Many citizens use the attic not only for storing unnecessary things, but also as a living space.
As we know, children love to play in attics. Every child dreamed of their own attic. You can create a cozy atmosphere in the attic and use it as a living room or bedroom. Today there are a large number of different ideas for creating the interior of attic spaces.
You can only add additional meters in an apartment building for residential premises if the apartment is on the top floor, and the attic itself is located above this apartment.
Even if these circumstances coincide, then in this case it is necessary to resolve some issues with the possibility of decorating the attic, arranging it in the form of a living space.
Is it possible to buy an attic?
Often, owners of apartments on the top floors of an apartment building have a desire to improve their living conditions by planning to add an attic space. But you need to understand whether such changes are legal.
The technical floor of the building is classified as common property. The law allows it to be registered as property by one of the residents. This right is given to the owners of all MKD apartments.
But you will have to get the consent of your neighbors. It is important that the appropriation of the attic does not violate the legitimate interests of the remaining residents of the apartment building. It is prohibited to open a noisy establishment in the attic area. The appropriation of non-residential premises has many nuances and pitfalls.
This complicates the process of implementing the plan. For example, the presence of a condominium or HOA in the house is of great importance. It is also worth considering how many people manage the residential building. You must be prepared for the fact that appropriating an attic will take a lot of time, effort, and also require certain financial investments. If the attic is already owned by one of the neighbors, then you can try to buy it.
The difficulty of renting an attic is that sewer risers, ventilation shafts and chimneys usually pass through it. This room reduces heat transfer and insulates the last floor of the building.
What you need to know
In any multi-storey building there is property that belongs to all owners of apartments and premises of this building. Attics are also classified as such property. That is why many difficulties arise with the privatization of attic space, which ultimately can lead to failure.
Think over all the nuances of this enterprise and only then contact the appropriate authorities to privatize the premises. Privatization of an attic space requires a serious approach to the matter.
It is unlikely that you will be able to do without the help of professionals, so take the advice of experienced lawyers. Even if you have to spend money on their services, you will avoid additional costs in the future, and save your nerves and time.
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How to register ownership?
Often, citizens are faced with a situation where they are denied assignment of attic space by authorized bodies. Sometimes this is due to the fact that not all documents have been collected.
But most often this part of the building is not suitable for use by its residents. Before you begin registering the attic as your personal property, you need to find out whether it is the intersection of gas pipes or water supply systems or electrical wiring.
You also need to find out if one of the residents of the apartment building already owns it. It is important that the premises are in perfect condition. Therefore, it needs to be examined carefully. If there are no restrictions, then you can proceed to registering rights to the attic. To do this, you need to decide where to apply and what documents to prepare.
Where to contact?
To register an attic as personal property, a citizen will have to visit any authority. First, you will need to contact the HOA or management company to hold a meeting of residents. If you wish, you can organize this event in person.
You will also need to contact the following organizations:
- housing committee of the city administration . Here you can find out which services need to be coordinated with for the refurbishment of the premises. The same authority checks the project’s compliance with architectural standards and issues permission for reconstruction;
- gas service, fire supervision . The reconstruction of the premises is coordinated with these institutions;
- design and architectural firm . Assists in preparing attic reconfiguration plans. The company must have the appropriate license;
- BTI . This institution makes changes to technical documentation;
- Rosreestr, Multifunctional center . Here the registration of ownership of the attic space is carried out. Here you can also get an extract from the Unified State Register for an apartment when creating a set of documents.
List of required documents
To assign an attic space to personal property, it is necessary, first of all, to obtain the consent of all residents of the apartment building. For this purpose, a general house meeting is organized. A special act is drawn up.
Each neighbor must express his opinion and put his personal signature. Residents' consent alone will not be enough to carry out the privatization procedure. A number of other documents are also required to be prepared. The set of papers can be divided into two parts: for an apartment and for a non-residential property.
The list of documents for the attic space includes the following:
- technical information about the non-residential part of the facility;
- a certificate stating that the attic is not owned or leased by someone else;
- a certificate from the BTI on the study of the premises and its suitability;
- official permission from the authorized bodies to carry out reconstruction of the attic.
Documents for an apartment include the following:
- cadastral plan;
- extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate;
- technical plan of the apartment above which the attic is located;
- legal documents for housing (sale and purchase agreement, deed of gift, will, etc.).
Expert opinion
Irina Vasilyeva
Civil law expert
When visiting different authorities, you must have a civil passport with you.
Privatization procedure and cost
When planning to register an attic as private property, you need to know how to act correctly. Then the procedure will go faster and serious problems will not arise in the future.
The procedure for privatizing an attic space is presented in the following stages:
- check with the HOA or housing cooperative for information regarding major home repairs;
- order an attic inspection. This will make it possible to find out whether it will be possible to register it as personal property;
- take an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate from the MFC or Rosreestr;
- hold a house-wide meeting and obtain the consent of residents to appropriate the attic;
- order an attic reconstruction project from a specialized company;
- contact the housing committee. Take a list of services from which you need to obtain consent;
- visit all the necessary departments provided by the housing committee;
- obtain consent for reconstruction from the housing committee;
- reconstruct the attic;
- submit an application to the BTI to make the necessary changes to the technical documentation;
- collect a package of documents and go with it to the MFC or Rosreestr to register ownership of the attic space. You will have to pay a state fee;
- receive an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate.
