We plan your own individual dream house
Whether
you like to build a completely new house, or want to adapt a charming
old house to your own living requirements, you need a useable concept,
and often also a construction permit. In Hungary was built very much
nonsense, that the regulations in the technical sense have become very
strict. Static, fire protection, sustainable construction and the
associated environmental protection plays a very important role. At all
an estimably development, were it not for the bureaucracy that is
caused at the same time.
In general, it is quite simple to
realise in Hungary your own wishes. Really difficult it is only about
monuments and in protected villages - which are growing in numbers
fast. Here is the realisation of one's own
living requirements of the monument protection subordinate. The rest of
restrictions arises from the law primarily because of security
regulations, such as fire protection, environmental regulations,
respect for the privacy of neighbours and other protective provisions.
The law will be supplemented by the local development plans - and this
one can determine much, or even be quite generally. Today
"Close-To-Zero-Energy-Houses" must be built, in both cases of new
houses and enlargements.
To implement these rules you need basically permission in all
causes, just for new buildings with residential purposes you mostly
need to follow the notification procedure. Exempt from the permit
requirement are alterations in the interior
of the building, renewals on existing buildings, as long as it does not
extent the size, and small
buildings, not serving as dwelling (for example a lumber room of not
more than 100 m³ volume and 4,50 m ridge height, terrace roofing
or
swimming pools). After completion of the works you need to apply for use,
during this procedure the works will be checked. For both constructions
permit and use permit there are public fees, depending on type and the
number of buildings and their size, in addition extra fees if the costs
of the authorities are not covered by the general fees. For
new residential buildings and enlargement of them, as already mentioned before, there is a
special notification requirement. This is applicable for houses of
300 m² (3 229 square feet) or less, monuments are excluded as well
- quite rare in combination with new
construction, but not impossible: think about a listed barn on the
property or an empty lot in a world heritage site. The notification
requirement does not mean, however, that the building authority would
consider nothing. Accordingly, the documents for notification are identical to those for the permit application - and also the
notification needs to be done by an architect. However, the building
authority checks only the formal requirements and its compliance with
applicable building codes. The main advantage is that you may start the
construction after 15 days. That there is no fee for the notification
is only a small advantage, because the entire process though the
architect is not cheaper, but it is certainly much faster. Who builds
quickly is certainly in advantage, because during the first years the
notification of use is for free, then an annual fee of 200,000 Ft is
due. After ten years the house has to be finished. Once again, it
should be mentioned that the
notification procedure is only for new residential buildings,
everything else, especially changes to or extensions of existing
residential buildings remain unchanged in need of complete permission.
Of
course, a construction permit is also a cost factor. However, the
current punishments are so high now that no one should calculate it as
the cheaper option. Who e.g. illegally expands his house has to pay a
punishment of Ft 150,000 (about 450, - € / 400,- £) per
square meter for it and who demolishes a larger stable without permission must gets
a punishment of 100,000 HUF (about 300, - € / 270,- £) per
square metre. For every law violation and every type of building there
is a special amount of the punishment per square meter. In extreme
cases also demolition or reconstruction of the illegally constructed or
abandoned building may be required before an application for a
construction permit is accepted. A construction, which is not permitted
in any case, has always to be demolished. Meanwhile many villages are
photographed all around and structural changes are easily provable, not
even to mention Google Earth...
Here again our service
starts. Of course we are familiar with the legal provisions and
therefore we can obey the needed requirements for a construction permit
immediately and can exclude those parts that are according to Hungarian
law not allowed. We discuss with you your very personal wishes and make
creative suggestions. Our advantage is that we are able to communicate
with you in English and more important we understand the housing needs
of the foreigner completely - even with the nuances of various
nationalities. In close collaboration with a Hungarian architect we
create a definite plan, which is suitable to be submitted for approval.
This already determines all details of the construction as materials,
colours and so on, so all the relevant details needed being discussed
with you from the very beginning. In Hungary the application for a
construction permission has to be submitted by a registered architect
only. Below you find a small selection of our work, the plans show
various projects.
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