Real estate in Bulgaria is in special demand among Russians
How to buy real estate in Bulgaria and not fall for the law's tricks? Today's requirements for any urban development plan, from the simple point of view of its correct execution, are very excessive. Often any authorities cannot fulfill them in accordance with all the requirements of the Urban Development Code. Note that earlier, before its introduction in 2004, the same actions were carried out by a complicated process of drawing various red lines on a simple topographic plan of the local land plot.
Unofficially, this rule still applies, because designers simply do not always understand how they should work without red lines on the map. Therefore, such a requirement to indicate the exact coordinates of turning points of the boundaries of land and other plots in the State Code should be replaced by the mandatory indication of the exact coordinates of turning points, as well as red lines.
For the purpose of establishing red lines, the Urban Development Code of any country does not distinguish between already built-up and still undeveloped territory or zone. As a result, things reach complete absurdity: for already long-built urban and residential neighborhoods, when it is necessary (arising during redevelopment) to add something to them or carry out a new major overhaul of previously built structures, it is necessary to develop and fully approve a project for the entire planning and land surveying of these territories! Logically, it would be necessary to amend articles 41-44 of the Urban Development Code of most countries, which would then cancel the mandatory development of such projects for planning the entire territory for already long-built elements and sections of the planning structure.
It turns out that, if necessary, special land surveying projects can be developed for them, but independently of their planning. It is necessary to remove part 9 of Article 42 of the Code (in this case in the Russian Federation, but the sale of real estate in Bulgaria is also subject to a similar law), which establishes that any territory planning project is already the basis for a new development of a territory surveying project. Otherwise, the frequent occurrence of legal dead ends and problems in the future is inevitable.
Theory, as always, completely diverges from practice. If buying an apartment in Bulgaria is possible for some people without these legal tangles, then in the Russian Federation it is impossible to do without them. In particular, when applying for a building permit, the issuing authorities very often require special documents not provided for by the Urban Development Code of Russia.
In addition, they request various copies of contracts for the construction of the building, from January 1 of this year – a certificate of admission to construction work issued by a self-regulatory organization (SRO). They also ask for copies of orders appointing responsible persons, coordination with state inspection and protection agencies for cultural heritage sites, and so on. And yet people still manage to buy housing normally.
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