Development of an apartment redevelopment project

What can and cannot be done in the process of remodeling an apartment

There are regulations that describe in detail what kind of work on remodeling an apartment can be done and what is strictly prohibited.

For example, renovations to living space without changing the location and parameters of the premises do not require approval. There is also no need to notify the relevant authorities if:

Integrated furniture that did not serve as a partition between two separate rooms is subject to restructuring;
zoning the room with light sliding structures with translucent filling;
rearrangement of electrical appliances in the kitchen;
mounting gypsum plasterboard partitions if they have free space at the top;
dismantling and moving heating radiators without laying new communication lines;
installation of air conditioning devices and antennas on the outside of the house;
glazing of terraces and balconies, if they are not combined with a room in the apartment and heating devices are not installed on them;
combine a bathroom, while capturing a share of the kitchen or corridor;
separate bathroom and toilet;
arrange an additional opening in non-load-bearing structures;
combine kitchen and room;
move partitions, but only in such a way that all rooms have windows and heating;
connect the corridor to the room;
build a partition to form a dressing room.

Important! Before you start reconstructing your apartment, contact the management company to clarify which structures in your apartment are load-bearing and which are not. It is also necessary to find out in which walls there are ventilation shafts that cannot be dismantled or closed.

Such redevelopments are allowed to be legalized by the BTI, the municipal housing committee or through the MFC.

It is strictly prohibited to carry out the following redevelopments:

it is impossible to move the bathroom or kitchen so that they are located above the living rooms of the apartment located on the floor below;
if the house is gasified, then they will not be allowed to make a kitchen studio;
it is unacceptable to combine a loggia with a living space and install heating communications into it;
joining a portion of the under-roof space or basement to the living space;
dismantling load-bearing structures or creating openings in them;
reduction or dismantling of ventilation systems;
pouring screeds in buildings with wooden floors, which are far from being designed to increase the load.

And these are not all the restrictions provided by law. To clarify the full list, it is better to contact the design bureau, the nearest BTI branch, or the specialists of our company who know all the nuances of coordinating the redevelopment of an apartment.

Required documents

To obtain permission for an apartment redevelopment project, it is important to know where to begin actions aimed at coordinating further actions and work. First of all, the owner of the apartment must contact the local government authorities of the area with all questions, where a special commission or housing inspection is created. In order to find out exactly which body will be responsible for coordinating the work, you need to contact the local executive authorities.

To consider the application and its subsequent approval by the owner, it is necessary to collect a package of necessary documents.

What documents are needed?

Document confirming ownership. It is allowed to provide a copy of the document, which is drawn up by a notary;
Technical passport for the premises;
A statement describing the future work plan, written in a special form. The application form can be obtained from the secretary of the commission dealing with such issues;
Project plan;
Written consent to carry out redevelopment from all permanently registered residents of the relevant residential area.

The listed documents are included in the list of mandatory documents required by the relevant authorities to obtain approval.

To make a redevelopment project for an apartment, the owner needs to contact specialized companies that have a license for the relevant activity. Based on the completed sketch, it is possible to carry out work if future work is not included in the list of prohibited works. As a rule, such organizations independently obtain permission from the competent authorities.

Registration of official registration of redevelopment in a private residential building is similar to registration of redevelopment in an apartment.

How to coordinate the redevelopment yourself?

It is worth mentioning right away that redevelopment standards in different regions may have different scenarios. For example, in Moscow you will need to contact one department, and in Ulyanovsk - another. Therefore, before starting approval, you need to check in your region which institutions are involved in this and where to submit the package of documents.

Let's look at how to carry out the procedure for approving redevelopment in Moscow yourself. The order is as follows:

We go to the BTI and receive a registration certificate for the premises. This is an important document that displays all the data on the apartment: year of construction, room layout and technical information;
If the registration certificate is in hand and is less than 5 years old, then there is no need to obtain a new document. If the paper was received a long time ago, you will have to order a new one - the cost of the service varies from 700 to 900 rubles (the exact price will be announced in the BTI). Everything will depend on the urgency and need for a technical engineer to visit the site;
As soon as it is clear which walls are load-bearing, it will be possible to decide what can be remodeled in the apartment and what cannot - you can draw up a sketch. Based on the diagram and standard project, which can be downloaded from the Internet, you can independently begin the approval procedure. If you didn’t find the required document on the Moscow Housing Inspectorate website, then order a redevelopment project from a designer of our company or go to an architectural bureau.

