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Acquisition of houses in Croatia
The acquisition of houses in Croatia is fundamentally not more complicated than in Germany, Austria, Holland or Belgium.
Our friends from Switzerland have to found a limited company in Croatia. The reason is that there aren't any mutual contracts between Switzerland and Croatia, which enable citizens of the respective country to buy real estate without limitations.
But there are some points you should be aware of. If you have decided to acquire a house, our lawyer in Croatia (a former judge) examines the land register whether a mortgage has already been enshrined on the estate and we have all documents translated in the buyer's native language. In addition, we have the reliability and trustworthiness of the seller checked. If everything is all right, the purchase contract can be concluded. (But you are also able to determine a lawyer you have chosen.) We send you the purchase contract before the appointment with the notary public in order that you can have a look on it.
We also check whether there is adequate access to the estate because you will not be able to take advantage of an estate without own access no matter how wonderful it is. That means that you cannot rely on common law as soon as there is no access from public roads and you have to drive over someone else's estate, but an entry of the right of way has or is to be registered on the estate that you have to cross.
According to the current legislation you are not allowed to buy in an area from 70 m from the shores. In the area from 70 to 1000 m the communities have to make a qualified building plan which exactly says what can be build on which pieces of land. We strictly warn you against buying building sites in these areas, if there is no building plan. In the worst case it can happen that you have a building site outside the building zone when the building plan is made or that you cannot build that object on that piece of land you wanted to build actually. So you may lose a lot of money.
Please note: If you buy a site today, which shall reach until the shore it must be at least 85 cm long (70 m empty plus width of the house; e.g. 10 m plus distance to the neighbour's house). Moreover you need a width of 20 m (depending on the width of the house) and thus you have to buy an area of at least 1500 to 1700 m² to get a planning permission.
(But don't forget: there must be a building plan for this site.) At the moment many people try to sell sites near the shores. So be careful!
However, all sites in that area for which a building permission was given should be checked as a precaution. Sure is sure.
We also check the building regulations when buying real estate so that you won't acquire an illegal site or some parts of the house may be built without permission.
Don't do without the help of an attorney and don't' let allow yourself to be tempted to any illegal payments by the seller. Nevertheless, how tempting an offer be and how nice the people might be to you, without an attorney you can easily sustain a total loss. Open your eyes when buying real estate.
As, in the meantime, it takes up to one year until the Foreign Office/Ministry of Justice gives his official blessings and as you do not want to wait for such a long time for your real estate, a priority notice of conveyance is entered in the land register in order that the seller is unable to continue selling the property. In addition, a mortgage of the amount of the purchase price is enshrined. In this way you can take advantage of your real estate right from the first day and you can be sure that there are no legal risks. After the approval of the Ministry has arrived (which is a mere formality in case of a house purchase), the buyer is entered in the land register and the priority notice of conveyance as well as the mortgage are removed. If you buy with a Croatian Ltd you do not need this approval.
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