Grivi
Welcome to living at Grivi! You have your own bathroom, share a kitchen with six others, and have access to the most beautiful common room - with cozy seating areas, a fireplace AND a cinema room!
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Welfare host for residents
Contact information for your welfare host is found on My page.
About the student housing at Grivi:
- 6 newly furnished single units have private bathroom and kitchen (renovated in 2022).
- 98 furnished single units have private bathrooms and shared kitchen. Six single units share a kitchen.
- All residents have access to a lovely common room. The common room was refurnished during 2021.
- At Grivi, we offer short-term rentals for distance learning students. Read more about short-term rent here.
Read more about the cozy common room at Grivi here.
Practical information about the student housing at Grivi:
There are two charging stations for electric cars in the car park in front of Grivi.
To gain access to the charging stations, send an e-mail to [email protected] and enter the e-mail address to which you wish to receive an invitation. You will then receive an invitation to Plugpay, where you can enter your payment card and see available chargers. Plugpay can also give you a notification when the car is fully charged (NOK 3).
Take a minute and read about fire safety. If you are living at Grivi you will find information about the fire alarm system at Grivi on My page.
Grivi is located east of the town centre, a good 1.5 km from the University.
Attractive outdoor areas with the existing housing in Breisås. Feel free to use any outdoor furniture, but show consideration for your neighbours when using the outdoor areas. Always put the furniture back in its place and wipe the outdoor table after use. Pick up paper and other waste so the outdoor areas remain attractive.
Parking is free of charge and available nearby the student accommodation. There is bicycle parking outside the building.
Shared laundry room. Use is included in the rent.
Each resident has access to a storage room in the basement.
There is a swap room in the basement by the laundry room. Here you can leave things you no longer need, or find things you need for the dormitory. It is not permitted to leave furniture or textiles.
Waste containers outdoors labelled for residual waste, paper, food and glass. Labelled boxes for sorting in each kitchen. Remember to recycle!
Electricity
The property has electricity as an energy source. Electricity is included in the rent.
Think of the environment - help us saving energy!
☀️ There is no cooling installed on the property and in the summer months it can get hot inside if it is hot outside.
Read more: How to cool down your dorm in the summer!
Cable in router
Internet via cable
Priv-ssid: Private wireless network
Private WiFi
SSID and password for your personal wireless network can be found under the internet tab on My page.
SSN external
This wireless network is reserved for tenants who do not have an account to use eduroam. If you are not a student or employee at USN you will find the password under the Internet tab on my page.WiFi: Eduroam
WiFi public areas
These wireless networks are also available in public areas (kitchen/lounge/hallway).Physical key retrieved from the SSN campus office
Subject to errors in inventory. In addition, some inventory may apply to common areas and not the individual unit.
All keys and key cards must be delivered by 10 am on the last day of the contract.
The housing unit must be ready for handover (emptied, cleared and cleaned).
You can either deliver the key in the service office or in one of our dropboxes.
Read more about returning the key and find location for dropbox on your campus here.
Documents
Floorplan Grivi, all floors pdfWant to live here?
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