Garage Kalmar: how to rent a garage or parking space from Kalmarhem

The simplest way to rent a garage in Kalmar is through the housing company Kalmarhem, which rents out garages, parking spaces, EV charging spaces and storage units even to people who do not live in its buildings. Tenants with a housing contract have priority, though, and in many areas you need a housing contract to apply at all. Below we cover how the queue works, what costs can be added and what applies once you have the keys.

Garages in Kalmar through Kalmarhem: how to apply

Kalmarhem uses the same letting process for parking and storage as for homes. In short:

1. Register on Mina sidor and start a search profile. From that day you collect queue points, one point per day.
2. Look under Sök ledigt. Vacant homes, storage units and parking spaces are published there. Each listing states what applies, for example whether you need a housing contract in the area.
3. Register your interest. You can apply for up to ten listings at the same time.
4. Wait for an offer. When the application period ends, offers go to the applicants with the most queue points, and you see them on Mina sidor.

The same registration on Mina sidor is used for homes, parking spaces and storage. Kalmarhem introduced a new letting policy in autumn 2026 and briefly paused publishing vacant homes between 28 September and 5 October. Read the policy on Kalmarhem's website before you apply.

What does a garage in Kalmar cost?

Kalmarhem shows the rent for each garage or parking space in the listing, so check there for the current price. Two things are worth knowing before you compare:

• VAT may be added. The rents shown are base rent excluding VAT. If you rent a parking space without having a home in the same building or close to it, 25 percent VAT may be added. If you have a housing contract with Kalmarhem and the space is by your home, no VAT is added.
• The rent rises every year. Kalmarhem applies an annual percentage increase to parking rents.

Kalmarhem's customer price list also includes some one-off costs related to garages: a garage remote control costs SEK 600 and reprogramming a remote SEK 300, plus any VAT in both cases. A lost parking permit costs SEK 500.

EV charging space in the garage

If you have an electric car or plug-in hybrid you can rent a charging space from Kalmarhem, even without a housing contract. The charging space costs SEK 150 a month on top of the normal parking fee, plus any VAT, and you pay for the electricity you use through the ChargeNode app. You need your own charging cable (Type 2). Charging spaces are found in shared garages or car parks in areas including Bremerlyckan, Funkabo, Kvarnholmen, Lindsdal, Ljungbyholm, Malmen, Norrliden, Oxhagen, Stensberg, Stensö and Varvsholmen.

Once you have a garage

• Keys and access tags for the garage are collected at Kalmarhem's Bobutik at Larmtorget 3.
• No digital permit is needed in the garage. Kalmarhem's ordinary parking spaces require a digital parking permit in the Mobill Parkering app, but this does not apply to garages.
• Someone parked in your space? Kalmarhem refers you to Trygghet och säkerhet at Kalmar municipality.
• Termination is done on Mina sidor with BankID, or with a hand-signed form.

Tips for finding a garage in Kalmar

• Join the queue early. Queue points count from the day you have a search profile, and on Mina sidor you can see your queue points for homes, parking and storage.
• Read the conditions on the listing. The requirement for a housing contract varies between areas.
• Factor in VAT if you look for a garage in an area where you do not live.
• Ask about the garage at the viewing when you look for a flat. If you have a housing contract and the garage is in the same building, no VAT is added.

If you have questions about your rights as a tenant, you can contact Hyresgästföreningen.