You should contact designers if you have a complex reconstruction of your living space (rebuilding a kitchen, combining a bathroom, or installing heated floors). According to the law, only design firms that have a document of admission to such work and have an SRO have the right to carry out the safety of such redevelopments.

It is important to know for sure that the organization from which you order the service is a member of the SRO, otherwise you will waste your money.

The cost of a project for remodeling an apartment varies from 5 to 40 thousand, depending on the complexity of execution.

What documents need to be prepared for independent approval of apartment redevelopment:

a statement written in free form. But some municipal institutions have a sample, so it is better to clarify this point first;
certificate of ownership or a recent extract from Rosreestr;
design documentation for the redevelopment of an apartment or other premises;
technical passport for the facility;
consent of the owners of the premises for redevelopment, certified by a notary.

With this documentation, go to the municipal department of architecture, to the bureau or to the MFC: in different regions, different bodies are responsible for regulating the process, for this reason, find out in advance whether to go with the collected documents. But do not forget that documents may be accepted by another institution and then refused approval. And to avoid such mistakes, it is better to entrust the approval process to professional engineers and lawyers who are on the staff of our company.

Where to start remodeling your apartment yourself?

So where to start?
First of all, you need to decide what exactly is planned to be redone, because legislative texts provide for different procedures and requirements for different types of repairs. Let's understand the terms :

Redevelopment is a legal term from the Housing Code of Russia, as well as from other legal acts. It means such repairs, during which changes are made to the configuration of the object, which must be indicated in the technical plan for the property. In simple language - all changes in load-bearing and non-load-bearing walls, movement of openings, their formation and covering, etc.
Reconstruction - installation, dismantling and replacement of devices and networks of engineering, sanitary and electrical equipment.

Definitions are given in Article 25 of the Russian Housing Code.

Repairs that do not fall under either redevelopment or reconstruction are called ordinary.

This applies to:

glazing of balconies, verandas, terraces;
replacement of windows and doors;
replacing the floor (installation of a heated floor system is a major overhaul);
painting and decorating walls;
wallpapering or upholstery;
rearrangement of furniture and appliances (except for the gas stove and plumbing household items);
and other cosmetic events.

Regular repairs can begin immediately - no permission from third parties or approval from neighbors or housing authorities is required.

More significant repair work needs to be agreed upon.

They are divided into 2 types:

Simplified, otherwise according to the sketch - actions in which load-bearing walls and types of premises are not affected. These measures are coordinated through a notification procedure, i.e., it is enough to inform the housing service about the planned changes and not wait for approval, but begin the changes.
Complicated, or by design - actions in which load-bearing structures are affected or the type of purpose of the premises is changed (for example, a non-residential premises is converted into residential). In this case, approval is required (the price of approval for the redevelopment of an apartment is here) and waiting for permission from the housing service, and after repairs, checking the work done and drawing up a report about it.

According to legality, redevelopment is also divided into 2 types:

Permitted - these are actions that can be performed in the apartment, and they are safe for the apartment building and residents, but they must be carried out after approval.
Prohibited are actions that are not allowed to be performed in the facility, since they threaten the integrity and safety of the building and the people living in it, their life and health, and also change the façade of the apartment building.

If the alteration is carried out illegally according to the first option, then it can be legalized without serious consequences for the initiator - by paying a fine (1000-2500 rubles), following the procedure for legalizing the redevelopment of an apartment and fulfilling other obligations under the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses.

It is impossible to legitimize prohibited repairs - the person who started it will face sanctions such as:

fine,
warning,
eviction from the apartment,
forced restoration work at your own expense,
deprivation of property rights, etc.

Independent redevelopment of an apartment can be carried out either by the owner of private housing or by the tenant of a social apartment.

Having decided on the remodeling plan, you need to collect documents and obtain permission for it from several authorities.

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What documents are needed to redevelop an apartment according to a sketch?

