On Thursday, the Sejm will carry out a second reading of the act, which is to introduce the openness of the prices of apartments on the primary market. According to lawyers, the project has a lot of disadvantages, thanks to which full openness will be out of the question.
Although it is difficult not to admit the idea of introducing the openness of the prices of apartments (as is the case with other goods), in the current shape that the proposal of the Act has taken in February 2050, it is hard not to convince that it will work selectively.
According to the project, developers would be required to provide apartments on websites (for the entire premises) and per square meter. They would also have to inform about all other costs incurred by buyers, i.e. prices of parking spaces or gardens. In addition, buyers would have access to historical prices.
Therefore, the new regulations are at least in the authors' intention to end the price of disclosing prices only after the developer is given the email or phone number, or directly in the sales office.
As it results from the experiment carried out by Przemysław Goldmann, the final price for the same apartment is not uniform for everyone and It may differ by up to several percent.
Goldmann Research reveals: The price of the apartment depends on your attitude
Over the past two months, we have sent 10 people to the office of a well -known developer in Wrocław, each asked about the price of the same apartment (X7C, approx. 100 m²). Effect? Discrepancy of offers at the level of 2.6 thousand for m²! … pic.twitter.com/re8cg8zriy
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If the procedure of the Act enters into force, the openness of prices will not be full. Despite as many as 14 amendments reported on Tuesday at the meeting of the Sejm Infrastructure Committee, the project still includes a provision saying that the obligation to reveal prices would be imposed on developers only in the case of already built apartments.
Meanwhile, the vast majority of transactions, even three -quarters so far, take place at the stage of the hole in the ground and construction.
-The obligation to have a website and provide prices for premises on it, so it will only apply to situations where, after completing the project and performing development contracts, premises and developer will want to offer them to buyers-comments on the legal adviser dr Agnieszka Grabowska-Toś, an expert of the National Economic Property Committee in an interview with Business Insider.
Divergent prices? “It's hard to prove”
Lawyers also criticize the amendment saying that in the event of a discrepancy between the price appearing on the website and offered in the Sales Office, the buyer has the right to use the one that will be lower. It can be an empty record.
As noted by Business Insider, prof. Bartłomiej Gliniecki from the University of Gdańsk, although in the case of retail sales, e.g. in the supermarket, the matter is not complicated, in the case of housing prices it may be quite different.
– In the case of the sale of real estate, however, it is different due to the requirement to preserve the form of a notarial deed – emphasizes prof. Gliniecki. – Besides, how would the buyer fulfill his request? It will not be possible to conclude a sales contract in the form of a notarial deed without acceptance of the developer. Alternatively, the buyer may demand the court to be determined by the court, which in turn will take at least a dozen or so months – he adds.
If MPs vote a bill, developers will have to implement the new regulations faster than initially planned – within two, not six months.
