Elevator cost calculator
Elevator cost calculator: what will a retrofit elevator cost each apartment?
Enter the housing company's apartments and the project price, and you will see every shareholder's payment at once. The split follows the Finnish Housing Companies Act, so the result is ready for a board meeting.
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Three steps to a cost split that follows the law
- 1
Housing company
Project price, any grant and the building outline: buildings, stairwells, floors and apartments.
- 2
Apartments
Every stairwell can differ. Paste floor areas or shares straight from Excel; the multiplier is calculated for you.
- 3
Result
Every apartment's payment, a floor-by-floor comparison and a facade diagram — ready for the board meeting.
Built for real housing-company buildings
Different stairwells
Different heights, half-floors, cellar floors and empty entrance floors in one calculation.
Fast entry
Paste a column from Excel or import the hissilaskuri.fi CSV file as is.
Report and CSV
A printable report for the general meeting and a spreadsheet for Excel. Undo and confirmations prevent mistakes.
Checked against the official tool
The same method as the ministries' calculator — export the result there to compare.
- Cost split as the law prescribes
- Half-floors and several stairwells
- Compatible with hissilaskuri.fi
How a retrofit elevator's cost is split between shareholders
Under chapter 6, section 32 of the Finnish Limited Liability Housing Companies Act, the general meeting can decide by simple majority to split retrofit elevator costs by the charge basis and the apartment's floor. The floor of the stairwell's main entrance has multiplier 1, the next floor 2, and so on, to half-floor precision.
Each apartment's charge basis – usually floor area or number of shares – is multiplied by its floor. The total cost, less any elevator grant, is divided in proportion to these weights. Shareholders on the top floors pay the most, because they also gain the most from the elevator.
Example
A three-storey stairwell has three equal apartments, one on each floor, and €60,000 to split. The weights are 1, 2 and 3, so the shares are €10,000, €20,000 and €30,000.
Check the result in the official calculator
The calculator published by the Finnish Ministry of Justice and Ministry of the Environment uses the same method. Download your calculation in hissilaskuri.fi format and import it there – the comparison takes a minute and gives the board certainty.
Open hissilaskuri.fiWant to know what an elevator would really cost in your building?
The calculator splits the cost, but the price depends on the building. We carry out a free assessment and tell you where an elevator fits and what it costs.