After the proposal of deputies of the Moscow City Duma to demolish the old houses without architectural excesses that spoil the appearance of the capital, the people for the most part began to think: what kind of apartment will they be given if the five-story building is demolished? Or maybe they won’t demolish it, they’ll renovate it and you can move on with your life? No, the authors of this initiative are absolutely sure that the Khrushchev buildings will not withstand major renovations, and it is much cheaper to demolish them than to repair or reconstruct them. Therefore, it is better to think through this common sense idea and find out exactly what kind of apartment will be given when a five-story building is demolished in each specific case.
Program
Currently, a program is already running in Moscow that provides for the resettlement of residents of five-story buildings of the first wave of industrialization of housing construction. It affects 1,722 buildings, with a total area of 6.3 million square meters. These are the oldest series - panel houses without balconies and centralized hot water supply. People, turning on the gas water heater once again to wash the dishes, are wondering what kind of apartment they will be given when the five-story building is demolished. Surely you can get hot water there by simply opening the tap. Not like here, in a house built in the fifties of the last century.
It is known about this program that it has existed for more than twenty years, but it has not yet been completed. Today in Moscow there are still about seventy five-story buildings of the series planned for demolition first. Now the program has expanded, not only will this series of Khrushchev-era buildings no longer remain in the capital, but the remaining twenty-five million square meters of five-story housing will be destroyed. Therefore, many Muscovites want to know what kind of apartment they will be given when the five-story building is demolished. Brick Khrushchev buildings are also included in the renovation program.
What realtors say
Realtors, naturally, also widely discuss the program itself and everything connected with it. They agree that the objects demolished in the first phase have, of course, served their purpose. They were built at the dawn of mass housing construction, and were initially cold, cramped, and uncomfortable. In addition, they have almost completely lost their strength and threaten to fall apart and fall right on passers-by.
However, most of the later Moscow five-story buildings are quite suitable for living. Of course, the ceilings are low, the apartments are not spacious enough, but these buildings have thick walls that perfectly retain heat. In this regard, they cannot be compared with new buildings. What kind of apartments are given when five-story buildings are demolished? The photo shows large halls and kitchens much larger than five square meters, which residents are content with in all Khrushchev-era apartment buildings.
Reflections
It’s unlikely that it will be possible to make it just as warm. The courtyards here are well-groomed and lived-in, the neighbors have become almost relatives over the years... Let's look at the photos again: what kind of apartments are given when five-story buildings are demolished. Still, most people will willingly go to a new life, where there is space, air, and convenience. Probably, in a five-story building after a major renovation, with attics built on, where the number of square meters of living space in the blocks has been increased, it would be good.
However, how to change old and dangerous steam heating and water supply pipes, which are most often located directly in the walls? This is disproportionately expensive. Housing and communal services specialists say the same thing. There are a number of five-story buildings in the capital that have undergone major renovations. Yes, it got pretty good there. And aesthetically, these buildings no longer look like Khrushchev’s pencil cases. But it’s really not worth the price for such a product like this.
Privatized apartments
However, there are several resettlement programs in the capital. And not everyone ends up in the renovation department. Muscovites who have taken ownership of apartments in Khrushchev-era buildings are usually less worried about their own prospects. Everyone already knows what kind of apartment they will give in return for the five-story building that was privatized during the demolition in Moscow. They are obliged to provide housing exactly the same - one meter per meter. However, this will not work, since the apartments of the new fund correspond to Khrushchev apartments in terms of living space, but not in terms of total area. The corridors are wider, there are even halls, and the kitchens are large. Those who moved from privatized five-story housing will only benefit.
Another question: it’s not a fact that they will provide a new building. The law does not oblige the authorities to provide only new housing. The state will decide which apartments the owners will be given when the five-story buildings are demolished. The authorities have every right to relocate residents from the demolished building, even to Soviet nine-story buildings of almost the same age as the demolished buildings. Or into Stalinism. And even into another Khrushchev building - a little newer, which is not yet included in this demolition program. There is no such prohibition in the laws. The main thing is that the housing provided is not worse than the one being demolished.