Remodeling according to a sketch is the simplest, since you do not need to wait for a response from the housing inspection, and the sketch itself is carried out according to a simplified procedure.
A sketch of the redevelopment of an apartment is a plan of its condition before reconstruction, on which the applicant notes the transformations :

You need to highlight in red what has been removed/demolished;
blue - built/erected;
Objects that have been rearranged (for example, bathrooms) are marked in green.

Coordination occurs after the reconstruction is completed - after the work has been completed, a specialist technician makes a sketch, which is the basis for coordinating the transformations in the housing service.

It is important that the work performed strictly does not go beyond the scope of the preliminary repair, otherwise you will have to pay a fine and also correct the violations.

What is included:

redevelopment of the bathroom and bathroom in a panel house and houses made of other materials;
moving a gas stove and other gas equipment;
changing the location of engineering, electrical and other networks and nodes, etc.

You need to prepare the following documentation package:

Apartment plan and explication;
Documents on the rights to the object. If this is private property, then the documents on ownership are a certificate of registration of rights in Rosreestr or an extract; if this is a municipal rental, then a copy of the order or a social rental agreement is needed, also a copy. For some territorial branches, an extract from a personal account may be sufficient as a document of title;
Technical passport or plan;
Statement.

The application is filled out by an employee of the receiving department, and the applicant only signs.

All of the listed documents, if you have a passport, are submitted to the housing authorities (architectural department of the district administration) or to the MFC to confirm your identity.

MFC is an intermediary government organization established by the Russian Government to facilitate and simplify the receipt of government services by the population.

If you submit an application to the MFC, it will transfer them to the necessary department - in this case, the architectural department. In addition, an employee of the multifunctional center will also advise the applicant on this and any other issues and check the documentation package.

Within a month, a response will be received, and a housing inspection specialist will inspect the apartment to ensure that the actual reconstruction matches the information reflected in the sketch.

Significant renovations requiring project approval must be approved.

If everything is in order, the specialist will issue a certificate of completion, which will be the basis for agreeing on the repair and making changes to other documents.

So, the citizen will need to replace the technical passport/plan, and then make changes to the Unified State Register of Real Estate (the former cadastral passport of the apartment).

Both of these procedures are also carried out at the MFC.

For the project: sample and form of application and power of attorney

Project redevelopment is a complex procedure, since it involves changing the configuration of partitions and the purpose of the premises. If load-bearing walls are affected, then you also need to obtain a technical opinion.

If the initiator of the repair does not touch the load-bearing partitions, then a project is needed. Its production can be entrusted to any organization that has a license from a self-regulatory organization, as well as housing inspection specialists.

Do not confuse the project of changing the configuration of an apartment with a design project. The second will not even be considered, since they certainly do not meet the requirements of the Housing Code and other regulations.

There is a fee for preparing this document, and the cost differs between different companies and different engineers. Other price factors include the area of the facility, the number of changes, and timing. On average, it is produced in 2-3 days and costs 10,000 - 20,000 rubles.

Unlike a sketch, a project plan contains several sections - text and graphic.

Basic structure:

title page - it indicates the details of the company that produced the document, name, date, seals and signatures;
contents - list of sections;
confirmation by the chief engineer of compliance with all standards and legislation;
explanatory note - includes a description of the building, general information about the apartment, architectural and construction solutions, equipment available in the apartment, etc., incl. plan for the location of the building in the locality and photographs;
plan and explication;
sketch changes using color;
plan and explication after repair;
other sections depending on the characteristics of each specific redevelopment.

With the finished document you need to obtain opinions from 2 organizations:

Rospotrebnadzor;
Ministry of Emergency Situations (not everywhere, in some territories, including Moscow, a fire safety report is not required, since the housing inspectorate evaluates this criterion independently).

They must confirm that the transformations are safe and do not violate established standards and techniques.

What documents must be submitted to these organizations?:

project;
title papers - an extract from the Unified State Register or a certificate;
technical plan;
statement.

After receiving approval from both services, you can contact the housing inspection.

