There are several ways to check whether an apartment building is included in the regional capital repair program, as well as find out other details - which method of forming a capital repair fund has been chosen, the timing of the repairs, the date of the obligation to pay contributions for major repairs, how much money has been collected for the house, etc. The reason for drawing up the instructions was a question from a subscriber to my telegram channel about how to find out whether his house is included in the overhaul program or not, so the main emphasis is on this.
The director of the legal service “Unified Center for Protection” (edin.center) Konstantin Bobrov answers:
In order to find out whether work was carried out in your house as part of a major renovation, you need to find out whether the general meeting of owners made a decision to carry out a major renovation.
The minutes of the meeting are stored for three years in the office of the state housing inspection of your region. These protocols are submitted to the inspection by the management company responsible for your home. Therefore, the management company should also have information about making such decisions, which they can provide to you. By contacting these organizations (at a personal meeting with the responsible person or by written application), you can clarify your first question. How to prove that the Capital Repair Fund does not fulfill its obligations?
How to bring the management company to its senses?
We draw your attention to the fact that the wording “require major repairs in our apartment” is incorrect from the point of view of the law. The reason for this is that the very concept of “overhaul” implies the repair of the common property of an apartment building, for example, basements, roofs or elevator shafts. Therefore, your apartment (like the apartment of any other resident of the house) is, in principle, not subject to major repairs, and you have no right to demand repairs in it. The full list of property subject to major repairs is listed in Part 1 of Art. 166 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation.
Where and how can I find out at the address in what year the property is planned to be overhauled?
Checking the planned start date for major home repairs at an address can be done in several ways : by contacting the relevant authorities, or using an official Internet resource.
Offline ways to check when work is scheduled to be done in your apartment building
A personal appeal requires a certain amount of time, but allows you to clarify all questions of interest on an individual basis on the spot.
Information from the management company or HOA
The management of apartment buildings is most often carried out by homeowners' associations (HOAs) or management companies (MCs). You can come to the office of the HOA or management company and ask the secretary a question about the planned timing of the overhaul. If the secretary does not have such information, contact the manager.
When you need information in writing, you can write a request. It is drawn up in any form addressed to the manager.
Be sure to write it in 2 copies and ask the secretary to mark the incoming correspondence on your copy. The answer will have to be provided to you within 14 days by mail, or by notifying you of its readiness.
Request to the local administration about the date of work
If you have not been able to obtain information about the timing of major repairs from the HOA or management company, contact your local administration. First, find out which department deals with housing repairs. This can be done in the reception area of the secretary. Next, you need to get in line or make an appointment with the head of the department.
In addition, you can draw up a written request in 2 copies, register it and wait for an official response .
An online way to see if the apartment building is included in the list for 2019
Let's find out how to find out online when major repairs will be carried out on a house included in the fund's program (you can find out more about what the Capital Repair Fund does, who it reports to and where to complain about it here). You can obtain information about major home repairs at a specific address online in the shortest possible time and without leaving your home.
How to find information on the Housing and Communal Services Reform website?
Each visitor to the Housing and Communal Services Reform website can obtain information about the timing of major repairs of a house covered by the program, and the types of planned work (read more about what major repairs mean and what types there are, read here).
On the same site you can find out the construction characteristics of an apartment building and some other information. To get information about the apartment building you are interested in, you need to follow a simple algorithm:
- Go to the website “Housing and Communal Services Reform” and on the main page in the search bar next to the inscription “Find your home” enter the exact address, starting with the region. As you enter, options will appear from which you can select the desired address.
- Next, you will see the “Search Results” page with the exact address of the house and available sections of the site. When you hover your mouse over the address, the link will be active. Click on it to continue exploring the information.
- If you select the link opposite the “My Home” section, an electronic questionnaire for the house will open. On the main page you can see the following characteristics: year of commissioning, number of floors, total area in m2 and others. But, if you are interested in a major overhaul, then click the corresponding inscription at the bottom of the page on the left.
- If the house is in line for major repairs, an inscription will appear indicating that certain repairs have been completed or are planned. Under the inscription there will be a link “More details”, click on it to see the list of works (services).
- You can immediately go to the “Works (Services)” section if, on the “Search Results” page, select the address link opposite the inscription “Major repairs”.
- The list of works (services) will be presented in the form of a table, which will indicate the types, timing of work and volumes. In the “Additional information” column opposite each work there will be a “More details” link. By clicking on it, you can find out who the artist is, what the cost is, etc.
If for some reason you were unable to find information about an apartment building after entering the address in the search bar, you can try searching through the general list, it is performed as follows:
- On the main page of the “Housing and Communal Services Reform” website, you need to select the “Major Repairs” section and click the “Details” button.
- From the list of regions that opens, you need to select yours, then select the district and city.
