The minister in the Monday post on platform X assessed that “the rule remain surprisingly powerless in this matter.” “Even hundreds of thousands of consumers fell victim to these dishonest practices, who lost a total of billions of PLN on the things of developers“-wrote Pełczyńska-Nałęcz.
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The Minister of Funds wants to fight for the rights of buyers of the apartment
For this reason, she sent an official letter to the president of UOKiK. In a letter – as she said, she asks to take actions that guarantee the application of the law in terms of calculating the usable area of apartments and enable the victims to effectively investigate their rights. “Soon we will go with a legal solution, which will put an end to such practices once and for all,” the minister announced.
The minister posted photos of the magazine. Referring to legal acts, she stated that the development agreement should include an indication of the method of measuring the usable area of a dwelling or a single -family house. “In practice, there are situations in which law regulating this matter is not applied by developers,” she noted.
She pointed out that the current standard of calculating the surface does not include the horizontal cross -section of the internal partitions (also partition walls inside the premises. As she explained, “the surface under the inner partitions does not meet the criteria necessary to include it in the usable area.”
Developers in the crosshairs of Pełczyńska-Nałęcz. “The practice of developers violates collective interests”
“In practice, developers include in the usable area of the premises area under the partition walls. They do this despite the position of the Polish Committee for Standardization, which did not recognize partitions as easily dismantled elements“-noted Pełczyńska-Nałęcz. She explained that this means that the consumer pays the price for the premises with a real area smaller than the one specified in the contract, which in her opinion is contrary to the Act on counteracting unfair market practices.
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“In connection with the above” – the minister emphasized. The President of UOKiK asked whether these practices were the subject of analysis and proceedings conducted by UOKiK and what the result of these actions was.” I also ask for actions that will guarantee compliance with the legal provisions when determining the usable area of the apartments and the possibility of effective claim for their rights by victims ” – the minister of funds appealed.