How is the renovation going?
Now let's explain how renovation happens in simple words . It is always carried out according to certain regulations. First, an investment project is drawn up, which thoroughly describes the type of expert work and how the design work will be carried out.
Development takes place separately:
- individual boiler rooms;
- installation of meters;
- location of ventilation systems;
- location of windows and double-glazed windows for them;
- elevator systems that will charge themselves when descending.
Next, an auction takes place, which determines which developer will carry out work on a particular house or area. A document is signed with the government authority.
Important! If the developer performs his functions in bad faith, that is, does not comply with the terms of the contract, it may be terminated.
From a communal apartment to a separate apartment
What kind of apartment will be given in exchange for communal apartments when the five-story building is demolished is also already known. Naturally, no one will resettle people into communal apartments again. The apartment will be separate, that's for sure. The rest depends on the living space available in the five-story building, on the number of people living on it, as well as on many other factors, and especially on the fact of privatization. Those who took their time were left in a more advantageous position. For example, if disabled people are registered in a municipal apartment or room, the conditions for providing new housing will be almost fabulous.
Even if a person lives alone in a ten-meter room in a communal apartment, he will still receive a separate apartment, where the living space will clearly be more than ten meters. Moreover, no one can force a tenant to pay extra for additional meters. What kind of apartment will they give in return for the privatized room when the five-story building is demolished? Not too big, of course. But separate. And in total it will be much larger than any room in a communal Khrushchev-era building.
The benefits are real!
As a result of the resettlement of communal apartments, people receive real benefits, the square footage increases, and even if the living area remains the same, non-residential meters are necessarily added to it - a balcony, a hall, a bathroom and a larger kitchen. In any case, the housing received in return is always more expensive and more modern. Previously, people even earned some capital by buying up Khrushchev-era apartment buildings that were being demolished, then getting more expensive apartments.
In Moscow now, the renovation program is not the only one. People move from old houses to new ones in cases of housing disrepair, and not every time this house is five-story. Parallels in resettlement cause confusion, since there are many nuances in the differences between the conditions of one program and another. For example, what kind of apartment will be given instead of a municipal one when a five-story building is demolished? If this is a renovation program, an apartment is allocated according to the square footage in accordance with municipal standards and even in the same area. But if this is a program for relocation from emergency housing, the rules are different. Only the region will remain the same, but the connection to the region is not respected, even the administrative district may change.
Municipal apartment
If the new location does not seem convenient to the residents, they may well refuse to move if the five-story building is subject to demolition under the renovation program. It’s rare that a five-story building in Kuzminki is demolished and new housing is offered on Barrikadnaya. Naturally, no one would refuse. But they offer it closer to Lyubertsy. Nekrasovka, for example. Because it is very difficult to find space to build new houses in the same area.
In Moscow, the social norm for housing is eighteen square meters. And if the question arises, what kind of apartment will be given in return for the five-story building privatized during the demolition, the answer is ready: for each person living in a privatized apartment, 18 square meters are allocated. And if five people lived in a two-room municipal apartment, the new housing will be more than satisfactory. The documents regulating the demolition of five-story buildings also confirm that cosmetic repairs must be made to the new apartments.
Services
Avito
Average cost of an apartment:
1-room apartment - 30 thousand rubles per month
2-room apartment - 45 thousand rubles per month
3-room apartment - 45-50 thousand rubles per month
The site is designed for representatives of the lower segment of the middle class, so prices rarely rise above 70-75 thousand rubles per month. Apartments here are offered both new and secondary. There are many offers of extremely cheap housing, for example, a three-room apartment for 30 thousand rubles per month. This indicates the presence of unverified advertisements. The Avito administration warns users about the possible presence of scammers and recommends not to believe advertisements with a reduced price for a good apartment. Most offers on Avito come from agencies, but there are also advertisements from individuals.
