The limited space in architecture contributed to the emergence of such a term as residential buildings of blocked development. Such structures have no significant differences compared with ordinary single-family houses, but there are still some differences.
The system of houses of blocked development: what is this concept
Blocked houses are a hybrid system of buildings that looks like a complex of single-family houses, and internally - a multi-apartment building in which the apartments are interconnected.
Having deduced the exact definition, we can clarify what a complex of residential buildings of a blocked type is. Blocked houses are a type of residential buildings in the form of an apartment building, where each apartment has its own exit to the street. This is the main difference between a house and suburban cottages or small mansions. Such block buildings, like any other houses, have both advantages and disadvantages.
Features of blocked houses
Blocked houses are buildings from separate cell blocks, which are the apartments themselves. The number of storeys of such buildings often does not exceed 3 floors.
Each of the houses has its own technical and design features:
- in such apartments there is at least one adjacent wall;
- there are no common entrances, attics, communication shafts and utilities;
- ventilation, heating system and communication branch are absolutely individual for each apartment;
- Each individual apartment has its own unobstructed access to the street.
Blocked residential buildings: pros and cons
Choosing a house of a blocked type as housing, you get the following benefits:
- Thrift. When planning or building such a house, you will significantly save on construction and will be able to minimize the building area. Buying such a house will cost several times cheaper. Choosing such a home, you get a small but fully functional house, where every square meter is used to good use.
- The system of blocked houses is an excellent option for creating a complete architectural ensemble.
- You can save on utilities (one riser is provided for two apartments).
Whatever advantages a block of flats residential building would possess, there are still disadvantages. Limited space is the main disadvantage of this type of house. Based on this, there will be many problems with organizing a parking space for your car, a corner for folding garbage and a garden plot: you will have to refuse yourself. Therefore, if you have a car, think about where you will park it.
If you are planning to buy a house of blocked development, weigh the pros and cons and only after that make the final decision.
Status of houses of blocked development
By mistake, each of the independent parts of the blocked house is taken for an individual unit and is prescribed in this order in the cadastral register.
The owner and the civil servant make a big mistake by registering a house of blocked development in this order. The Housing Code (Article 49) reads: “Buildings of a blocked type, consisting of several separate parts, are taken as a whole.” Therefore, the whole construction of a block house is considered whole .
The concept of a house of a blocked building does not apply to houses consisting of one section of a blocked building. In this case, the part of the definition stipulating the presence of several block sections is not respected, and the structure takes on the status of a separate residential building of a private nature.
Blocked houses are dwellings that cannot be inherited in their entirety. The heir in a certain order receives the right to own a separate section of the block structure. Such a scheme of transfer of property does not violate the property rights and tenure of neighbors living in the same block.
In many forums, you can see the opinion that a block of flats residential building is nothing more than a kind of apartment building. Such an opinion turns out to be erroneous, and that's why.
The apartment building and the house of the type in question are not identical, although they have a number of similar features. The legal documents indicate that it is customary to consider a multi-apartment dwelling consisting of two or more apartments having a common exit to the site or a place of common use.
Distinctive features of houses of a block building
Considering the features of constructing a combined building house, we immediately see the difference: each exit from the apartment displays the owners on a personal plot, and only after that - on the territory of common use.
And this is only the first difference, contrary to the erroneous opinion of citizens.
Recognition of Blocked Housing as Such
Recognition of a house by a house as a blocked building occurs if the following conditions are met:
- The house has no more than 3 floors.
- The construction consists of no more than ten block sections with a displaced wall and a separate exit to the territory separate from each of the owners.
If your housing meets the requirements established by regulatory documents, you can design it as a house of blocked development. To do this, you will have to submit an application to the BTI, the local administration, the judicial authorities, which are involved in the consideration of cases for awarding status to residential buildings, and wait for its consideration.
Block type home building permits
Of the general rules of construction: "The construction of one residential building on two or more land plots is unlawful." To complete the construction according to the law, separately existing land plots are combined together. The algorithm of actions that the landowner / developer needs to complete in order to build a house of blocked development: prepare and draw up a package of documents for the land on which the building is supposed to be, and provide a construction plan from Gradstroynadzor. Only after the submission of the above documents is granted, the permission to build a house of blocked development will be in the hands of the developer.
Separate documents are drawn up for each of the block plots: the common land plot is divided, and separate land parts are formed, a boundary plan is drawn up. Only after all the documents are ready, combined housing can be put into operation.
Blocked block of flats is a common practice in America, as well as in many European countries. This is a great alternative to multi-apartment buildings, where sewers or inadequate living spaces are often overloaded.
It is easy to arrange residential buildings of blocked development for themselves, improving the image and quality of their life.