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anti_brexit

3 Oct 2017

Real Estate / Buying land to build on near Czestochowa [15]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for your responses.

@Terri,

1. Yeah my own research kind of led to the 'sworn translator' but thank you.
2. Well, its all cleared. The land registry confirms the status, the owner, no outstanding mortgage etc. No problems with the sale. The classification is 'RZK' which is both Farmland (R for Rolna) and ZK which is, I dont know the exact Polish words, but translates to something similar to place of natural beauty. There are regulations, very strict regulations at that, that govern what you can and can't do with it.

3. Land has the permit for building. Checked with the notary beforehand all good here.
4. As in 2, the owner is legit and checks out.

@Spiritus, near Zamek Olsztyn.

@Roger5, thank you!

anti_brexit

2 Oct 2017

Real Estate / Buying land to build on near Czestochowa [15]

Hello all!

My first post, please forgive me if this has been answered before - I have genuinely spent the last hour searching the internet to no avail.

The situation:

- I plan to buy land, to later build a house, in a small town near Czestochowa.
- So far my girlfriend and her family have been a great help in dealing with all the research.
- Now we're getting into the serious negotiations.
- A price has been agreed.
- The land and the owner check out with the Land and Mortgage agency, no issues there.
- The land is certified dzialki budowlana :)
- We have a notary already (a family member).

There are two issues:

1) The notary is stating that I will need to hire an official translator for all the legal proceedings. I'm not qualified to say otherwise, and my aforementioned searches have not proven/disproved this. However... My girlfriend (who is a 3rd year law student, studying in the UK) speaks, understands and writes perfect English - I might even say, better than I do! So I planned to use her to translate all the documents etc. This is also an unplanned cost - to be honest the cost is £500 or less more than budgeted, so I'm not that bothered - however the issue is, I just dont believe this is correct.

2) I'm being told I cannot sell the land for 10 years after purchase, as a small part of the total land is classified as 'RZK' (Farmland and place of natural beauty). Is this correct?

Can someone help?

Thanks in advance.