Standard papers are served:

project;
conclusions from the SES and the Ministry of Emergency Situations;
technical plan;
cadastral passport or general extract from Rosreestr;
certificate of registration of property rights or other document-basis of rights (for example, a social tenancy agreement);
consent from all apartment residents for repairs;
certificate of family composition;
extract from the personal account;
application for redevelopment of an apartment according to the established form 226 (see sample document.

The package can also be submitted by a representative - with a power of attorney for the redevelopment of the apartment (sample here), issued by a notary.

Documents for redevelopment involving load-bearing structures

If there is a need to change the configuration of load-bearing walls, then, first of all, you need to find out whether such work is allowed in this house and whether it is safe.
For this purpose, a technical report is drawn up on the structure of the building and the possibility of carrying out the planned repair work.

Such a conclusion is prepared after a detailed inspection of the load-bearing walls that are planned to be changed - the joints under and above the walls, beams and partitions; the condition of the walls in neighboring apartments is also necessarily inspected. The conclusion is issued by the author of the building or the housing inspection.

It takes 10-15 days to inspect a house and produce paper, and the conclusion itself is valid for 1 year.

The results of the document indicate whether the planned repairs affecting the load-bearing walls are permissible in the apartment or not.

Based on the technical conclusion for the redevelopment of the apartment, a project is drawn up and the remaining actions described above are carried out.

Useful information about the procedure for legalizing redevelopment in an apartment:

Legal registration of redevelopment is a long process

The decision will have to wait, it can be issued in a minimum of 15 days, a maximum of 45 - this is regulated by law. If you don’t want to wait for the document, you can do the following:

start repairs without waiting for approval. But this is only if professionals prepared the package of documents, and they are 100% sure of a positive decision;
to legitimize the reconstruction retroactively - you will need the same package of documents and an application to the appropriate institution. In this case, a commission is formed that will write a certificate of compliance of the completed design work and issue a new technical passport. If during the reconstruction process two apartments are combined or one large one is converted into 2 smaller ones, then you will have to obtain a new ownership document from Rosreestr.

In the event of a major restructuring - if it is necessary to strengthen the load-bearing systems, it is better to wait for an official decision. By the way, the city department of architecture may require in this case to keep a business journal of work. It will be necessary to invite professional builders who can draw up all the documents correctly.

It is in this situation that difficulties may arise, since not all construction teams have the necessary permits, despite the fact that they carry out the work professionally. In this case, it is worth contacting organizations that are members of the SRO and can properly document all construction activities carried out during reconstruction.

Where to contact?

You can start the procedure by contacting the Housing Inspectorate of the city or county. In addition, there are a lot of design organizations that specialize in drafting projects and approving documents.

for owners of apartments in new buildings to order an apartment redevelopment project for approval (a sample can be downloaded above) from the organization that designed their building. This way you will receive a project taking into account all the features of the object and avoid copyright infringement.

Important : Before concluding an agreement with a design bureau, find out whether it has a license or a certificate of authorization to work.

Approval procedure

The approval process is quite regulated and you need to follow a certain procedure:

Instead of looking for standard options, it is better to choose a design office that has permission and a license to conclude an agreement.
The demolition of some structural elements in a newly completed house is impossible without the permission of the authors in the person of the designer or architect.
Designers will need a technical passport, floor plan, real estate documents and permission from the housing inspection to begin detailed development.
To obtain permission, you will need the same passport and certificate of ownership, along with a prepared application and a project outlining the redevelopment plan.
The application contains personal information about the owner and landlord, a short description of the project, and expresses a request for redevelopment, supported by the consent of the residents.
Attached is an extract about the composition of the family or a house register, a copy of the personal account and a report from the fire department and consumer inspection.
The review usually takes place in the housing inspection or architectural department and takes from 2 to 4 months, which depends on the region and the complexity of the redevelopment. Submitting papers from the designers themselves helps shorten the review process.
The project itself must receive approval from the gas and fire services, the SES, and the monument protection authority if the house represents cultural heritage.
The completion of approvals and the issuance of permits will allow for reconstruction, which will take up to four months. Deviations from documentation are simply unacceptable.
After completion of the work, an inspector or commission conducts an inspection to draw up a report and confirm that the alterations comply with the approved project.
Changes must be reflected in the technical passport. To do this, you need to come to the BTI with your passport, project, permit and certificate of completion of work.
The same papers are submitted to the cadastral chamber in order to amend the accounting and receive a new document. If the area changes, a certificate of ownership is issued again instead of the old one.

