Maintenance Plan for a Swedish BRF: Is It Required by Law?

The Swedish Housing Rights Act (bostadsrättslagen) names a technical maintenance plan in one place only, and it is not a running duty for every association. The plan must be part of the economic plan, which is drawn up before the association grants its first bostadsrätter, and it must show the need for the next 50 years. We found no rule that an association must keep a maintenance plan up to date. This is Bostadsrättslag (1991:614) as amended up to SFS 2026:847, taken from the Riksdag open data on 7 November 2026. Other rules, such as the accounting rules, we have not read and say nothing about.

What does the Act say about a maintenance plan?

The word underhållsplan appears in one provision, on the content of the economic plan:

”I den ekonomiska planen ska det ingå en teknisk underhållsplan som visar fastighetens underhålls- och återinvesteringsbehov de kommande 50 åren.” (Bostadsrättslag 3 kap. 1 a §)

We searched the whole Act for the word. It does not occur in any other provision.

When is the economic plan drawn up?

Before the first grant of bostadsrätter:

”Innan en bostadsrättsförening upplåter lägenheter med bostadsrätt, ska en ekonomisk plan upprättas av föreningens styrelse och registreras av Bolagsverket.” (Bostadsrättslag 3 kap. 1 §)

So the technical maintenance plan belongs to the plan the board draws up when the association is about to start granting bostadsrätter. The text we read says nothing about renewing the plan for an association that is already running.

So there is no legal requirement?

That depends on what you ask. The answer in the text is:

• A technical maintenance plan must be part of the economic plan when the association is formed and starts granting bostadsrätter.
• We found no provision that the association must afterwards have, update or show a maintenance plan.
• We found no requirement of a particular form, template or interval.

That does not make the question unimportant, only not answered by one word in this Act. Whether other legislation, such as the accounting rules, sets requirements we have not examined, and we claim nothing about it.

What does the Act require instead?

Two things close by. The association must keep the building in good condition:

”Sedan tillträde medgetts är föreningen skyldig att hålla lägenheten, huset och marken i gott skick, i den mån ansvaret inte enligt 12 § vilar på bostadsrättshavaren.” (Bostadsrättslag 7 kap. 4 §)

And the articles must say how funds are set aside for maintenance. The articles must contain particulars of, among other things:

”grunderna för avsättning av medel för att säkerställa underhållet av föreningens hus,” (Bostadsrättslag 9 kap. 5 § första stycket punkt 7)

So the Act requires a duty to maintain and the principles for setting funds aside in the articles. In what we read, it does not require a particular plan.

What the Act does not say

It is easy to read in more than is written. From the text we read one cannot conclude that:

• an association must have a maintenance plan in a particular form or at a particular interval,
• members have a right to an updated maintenance plan on request,
• a missing plan carries a particular sanction,
• a plan must be approved by the general meeting.

Support for such things may exist in the articles, in the association's own decisions or in other rules, so it pays to read the association's articles. They say how the meeting is called, which matters are taken up each year and on what principles money is set aside. The Act makes those points mandatory in the articles, but the association decides their content.

Why have a plan anyway?

So that the fee can be explained. A member who gets a higher fee asks for the reason, and a reason that can be shown, with what is to be done, roughly when and at what cost, is easier to gain understanding for than a figure without a basis. That is a practical conclusion, not a legal one, and we state no minimum standard. A plan also helps a new board take over: whoever is elected at the meeting sees what has been done, what is waiting and what it is meant to cost, instead of starting from scratch. The question of what has actually been done since last year then becomes easy to answer for the members.

How a board makes a useful plan

1. List the parts of the building: roof, facade, windows, risers, ventilation, lifts, laundry room, courtyard.
2. Note the age, the last measure and the estimated remaining life of each part.
3. Set an approximate time and a cost estimate for each measure.
4. Add up what needs to be set aside per year, and compare it with the principles for allocation in the articles.
5. Bring the plan to the general meeting so that members see what the fee and the allocation rest on.
6. Update the plan when something is carried out or an assessment changes, and keep the documents in one place.

What Unitify does

The maintenance plan is written by the association or its manager, and Unitify does not write it for you. What Unitify helps with is the work around it: an equipment register with service history, requests and faults per building, fees and arrears per apartment and notices to members in the resident app, where you see who opened them. AI can help with drafts that the board reviews and approves. Documents, such as the plan and the papers for the meeting, live in one place. The app interface is in English for now and is set up for each project; there is no Swedish interface yet.

If you sit on a board or manage several associations, you can start free from the Unitify page for Sweden. If you are a member, ask the board what the fee and the allocation rest on.

Sources: Bostadsrättslag (1991:614), as amended up to SFS 2026:847, Riksdag open data; checked 7 November 2026. Accounting rules (K2, K3) and other rules we have not read. Check the current wording before you rely on the text. This is not legal advice.