- A list of houses participating in the capital repair program will open. There is no search function in this section of the site, so you will have to look for the desired object yourself by scrolling through the list.
- When the house is found, you need to click on the address, after which the corresponding page with data will open.
The online way to obtain information is the fastest and easiest, but sometimes data on the progress of major repairs is displayed late or incorrectly. In such situations, only through personal contact can you obtain the information you are interested in.
Private practicing lawyer Victoria Suvorova (Pyatigorsk) answers:
To find out if your home has undergone major renovations, contact the Capital Improvement Fund in your area. Find the official website of this organization and make a request. As a rule, the response comes within 30 days.
As for replacing the wiring in your apartment, a major overhaul as such does not involve replacing the wiring inside the apartment.
Are major repairs included in utilities?
Is it possible to simplify the overhaul system in Russia?
Features of the question
Residents of apartment buildings pay a sum of money for major repairs on a monthly basis. However, over time, the cost of such services has increased sharply, which has significantly worried many owners. Residents began to become interested in the fact that the house was in disrepair even with the investment of funds. The question arises: when will the repair work be carried out and where will the money go? More often than not, utility services are not efficient and do not always respond to such signals. So how do you know when your home will be renovated?
Determining the order
The local administration decides when and where to carry out major repairs. Its representatives draw up a list of houses and a priority plan. Based on data from the HOA and the management company, a general procedure for carrying out major repairs is formed. Before sending workers to a certain region to eliminate problems, the construction standards of the apartment building are analyzed.
Parameters taken into account when carrying out such repairs:
- Building area.
- Condition of the structure.
- Workload.
- Date of last repair.
- Checking late payments among apartment owners.
- Other additional facts.
By summing up these indicators, management company employees draw general conclusions about the relative condition of the house at a particular address.
The essence and significance of major repairs
Now there is a special regional program for this type of repair. The privatization of housing by apartment owners has made them responsible and concerned about their home. Residents are more interested in the well-being of their home. Now they themselves monitor the order of their houses and, if necessary, require major repairs of the residential complex. The frequency of the procedure does not occur regularly, but they have to pay receipts every month. Many owners wonder how much they need to pay and whether it’s worth it if they don’t know when the overhaul will be done. You still need to make payments, because you can lose the help of utility services. height=”486″[/img]
When is a major renovation of an apartment building carried out?
The legislative framework of the Russian Federation, represented by the Housing Code, regulates the need to carry out major repairs of an apartment building in the event that the building poses a danger to the owners’ residence, and the utility lines are too worn out and cannot be restored through partial replacement.
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All work is carried out at the expense of the owners’ funds, which residents are required to transfer monthly to a specially created settlement account of the HOA or to the account of a regional operator. The minimum tariff rate is calculated by the regional operator, but the owners have the right to independently decide to increase contributions to collect funds as quickly as possible.
For your information
Carrying out a major overhaul of an apartment building is justified if there is a need to replace utility lines, as well as restore the structural elements of the building. At the same time, a special commission assesses the degree of deterioration of the structure and determines the possibility of carrying out restoration work without damaging the remaining elements of the structure.
Who has benefits on contributions for major repairs 2019
- Disabled people of groups I and II, disabled children, citizens with disabled children.
- Heroes of the USSR and the Russian Federation, full holders of the Order of Glory.
- Disabled people and combat veterans.
- Disabled people and WWII participants, as well as members of their families.
- Citizens who fell ill due to the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and members of their families.
In addition, regions may provide additional benefits on contributions for major repairs:
- Single non-working owners over 70 years old.
- Non-working owners over 70 years of age who live in a family that includes only non-working pensioners or disabled people of groups I or II.
When the owner reaches the age of 70 years, the regional subsidy will be 50%; when the owner reaches 80 years old, it increases to 100% of the amount of contributions.
Also, it should be noted that from January 22, 2020, when applying for benefits for major repairs, it is no longer necessary to provide a certificate of no debt. And from 2021, certificates of absence of debt will not be needed when applying for other housing subsidies!
Each region of the Russian Federation is currently implementing its own program for the overhaul of apartment buildings.
This mechanism was created to plan activities for the reconstruction and maintenance of the housing stock.
The queue for major repairs of apartment buildings allows you to control the timing of the repair of apartment buildings. It currently houses most of the objects in a certain region.
In this article we will talk about where to look at the queue for major home renovations?
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Request to include a house in the overhaul schedule
There are no clear rules for filling out a request to include a building in the overhaul schedule, but it is better to adhere to certain standards:
- In the upper right corner are the details of the official to whom the request is sent.
- The applicants are listed below.
- The name of the document (in this case, the appeal) is written in the center of the sheet.
- Next, the condition of the building is described in free form with a request to include it in the overhaul schedule.
Residents must sign at the bottom of the application indicating the date the document was completed.