Carrying out unauthorized redevelopment is fraught with not only fines. It is possible that the court will decide to restore the apartment to its original form.

If you don’t have time to complete the registration yourself, contact the State Committee for Internal Affairs

Our company specializes in preparing documents for approval of redevelopment of any premises. We provide a comprehensive range of services in this area:

the information is analyzed to make it clear whether it is possible to make technical changes to the documents. This stage is mandatory - after this it will become clear whether it is possible to coordinate the reconstruction of an apartment in Moscow and calculate the cost of the service provided;
An engineer goes to the site and takes measurements;
a project is drawn up that will comply with all the requirements and provisions prescribed by law;
Next, a package of necessary documents is prepared depending on the specifics of the particular case;
papers are sent to the Housing Inspectorate;
After receiving approval, a report on the work performed is drawn up, and changes are made to the technical passport.

By contacting our specialists, you will not have to endlessly go through the authorities, waste precious time on completing the necessary papers - we will do everything for you.

What is a redevelopment project

An apartment redevelopment project is a document that records changes in the premises relative to the BTI plan. It contains plans for building structures and diagrams of engineering communications. Unlike a design project, it can only be developed by organizations from the SRO register, and only on its basis the housing inspection gives orders for work.

You can also buy a project for remodeling an apartment in Moscow or the region from our company - we do it quickly and taking into account all the requirements of the housing inspectorate. In addition to this, you will definitely need a technical report on the admissibility and safety of the redevelopment. And if the repair has already been done, then a technical report on the safety of the work performed.

At the same time, in the Moscow region, approval of the project occurs without a technical conclusion. The procedure itself is performed differently depending on the city. We will help you sort this out too.

What information does it contain?

The documentation will consist of two main parts. The first is an explanatory note, the second is a graphic part with proposals for transformations.

The explanatory note must contain information of this kind:

Title page.
Contents of the project.
Contractual obligations of the participating parties.
Characteristics of the premises.
Reasons for redevelopment of premises.
List of works that are planned to be carried out.
Will changes be made to utility networks, and how?
A list of actions that ensure fire safety in the premises.
How will noise insulation measures be carried out?
Safety recommendations during work.
Additional information - this may include the duration of the contract, a list of prohibited actions.
List of regulatory documents that were involved in the process of drawing up the document.
Permission to carry out work from the performing organization.

A redevelopment project is a very important document, on each page of which the executor must leave his signature.

The graphic part of the project will contain approximately the following points:

Floor plan before redevelopment.
List of redevelopment actions.
Post-event plan.
If the floor is changed for design reasons, this will be documented in the appropriate section.
Will sewerage and water supply be affected, and how?
Waterproofing scheme of the room.
Features of ventilation, whether changes will be made.
Constructive and design solutions that relate to changes in load-bearing and non-load-bearing walls.
Geographical location of the object.

This is an approximate plan; if additional activities are carried out, they can be documented in a separate section.

We invite you to watch a video about the content of the redevelopment project for non-residential premises:

Who issues?

The project must be drawn up by an implementing organization that has the right to grant permission to carry out this type of change in the floor plan.

The Center for Coordination of Project Documentation acts as the executor . It is compiled on the basis of the submitted package of documents on behalf of the customer, and the inspection reports of the premises are also taken into account.

Consultations on approval of apartment redevelopment from a specialist

If you want to carry out the approval procedure yourself, but do not know where to start, contact the lawyers of our company. They will provide detailed instructions to ensure that this process is as successful as possible.

If you are missing any documents, we will help you prepare them.

. During a global restructuring, we will advise which construction organization to contact so that in the future there will be no problems when contacting the appropriate institution.

We provide consultations by phone, by email and in our company offices.

If the apartment has a mortgage

It is possible to redevelop a mortgaged apartment, but there are certain nuances. Since the residential premises are partly owned (the rest is pledged to a credit institution), the owner has limited disposal of it.

