Espoo to organise draw to allocate 53 plots for residents

The City of Espoo will organise a plot draw to allocate 53 detached house plots for private individuals, said the city in a press release on Monday.

The application period will start on 1 October and will end on 2 November.

Out of the 53 plots, 34 are in Perusmäki and 33 of them are located in the Gobbacka area while the rest one is in Kalliomäki.

In addition, there are four plots in Espoonkartano, three in Vanttila, three in Kurttila and three in Kalajärvi. Henttaa and Latokaski have two plots available each. Laaksolahti and Viherlaakso both have one plot available.

All the plots are located in popular areas with mostly detached and row houses. Applicants can choose whether they wish to lease or purchase the plot. In last autumn’s application round, the majority of the plots were leased.

The plots’ sizes vary from 687 to 1,184 square metres, with a permitted building volume of 130–353 gross square metres.

The City Board’s Business and Competitiveness Subcommittee decided on the plot draw and its terms at its meeting in June 2026.

This year, Espoo has revised the rules of the plot application process. Among other changes, applicants’ credit information will be checked before the lease or deed of sale is signed.

A plot will not be allocated to anyone with a payment default entry in their credit information.

Applicants must rank the plots in order of preference already at the application phase.

When applying for a plot, the applicant agrees to pay a processing and reservation fee of EUR 2,000 if they receive a plot in the draw. The fee will be charged even if the applicant does not accept the offered plot.

Any plots that become available due to cancellations will be offered to applicants on the waiting list in the order determined by the draw results.

Each household may submit one application, and all applicants must be included in the same application. This also applies to couples and other applicants who do not live at the same address during the application period but intend to build together.

The city will not allocate a plot to an applicant who has already received an undeveloped plot from the City of Espoo in any of the last five application rounds.