We have made a good start with 2024, and we are working on the board with many different tasks and, unfortunately, also a number of problems. With this weekly newsletter, we will give an update on the various areas.
Community
We would like to start with a small invitation to everyone, as we can see that certain things do not quite work as we all want them to and part of the explanation may lie in the fact that there is someone who has "forgotten" that we are all one of greater unity via our owners' association. The owners association does not work if we go around thinking "me and mine" - we have to think "us and ours"
In Glostruhpøj III, we are 66 apartments that live "in the same house", this means that we have a number of facilities and obligations that we share with each other. We all depend on, for example, water, heat and sanitation, which are all things we share with each other, and therefore we each have a responsibility to ensure that it works for ourselves and our fellow residents. We must help each other where we can, we must show consideration for each other, we must see ourselves as part of that community, then we all live under the same roof, so to speak. Therefore, when we use our communal facilities, we have to take into account that there are many other residents who use and depend on the same facilities. Therefore, it is important that we all help to ensure that things work as they should, and not come to a standstill because individual residents do not feel part of the community. We have a good owners' association, we have good facilities and the board is constantly working to ensure that we have control of our supply such as water, heating, renovation and other common facilities. But it doesn't take much for things to come to a standstill, and then it quickly becomes a big problem, precisely because we are 66 apartments that all depend on things working.
Waste / sorting
At the end of January, there were 2 owners who vacated our properties, this and other residents' bulky waste put a lot of pressure on the bulky waste area in the shed on Stadionvej. In fact, so much rubbish was piled up that our cleaners couldn't get out with our daily cleaning. So obviously this also put a lot of pressure on the whole situation in the garbage room to the detriment of all residents of Glostruphøj III. Of course, we understand that when residents either renovate their apartments, move electricity, etc. that there may be a need to get rid of a lot of waste. But it is not possible to just pile up uncritically in the belief that it will be removed - it will NOT. If you need to get rid of a lot of waste, please contact the board of at
When you put things in bulky waste, as with all other source sorting, it MUST be sorted, wood separately, metal separately and so on, you must not just pile them on top of each other. There are also clear rules for what can be put in bulky waste, we refer to Glostrup forsyning's website about this Glostrup forsyning about bulky waste (in danish). In order to also avoid bulky waste being left for too long, we encourage you to only place bulky waste 2-3 days before bulky waste is picked up. You can see on the waste calendar here when there is bulky waste Affaldskalender Stadionvej 43 and Affaldskalender Vestergårdsvej 23
It is also important that you comply with the rules for general waste sorting, things must be thrown in the correct containers, you can find guidance here: Glostrup supply, waste types (in danish). In particular, we see problems with the fact that, despite clear and distinct signage, there are still residents who throw pizza trays into the cardboard container. This is NOT allowed and they simply will not be emptied if this is not respected. We can't just "pay" our way out of this problem, and we simply don't have the means or ability to clean it up. Remember, it is the community that is affected if this is not done properly.
Shelfs for bio waste
We have installed shelves for bags for food waste in both rubbish sheds, in this way we hope it will be easier for residents to find new bags when they are missing. We encourage you to only take one roll at a time, that way we make sure there are bags for everyone. We also endeavor to make sure that there is a refill when there is a shortage, but if it is about to be empty, we must send a message to the board so that we can fill it up.
Locks for rubbish sheds
We had the lock to the balding shed on Stadionvej repaired at the beginning of January, and we can see that there are residents who do not bring keys to the shed, and therefore just leave rubbish outside the shed. This is not allowed, waste must be thrown into the containers inside the room. If waste is left outside, it will attract rats, birds or other animals that will tear the bags to pieces and spread waste over the whole plot, and if rats come it can cause big problems. Therefore, ALL waste must go into appropriate containers, it is the full responsibility of the individual resident and can be a big nuisance for everyone else if these simple rules are not observed.
We have also observed that the lock has been switched off - this is also not allowed - the waste room MUST be locked.
Electricity meter status
At the beginning of this week, we finally got to move the electricity meters that sit on the properties' shared consumption. We need some time to establish whether we now have complete control of reading all electricity consumption. But already now, a few days later, it seems that the readings coming from Brunata agree with the consumption we are billed with at Ørsted. The next step is for us to have a meeting with Brunata and our administrator about how the settlement can take place in practical terms. When this is in place, we can start planning the upcoming general meeting to get individual electricity billing effected.
Brunata Online
All the owners we have received e-mail from are invited to use Brunata online. However, there is some feedback about residents who have not received this invitation, or have found it in the Spam filter. Therefore, we sent out a new invitation to all those we could not see, who were active a week ago. Should you not have received an invitation, you can send an e-mail to
Biodiversity field, Vestergårdsvej
In connection with the repair of the shared road between Vestergårdsvej 23 and the cooperative housing association, there was a lot of land left over, which we chose to put on the lawn at Vetstergårdsvej 23. The plan is for this to be transformed into a "wild flower meadow". The board has raked and leveled the ground itself, and we have purchased various bio diversity seeds which will be sown within the next month. We hope that this summer we will have a beautiful flower meadow that does not require any special maintenance. If it is a success, we can also consider whether we should establish something similar on Stadionvej.
Noise fence facing the main road
We have now had the necessary repairs made to the fence, so that all the posts that were critically rotten have been solidly reinforced, and we therefore no longer need to be nervous about strong windy weather. There are still a few posts that should probably also have a corresponding reinforcement, so we are also looking at this, but it is not so critical, as we now have good strength in the repaired posts.
Gable insulation
As we have been in contact with a number of residents who have flats with gables, and earlier condition reports have focused on the fact that flats with gables in particular are very cold in winter. One thing is that the residents find it very difficult to keep warm, but another is that the very cold walls create condensation and moisture, which gives an extremely bad indoor climate and can cause mould. Therefore, we in the board are in the process of obtaining offers to have our gables insulated, as well as investigating with Glostrup municipality whether we can carry out these gable insulations legally. Our hope is that we can have this at the first general meeting, as it is of course a major financial expense that must be approved by a general meeting.
Winter, snow and ice
We have a winter that brings a lot of snow and frost and that brings a lot of challenges. We on the board are of course very aware of this, and do everything we are physically capable of. We have a service company that should handle the task of clearing snow and salt, but as we can probably all see, they have difficulty complying with this part of the agreement. We are constantly in dialogue with them about this, but unfortunately have to state that the agreement that was made at the time does not work as expected. This has also been confirmed by previous boards, and in the current situation we unfortunately cannot simply change this agreement. But as we have previously mentioned, we are working on a new solution, but this will take time and we cannot simply establish a new agreement at short notice.
We take action on the board ourselves, and carry out part of this work ourselves. But by nature we cannot do the same as a snow removal company, as we have neither machines nor equipment available. And by the way, we must not use such equipment for reasons of insurance and the risks this would cause. But we tried to scrape the snow we can, and salt where we can, but in the nature of things we can't do this at all hours of the day, but we tried to be a little at the forefront of this. There are residents who are also helpful, and we greatly appreciate that, and of course hope that we all think of each other and lend a hand where we can.