Free layout of apartments in new buildings

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Many housing in modern new buildings is rented with a free layout of apartments. This has both positive and negative properties. All this will be discussed in this article, as well as alternative options in relation to free planning.

Historical aspect

Free planning apartments gained popularity in Russia in the nineties of the last century. At that time, a caste of people appeared who wanted to be different from everyone else, and they had extra money. These people began to buy neighboring apartments, combine them, make multi-level dwellings, and also remodel their own apartments to their liking.

The economy is developing in such a way that if there is demand, then there will be supply. Developers have adapted to the desires of buyers and began to design apartments with an open plan. The main part of the apartments today for people with free money is presented with a free layout.

But before making the final choice, you need to decide on the pros and cons of suchsolutions.

Open plan concept

Free layout of the apartment is a single living area with laid communications during the construction period. These communications determine the places where the sanitary rooms and the kitchen will be.

Another part of the apartment has no walls, and the owner can equip it as he pleases.

Which houses provide free planning of apartments

For this type of layout, monolithic houses are mainly suitable, since they have external walls that are load-bearing, so there may be no internal partitions. In brick houses, the internal walls are load-bearing, so there can only be a partial free layout.

Positive properties

When buying an apartment with no walls, there is no question of how to plan an open-plan apartment.

In this situation, everyone can decide which room to make bigger and which one smaller, equip the living room with a separate room or combine it with a kitchen or dining room, make the bathroom separate or shared and other issues.

Thus, when purchasing an open-plan apartment, the owner himself decides how many rooms he will have, what will be the living area with the same total area.

Freedom in arranging an apartment is the main advantage of this type of layout. It is this circumstance that determines the comfort of living both as an individual andand family in general.

Besides this, the layout of the apartment on your own adds positive emotions and, with close looks at it, the family unites.

This apartment will be one of a kind, because it is quite difficult to imagine that someone in this house will create exactly the same apartment design.

A fly in the ointment in the phenomenon under consideration

As a rule, apartments with such a layout are a few percent more expensive than standard ones. Developers quickly realized that without investing in the construction of internal walls, you can present the free layout of apartments as the main advantage, that is, use it as a competent marketing ploy.

If in the recent past all apartments were sold only with a rough finish, today some developers already offer apartments with a finish. This does not apply to the types of apartments in question.

The main communications will be created by the developer, a door (usually made of good metal), double-glazed windows will be installed, the main part of the costs will be borne by the owner. Sometimes it happens that even electrical wiring needs to be pulled into the apartment from the corridor.

In some cases, the family cannot reach a consensus on the layout of the apartment, in which case the owners turn to specialists to draw up the design of the apartment, and this costs extra money.

Besides this, no one has canceled such an organization as the BTI until today. Although the layout is free, the planapartments still need to be approved by this organization.

At the same time, it is necessary to take into account a number of limits that turn a free layout into a conditionally free one. The main restrictions are as follows:

• you can not move the bathroom and kitchen;
• a balcony/loggia cannot be attached to living space;
• heating must not be supplied to these non-residential premises (it cannot be supplied anywhere in the apartments, despite the fact that many do);
• individual ventilation ducts cannot be combined or moved;
• living area of the apartment cannot be changed by adding utility rooms to it;
• room area must be at least 9 square meters. m;
• gas pipes cannot be hidden in walls;
• all living rooms should have natural light. In the absence of such a room can only be non-residential.

The total area of such an apartment is indicated when buying. When marking, some of the squares are lost. The reluctance to pay for those square meters that will not really exist can only be achieved through a re-examination of the BTI, recalculate and write a claim for compensation.

Renovation of considered types of apartments

In the Russian legal space, the concept of "free planning of apartments" does not exist. In this regard, you need to understand that the real absence of walls does not mean that they are not in the developer's projects. Therefore, the construction of partitions by the owner requires mandatory approval. If inIn the future, the idea of redevelopment will appear, then again coordination will be required.

Renovation of open-plan apartments involves the implementation of bright design solutions, in which the living area undergoes significant changes.

When starting repairs, you need to decide on the style. It is not necessary to make capital partitions, they can be low, where you can put flower pots or make a bar counter. In addition, instead of partitions, you can use the installation of cabinets in the places of the intended walls.

Mobile or folding partitions can be used.

Individual areas can be distinguished using different styles without using partitions.

The photo of the open-plan apartment is shown above.

Designing an apartment

In order for a person to feel comfortable in a home, all ergonomic requirements must be met. This can only be done with a professional designer.

With its help projects of open-plan apartments are drawn up. The designer must take into account all the parameters and tastes of all family members, as a result of which the entire area must be effectively used.

It is necessary to provide for the placement of each room. You need to start with the entrance and hallway. Next, you should consider how long any family member will be in each room so as not to interfere with each other.

Designing rooms depends on how much you like noisy environments. So, if you like to relax in the bedroom, you shouldplace away from the living room.

Currently, one of the open-plan apartment projects are studio apartments. However, hoods and noiseless appliances are needed here, since sounds and aromas in such apartments spread at a high speed.

Documents for redevelopment

The owner of an open-plan apartment must have the following documents: a project for future work, a registration certificate for the apartment, a conclusion on the structural condition of the apartment. If transfers of heating pipes, gas pipes, hoods are planned, installation of insulation, changes in non-residential premises of load-bearing structures are planned, then additional design documents are required.

In closing

Thus, to buy an open-plan apartment or a standard apartment, everyone must decide for himself. There are, of course, undeniable advantages even in a partially free layout. However, you must be prepared for the fact that you will have to significantly overpay for the apartment itself, the project and the repair of such a room.