"Yandex.Real Estate"
AVERAGE APARTMENT COST:
1-room - 30 thousand rubles per month
2-room apartment - 40 thousand rubles per month
3-room apartment - 60-65 thousand rubles per month
This = an aggregator that collects offers from all over the Internet. Most of the offers are from Cian.ru, which is honestly linked at the bottom of each mini-post. Offers are posted here exclusively by agencies. With one click, the user is transported to the site where the ad was originally posted and can see both photos of the option he liked and the realtor’s phone number.
"Hand to Hand"
AVERAGE APARTMENT COST:
1-room - 17-20 thousand rubles per month
2-room - 25 thousand rubles per month
3-room apartment - 30 thousand rubles per month
The site contains a huge number of offers from agencies, as well as unverified advertisements promising to rent cheaply almost luxury housing: a one-room apartment with European-quality renovation in a good area for 16 thousand rubles a month or a three-room apartment with the same indicators for 29. Cases of fraud on the site are discussed by users Internet.
The Locals
AVERAGE APARTMENT COST:
1-room - 30 thousand rubles per month
2-room apartment - 40-50 thousand rubles per month
3-room apartment - 60 thousand rubles per month
The site is pre-moderated, all ads are checked, this is stated on the main page. Access to content is paid - 399 rubles. There are no suspiciously low or outrageously high prices here. We offer well-maintained, clean apartments with everything you need: refrigerator, telephone, TV and Internet. The advertisements are posted by the owners; realtors are asked not to worry.
Winner
AVERAGE APARTMENT COST:
1-room - 35 thousand rubles per month
2-room apartment - 55 thousand rubles per month
3-room apartment - 65-70 thousand rubles per month
You cannot view the site’s databases online; they must be downloaded by first registering using a phone number, to which you will subsequently receive an SMS with a code. To view updates in the database, you need to subscribe to the site, which costs 15 thousand rubles per month. This seems completely pointless, given that all advertisements from the site are automatically published on the sites “From Hand to Hand”, “Yandex.Real Estate” and many other similar ones.
Winner employs exclusively agents, which requires a deposit, as well as payment of one hundred percent of the monthly cost of the apartment to the agency in the form of a commission. There are also many advertisements with suspiciously low prices for apartments, which indicates possible fraud.
Tricks
If earlier people bought apartments in buildings that were subject to demolition, now this trick will no longer work. But even now there are ways out. For example, what kind of apartment will they give in return for the non-privatized five-story building when it is demolished? Spouses live there, maybe even with children. In order to get not one apartment from the state, but two at once, a cunning move is made: the spouses get a divorce. And now they are strangers, and the apartment, if it has more than one room, becomes communal.
Any program will act towards the resettlement of communal apartments. And what kind of apartment they will give in return when the five-story building is demolished is no longer so important, because they will give two of them! And if, for example, children are of different sexes, you can apply for an additional room. Or if a person living in an apartment is diagnosed with some serious form of chronic disease, a new living space may well be allocated in excess of existing standards.
Opting out
If the house is given for renovation, and the residents are categorically against this , they have the right to appeal such a decision.
In the city districts there are special commissions, which consist of investors and government representatives. Some apartment owners are worried that they could be evicted without warning.
In fact the situation looks like this:
- eviction can only be carried out after receiving the written consent of the person who owns the apartment;
- the decision is made during a meeting attended by residents;
- if the house is not in disrepair, the issue is considered during planning.
If a person is against the renovation of the building in which his apartment is located, he has the right to contact representatives of the commission. To do this, you need to bring an application in writing or send it through the State Services portal.
The document indicates the date, passport details, type, square footage of the apartment and specific address, and describes the reasons why the tenant does not agree to participate in the program. The application is considered at a scheduled meeting of the commission of a certain district.
Forecasts
The previous resettlement program continued for twenty years at a rate of about one hundred houses per year. It's very slow. If this continues, it will take another seventy years. The prospects are very vague. Although many are confident that the rate of settlement will gain momentum. The final list for the next demolition wave is 5,144 five-story buildings.
That is approximately three hundred and fifty thousand apartments. The authorities expect to resettle everyone by 2032. Information about whether a particular house is included in the list can be found literally everywhere, but absolutely certainly on the Moscow government website. The most interesting among the available information is, of course, samples of apartments for displaced people, which can be viewed at VDNKh, where the showroom operates.
