Welcome to our World in Gouves Crete

Welcome to finding a property in Gouves - When buying a property abroad it is essential to seek professional help both with a real estate company that is registered and a practicing lawyer to check all the paperwork for the transaction is correct. Architects and engineers can assist with planning a new home from a building plot with a architects build and design contract. There are many properties for renovation, which are ideal to renovate with a little imagination you can turn a building into a dream holiday home.

Investing in a dream home

BUILDINGS PLOTS CRETE

Crete island, are like a mini continent, have a vast array of open land areas suitable for development, with some of the best sea frontage in Europe, just waiting for a new owner.  We have many land areas from which to choose, from idyllic mountain views in the roof garden of Greece, to sea views in old fishing villages.  Like most European countries, building permissions vary in Greece depending on the urbanisation zoning of the village or towns. Applications for new buildings require special attention in the planning stages, in order to achieve planning consents and building licenses. Utilising the land to best advantage is extremely important to achieve the best property equity results.  In Greece the land parcels are  dealt in stemmas which are 100m x 100m = 10000 m2 = 1 stemmas.

In the old days land was sold by the number of olive trees on the land area. In today's modern Greece land is sold by Stemmas. The first importance issue is the land location the 2 main importance areas are the building allowances on the land area, which can be called urban zones, co-efficiency zones, village or town plan. From the central point of the village a circular or similar sharp is produced. To this event this forms the building zone plan. Building areas under the law, building plots inside the village plan that have direct roadside access via a main or secondary road, then permissions can be granted for building plots of 2,000m2, which means on your land area you are permitted to build a residential home on a land plot of no less then 2,000m2 is 70% of the total area, up to a maximum of 2 stories excluding the basement area that can form part of the dwelling home.

If the land area is outside of the town plan, or on the boundary of planning consents under town planning and if no natura, archaeology or forestry restrictions apply, then permission can be granted to construct a building on a land plot area of a minimum of 4,000m2 plot is either 220m2 or 240m2 determined on the road frontage of the property. The actual size of building can be sort from the local town hall or the Demos. These are the current laws that are subject to changes.  When buying seafront land, a topography of the seafront needs to be made by topographers. This will determine how near to the seafront it is possible to build. This topography needs to be cleared and signed off by many government departments. There can sometimes be a wait of some months.

Generally building permissions can be granted for dwelling  usage relatively easily. The  properties in Greece after 1972 have changed the municipalities now keep all the property folder papers, so searches are made easier establishing the planning permission granted originally, comply to building regulations and licenses in the search.

In some cases, under Greek laws certain areas have been allocated for specific purposes for example, for tourism, agrological or forestry and strict regulations apply to building in these areas. The main drawback and where many problems can arise from is poor investigation of the land usage before any purchase is made. Other situations to be aware of are natural zones, road community land planning, agricultural areas, tourist development zones, archaeological sites, restricted military zones, forestry areas, property ownership, boundary disputes, building sizes, dwelling area permitted, services, environmental impact studies on the immediate area, National park zoning, beach zones to Natura.

When purchasing a property on land careful investigations  must be carried out by the lawyer to establish the boundaries of the property. The seller may have a topographic plan drawn up by a qualified surveyor, if no topographic exists than the lawyer should insist that this plan is drafted before any purchased is carried out. The importance of this documents is to establish the actual size of the plot the boundaries, in the event that a mortgage is raised on the property this forms part of the title deed, this is also important when you sell the property in the future.

Boundary disputes in Greece are common this is where the topographic is importance as the notary shall under registering, that this land is being offered by the current owner with no other persons are claiming the land along with the boundaries of the property. Wherever possible prior to the purchasing the site should be fenced off or site survey poles erected to plot the boundaries for all to see. In Greece it's is not uncommon for boundary disputes to exist. This issue can be resolved by the topographic so the lawyer or owner should have the neighbours agreements in place as to the exact boundaries agreed by all parties.

The land shall need a visit to the Demos town hall to establish  the facts as to what can be built on the land a with a undertaking that permission should be granted or  outline permission sort.

The local Demos town hall can advise on the available water situation. Water can be provided by water wells from the Demos or alternatively the land can be granted a water well. In most cases the Demos can provide adequate water to most homes but this information should be sort before hand with an undertaking that water can be provided.

The electric companies must also be contacted along with OTE the telephone company to take advice that these services are available. The Demos must be also contact to assistant whether any new roads are planned that  might effect the land.

If the land is within the village plan in some areas, as  Greece increases the environmental commitments with waste water management schemes. In the event that a waste management system needs to be incorporated within the building plots this also needs to be established.

During the site surveys a sub soil inspection around the land areas designated for a building should be investigated as if a basement, is to be added then borehole are recommended to establish if the bedrock is close to the surface. As most of Greece especially the islands are mountain tops that are hard rock formation this shall increase the building costs considerable when excavating.

Property laws and fees at present can subject to the current laws. In Greece it is not uncommon to place a deposit on the land which is usually 10% on a pre-contact with a completion date on the main contract. Under the law if the purchaser pulls out of the contract then the deposit can be lost. In the event that the seller cancelled the contract then the purchaser is initialed to compensation.

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