |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + terrace (1 pcs). Loft apartment with it's own entrance, not suitable for families with children | 46 | 735 |
| 2 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 49,5 - 50 | 735 - 783 |
| 3 rooms + cooking place + balcony | 57,5 | 841 - 883 |
| In total 14 family apartments |
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Distances
| Tampere university central campus | 1,8 km |
| Tampere university Hervanta campus | 7,5 km |
| TAMK (Teiskontie) | 700 m |
| Nearest bus stop | 150 m |
| Nearest grocery store | 0 m |
Additional Information
| Internet | Yes |
| Laundry | Yes, in 1C-block. |
| Common room | In 1C-block, a laundry-lounge connected to the laundry. Cannot be booked for personal use. |
| Parking place | Yes |
| Garage | No |
| Covered parking slot | No |
| Balcony | Yes, in some apartments. |
| Pets allowed | Yes |
| Elevator | Yes |
| Cable TV | Yes |
| Sauna | Yes, on the 2nd floor of 5E and 5F blocks. |
| Storage | Yes, property storages are in the basements on 1B and C houses. |
| Parking hall | Yes (completed in 2025) |
| Playground | Yes (completed in 2025) |
| Grill | Yes (completed in 2025) |
| Gym | Yes (completed in 2025) |
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| Energy efficiency class |
Every apartment has a dishwasher (excluding the community studios). Reservation for laundry machine in all apartments excluding the community studios.
Fixed furniture bed in 19m2 community studios of 1BC houses.
Loft apartments in 5EF houses have their own entrance to the courtyard. Winter maintenance of the entrance and terrace area is the resident’s own responsibility. The sizes and heights of the lofts can be seen in the “apartment plans” of 5E and F. The loft apartments have ceiling lamps ready on behalf of TOAS.
Storage cage information in 1B and 1C blueprint files.