Regulatory framework
The renovation program began its implementation in Moscow and the Moscow region as a pilot region in 2021. This program has federal status, however, due to the need for large-scale funding for its implementation at the level of federal authorities and the President of the Russian Federation, it was decided that it was necessary to select a pilot region to test the possibilities of implementing such a program. It is for this reason that Moscow was chosen as the pilot region.
In this regard, the adopted normative acts are divided into two groups:
- federal regulations (Federal Law “On Renovation” of 2021 and Government Resolutions adopted for its implementation);
- regional legislation (at present, the most striking example of such legislation should be considered the Moscow Law “On additional guarantees of housing and property rights of individuals and legal entities during the renovation of housing stock in the city of Moscow”).
Since the renovation program will be implemented in each region on its own terms based on the realities of a particular region, the regulatory framework in each such region will also have its own.
One-room
The apartment layouts are presented in five options - two one-room (the first with a separate bathroom, the second with a combined bathroom), two two-room (linear and hinged), one three-room. Consultants constantly working at the exhibition answer questions from visitors regarding the layout, decoration, and materials for construction. It is best to compare apartments - old and new - to understand what the migrant will receive in the end.
One-room apartments of almost the same size: with a separate bathroom 44.42 sq. m, and with the combined one - a little more: 44.78. The kitchen, compared to an apartment in a five-story building, doubles in size - from ten square meters. Balcony with a special basket on the facade for air conditioning. The entrance hall has a separate dressing room. The area of the corridor and hallway is fifty percent larger than even the previous project of new buildings, there is no talk of Khrushchev. Larger separate bathroom. There is a niche between the living room and kitchen; this wall can be easily demolished if you want to combine the rooms.
Two-room apartments
The linear layout of the two-room apartment is 58.1 square meters, and the swing layout is 57.29. The kitchen is much larger than Khrushchev’s; there is a basket for the air conditioner on the window. The hallway is spacious, but there is no separate dressing room. The bathroom is also much larger; the bathtub and toilet are located at different ends of the hallway. But there may be options, since the final layout will take into account all the wishes of moving Muscovites. This applies to all types of apartments.
Firstly, the ceiling height is increased to 2.75 meters, and the finishing is improved. Laminate flooring on the balcony and kitchen will be replaced with tiles. Electrical safe sockets will be installed in the bathroom. Where the front door is is usually the dirtiest area. Therefore, it was decided to lay out the area of the floor adjacent to the threshold with ceramic tiles.
Details
The rooms have veneered doors in the middle price category. There is a fire alarm on the hallway wall and an intercom installed. Sockets are installed according to European standards (close to the floor), the number of sockets has been increased. The loggias are glazed with aluminum profiles, and the floors are tiled.
Three-room apartment
This apartment in its only version is 77.27 square meters. The kitchen is more than twice as spacious as in a five-story building; there are façade baskets on the kitchen and bedroom windows, where there will be air conditioners. There is much more space in the hallway, plus a separate dressing room. All rooms are isolated. In five-story Khrushchev buildings, the living room is always a walk-through. This won't happen here.
Living spaces in all apartments will remain approximately the same in size as in a five-story building. For example, a living room is 19 square meters, a bedroom is 14. But all non-residential premises - balconies, hallways, bathrooms - will become significantly more spacious. Even more information can be found in the showroom, decorated with materials from the renovation program. It is on Prospekt Mira, house 119. Very close to the Space pavilion, if you walk along the central alley.
When and where to apply for additional purchase of meters
Applications for additional purchases of apartments are handled by the capital's Renovation Fund. There are two options when you can submit such an application to the Fund:
- When you have already been offered an equivalent apartment, but you have not yet concluded an exchange agreement - before all the documents are completed. You can choose a larger apartment or several apartments in exchange.
- When you have already moved - within two years from the date of receipt of documents on home ownership. You can get one more, additional apartment with an area of no more than 100 square meters.
