What You Need to Know About Risky Buildings: Questions and Answers
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For the successful completion of the transformation process of your dilapidated, earthquake-vulnerable, and non-modern homes into livable, earthquake-resistant, high-quality living spaces with social amenities, parking, and green areas, it is crucial that the contractor company fulfills the urban transformation process in 13 steps under the urban transformation law.
One of the important criteria to consider when choosing a contractor company is whether the company will handle these 13 steps on your behalf.
EKŞİOĞLU İNŞAAT, upon obtaining the necessary power of attorney, consent form, and the signing of the construction contract in exchange for land share, will handle all 13 steps of the urban transformation on your behalf, including all municipal and land registry procedures.
STEP 1: Applications are made to the Municipal Planning Department or the Land Registry Office to obtain the static and architectural projects of your building from the archives. Following this step, project proposal studies specific to the buildings are prepared and presented to the property owners.
STEP 2: Fifteen days prior, a formal meeting will be held with the apartment owners, announced by the building management. Following this meeting, a decision on urban transformation will be made, and a contract will be signed with EKŞİOĞLU İNŞAAT.
To obtain the building's earthquake risk report, the necessary procedures will be initiated with the existing project plans, title deed, a document from the Land Registry showing the list of independent units, and a photocopy of the identity card. If there is no apartment title deed or condominium title deed, the "Shared Land Title Deed for the Apartment" will serve the same purpose.
STEP 3: A licensed organization will be contracted to conduct the necessary inspections to determine the building's risk, and an earthquake risk report will be prepared for your building.
STEP 4: The earthquake risk report for your building will be submitted to the Provincial Urban Transformation Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization within seven days at the latest, accompanied by a cover letter.
STEP 5: The earthquake risk report for your building will be reviewed by the Provincial Urban Transformation Directorate, and if no deficiencies are found, it will be approved. The approved reports will be notified in writing to the relevant Land Registry. The relevant Land Registry Office will add a "risky building" annotation to the land register regarding the structure. This annotation is for informational purposes only; buying and selling can continue.
STEP 6: The relevant Land Registry Office will send an official letter to all apartment owners within 60 days of the notification date, stating that the building must be demolished.
STEP 7: Apartment owners have the right to appeal within 15 days of receiving the official letter, using the report prepared by the relevant Provincial Directorate under the Ministry. This step involves a technical committee inspection.
STEP 8: If the building is found to be risky, after the official letter is served to the apartment owners, a Joint Decision Protocol for the building will be prepared and signed by at least 2/3 majority of the apartment owners. This protocol must specify how, when, in what manner, to whom, and with what distribution the building will be rebuilt.
STEP 9: The Building Joint Decision Protocol for your building is submitted to the relevant Provincial Urban Transformation Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization with a petition for informational purposes. If an agreement is not reached and the risky building is not demolished within 60 days, a notification is issued stating that the building will be demolished by administrative authorities, and an additional period of no less than 30 days is granted. If the risky building is still not demolished after this extended period, the demolition will be carried out or commissioned by the local authorities with the participation of the provincial governors. The land shares of the owners who did not participate in the agreement will be sold at auction based on the market value determined by the Ministry, or registered to the treasury.
STEP 10: The building demolition takes place at the end of the given timeframes.
STEP 11: Upon completion of all stages, construction permit projects are prepared, a building permit is obtained, and the reconstruction of the building begins.
Once construction of the new building begins, every stage of the construction is inspected by building inspection firms and, if you are using an urban transformation loan, by bank experts.
STEP 12: Applications for loan assistance must be made to banks that have an agreement with the Ministry, and applications for rental assistance must be made to the Provincial Urban Transformation Directorate. Rental assistance is paid for 18 months.
STEP 13: Once the new building project is completed, occupancy permits are obtained from the relevant Municipality. An occupancy permit signifies that the building construction is progressing according to the project, is completed without any deficiencies, and is earthquake-resistant, after which the title deed transfers are carried out.