The mortgage agreement must include one of the following points:

Prohibition on the configuration of the interior of the living space.
It is necessary to coordinate the redevelopment with the bank.

The peculiarity of obtaining approval for work in an apartment with a mortgage is that, together with the necessary package of documents, the owner provides another additional document - the written consent of the credit institution. To obtain permission, the owner submits an application to the bank, for the consideration of which a commission fee equal to 2000 - 5000 rubles is charged.

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In addition to approval from the bank, it is important to obtain permitting approval for redevelopment from an insurance organization.

If the mortgage loan agreement does not provide for the procedure for remodeling the apartment, then the owner does not have the right to carry out the corresponding work until the loan is fully repaid and the mortgage encumbrance is removed.

How to legitimize redevelopment yourself?

You can independently arrange the redevelopment of the apartment. A list of repair and construction work carried out independently, but requiring approval, has been determined:

Relocation and installation of plumbing and other equipment that involves the consumption of more energy or volume of water. Similar work can be carried out if additional electrical wiring or plumbing equipment is required.
Relocation or installation of gas equipment, if all this requires additional laying of gas lines.
Replacing the gas stove in the kitchen with an electric one.
Reconstruction of openings, as well as arches in load-bearing and inter-apartment walls.
Relocating a bathroom or toilet.
Construction of additional partitions that increase the overall strength of the building’s floors.
Construction of additional partitions in a house with wooden floors.
Carrying out the relevant type of construction work that poses a threat to the health, life or property of the owners of other apartments.

The above types of work require obtaining appropriate permission.

What kind of redevelopment cannot be legalized?

Russian legislation provides a list of strictly prohibited types of work. Not allowed:

carry out work that worsens the general living conditions of citizens and the operation of residential premises;
carry out reconstruction of buildings leading to the building becoming unsafe;
make various changes in the ventilation system of the house;
create a load on the floors above the norm;
deteriorate the appearance of the residential premises as a result of repair work;
combine balconies and loggias with living spaces;
combine gasified buildings with residential premises;
install a heating system connected to a central source on balconies and loggias;
install a “warm floor” by connecting the heating system to a central source.

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The listed types of repair work cannot be carried out even through the courts. Independent redevelopment from the list of prohibited repair works is punishable by criminal penalties.

Documents for approval of redevelopment

Technical passport of BTI. They receive it at the MFC, provided that the address is in the technical accounting database and the date of the last inventory was no more than 5 years ago. Production time will be 10 days, cost from 2300 rubles. When working with non-residential premises, BTI certificates of Form 5 and Form A1 are also required. Taking into account the data from the Technical Data Sheet of the BTI, design documentation will be developed.
Redevelopment project and Technical Report on the condition of structures. These documents will be developed for you by Mostroyproekt LLC, just write to us by email or call +7-495-646-20-80. You cannot carry out this work on your own, since licensed types of activities require SRO approval.
Title documents for the apartment (extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate, Lease Agreement with DIGM).
Help from Mosgaz, in case of moving/dismantling a gas stove, with subsequent activation of these works.
Certificate of consent from the bank for redevelopment if the apartment has a mortgage (no need since August 2020).
A certificate of no objection from your management company if plumbing ducts are affected. Plumbing ducts are considered common property; it is prohibited to reduce their area; to do this, a general meeting must be held.
Conclusion of the Moskomarkhitektura, if the facade of the house is affected.
Conclusion of the Federal Budgetary Institution in the case of work on a non-residential property.
Minutes of the general meeting of homeowners during work affecting common property (halls, attics, roofing, enclosing walls) in the form approved by law.
Conclusion of the State Budgetary Institution Mosgorgeotrest during excavation work (organization of additional entrance groups).
The consent of all owners is notarized.

If you do not want to deal with collecting the entire package of documents, we suggest using the turnkey redevelopment approval service.

Having received permission from the Moscow Housing Inspectorate for redevelopment and an approved project, you can begin repair work. Please note that the period for carrying out repair work is limited to 12 months from the date specified in the Order.

An example of an order from the Moscow Housing Inspectorate

Upon completion of the work, our supervision engineers provide a visit to the site, draw up Acts for hidden work, and fill out a work log.