It is difficult to say how much privatization will cost. When resolving the issue on their own, citizens usually spend from 30,000 to 80,000 rubles. When contacting a private specialized company, costs increase by 2-4 times. Sometimes you have to pay more than 150,000 rubles.
Price
Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to determine the cost of such an action, since it varies depending on the region. Also, different prices are set for obtaining technical documentation.
You can spend from one and a half to three thousand rubles on the design of an architectural plan, and another from twenty to forty thousand on the design of an attic space as a property through privatization.
Unfortunately, uniform tariffs and fees for collecting documents and the necessary fees have not been established anywhere.
Now you know how to register an attic as your property, and having correctly calculated the forces and actions, you can begin this procedure today.
Is it possible to attach a technical floor to an apartment?
It is not prohibited to connect an attic to an apartment in accordance with current legislation. It is necessary to register the technical floor as personal property and transfer it from non-residential to residential.
It is necessary to coordinate the redevelopment of the apartment with the relevant authorities. Attaching the attic to the living space allows you to turn an ordinary apartment located on the top floor into a two-level apartment.
Due to this, the living space significantly expands and the degree of comfort increases.
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What is the price?
Privatization of the attic above the apartment is “free” only in words. You will have to pay, and sometimes the sums are considerable. The main costs are related to cadastral documentation. The cost of a technical report from the BTI will cost from 30 to 80 thousand rubles (Moscow and the Moscow region). Electricity supply project - from 40 to 80 thousand rubles, etc. Similarly.
If you resort to the help of specialized companies, the costs will be much higher. At the same time, it is not at all a fact that the applicant will win in the time frame for decorating the attic. The average cost is 150 thousand rubles . However, this does not include attic repairs. Costs are always individual for each case.
How to rent an attic in an apartment building and non-residential building?
An attic in a non-residential building or apartment building can be rented for living or doing business. To do this, you need to contact the HOA or Management Company. A community meeting is organized. Residents decide to rent out the attic space and determine the amount of the monthly payment.
All changes that will be carried out on the technical floor are agreed upon. Next, a lease agreement is concluded and registered in accordance with the procedure established by law. Then the project is developed and approved, repair work is carried out and adjustments are made to the technical documentation.
It is important to reflect all changes in the lease agreement and register.
What actions are prohibited
It is strictly prohibited to use common premises, including the attic, for personal purposes without supporting documents. In other words, the residents of the house, having discovered the illegal privatization of the attic, have the right to go to court, since their rights to common shared property were violated.
You should also go to court in the case where municipal authorities gave the attic to an individual or legal entity or without the consent of the remaining owners.
Obtaining the consent of the other residents of the house must be legal. That is, you cannot mislead them and distort information in your favor. Naturally, signatures must be original.
Design
The design of the future attic directly depends on the purpose of the room planned for use. So, for example, you can turn the attic into:
- library;
- cabinet;
- winter Garden.
And this is not a complete list of possible changes. There were cases when a workshop was made from the attic. Also sometimes the attic became an open area. In this case, the ceiling is made of transparent material for observing the night sky.
When arranging the attic, it is worth considering separately the issue of lighting the room. In order for the space to be well lit, you will need to install additional light holes, which will later become the windows of the future room. It is recommended to make the walls light to visually expand the space and make it more comfortable and warm.
ATTENTION! As for the use of lamps, massive chandeliers, lamps, it is better to avoid them, since the devices will add load to the roof.
If you want to protect the room from sunlight, you can use roller shutters.
Legal side
If it was decided to reconstruct the attic into an attic space, it is worth taking into account not only the construction and installation work. The main difficulties may arise at the initial stage, when the apartment resident is faced with the legal side.
First you need to study the Housing Code of the Russian Federation. If you read this document, you will notice the following:
- attic - a space limited by the roof, walls and ceiling;
- an attic is an attic space with a facade in the form of a roof of any shape;
- reconstruction – change or complete alteration of an object;
- the attic of a high-rise building is the property of residents living in an apartment building;
- reconstruction of the attic space is possible only with the consent of the owners of all apartments in the building;
- the final decision on the change of ownership and reconstruction of the attic must be made at a general meeting;
- the decision must be confirmed by the protocol;
- The decision of the meeting can be appealed if for some reason the rights of the owners or clauses of the Housing Code were violated.
There are two ways to attach an attic to an apartment, one of which involves full registration or privatization of the property, and the second - rent or free use, which also needs to be registered.
Advantages and disadvantages
Previously, attics were the refuge of poor students or other not very noble people. However, now the arrangement of premises on two levels is an indicator of wealth and opportunity. Among the advantages of arranging an attic are:
- expansion of living space;
- availability of beautiful views;
- the possibility of organizing walks on the roof;
- installation of a children's playground;
- installation of a fireplace with wood and ventilation.
There were some downsides too. The disadvantages of this solution are:
- lack of heating, but the problem can be solved by using a fireplace or installing an additional heating system;
- the need for wiring engineering systems to convert the attic into living space;
- regularly climbing stairs, which, for example, is difficult for an elderly person;
- the need to think through the entrance to the attic;
- hard-to-find delivery of furniture and firewood;
- the need to create individual furniture projects;
- presence of noise due to the elevator shaft.
Also, the owner of the attic will have to independently take care of the roof of the house, since it becomes his property. This leads to additional costs, especially if the roof begins to leak.
The operation of an apartment building with an attic is a serious and responsible issue. If you really want to use the room, it is recommended to first resolve the legal issue, and then prepare for the significant costs of putting the attic in order.
