We specialize in promoting
Real Estate
opportunities
in Romania to foreign clients around the world. This includes plots of land for future development or sale, houses and villas. We have an considerable experience working with foreign clients and local connections such as Romanian lawyer sand accountants to be able to give you correct and valuable knowledge when it comes to the purchase of Romanian property and land.
When we discover land for sale, we submit it to a rigorous four-stage research process, before deciding whether to buy it and offer it to our investors. Our objective is to acquire land where there are no logical objections to the granting of residential planning permission. How rigorous are our examinations? Read through the four stages to see.
The result -
when we decide to offer land for sale, you can be sure it is suitable for subsequent residential development.
Initial Assessment
Our first assessment is of the land itself, not just its physical condition, but the multitude of legal and regulatory issues which apply to any piece of land in the Romania. These factors include:
- Major Factors
- Regional Development Agency strategy
- Local Authority Local Plan
- History of Planning Applications near the site
- Additional Checklist
- Availablity
- Planning Restrictions
- Clean Title
- Greenbelt Classification
- Land Maintenance Orders
- Are any Notices, Orders, Directions and Proceedings under Planning Acts in Force
- Are any Outstanding Notices in Force
- Are revelant information of Planning and Building Regulation
- Required Space
- Common Land
- Land Required For Public Purposes
- Any Existing or Planned Designation of Parks and Countryside
- Are any Public Paths or Byways present or planned
- Rail / Road Schemes Nearby
- Access
- Land Required For Road Works
- Railway Schemes Nearby
- Public Paths or Byways present or planned
- Sanitation
- Drainage Agreements
- Are any Pipelines Present or Planned
- Waste/Landfill Site
- Conservation
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- Conservation Area
- Historical Land Use
- Mineral Consultation
- Radiation Hazard
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Tree Preservation Orders
- Water, Running or Standing
- Potential Hazards
- Contaminated Land
- Environmental and Pollution Notices
- Floodplain Hazard
- Hazardous Substance Consents
- Industrial Processes
- Landslip and Subsidence Hazard
- Any Orders in Force for Noise Abatement
- Mining Affected Area
- Radiation Hazard
- Radon Affected Area
- Radon Protection Measures
- Swelling Clay Subsidence Hazard
- Waste/Landfill Site
- Other
- Any History of Compulsory Purchase
Local Assessment
If the land passes our first assessment, we then consider where it is, especially in relation to the government's sustainability criteria for residential development. In this section we consider proximity to:
Local Assessment Criteria
- Road Network
- Major Roads
- Rail Network
- Railway Stations in the vicinity
- Airport
- Location to Air Links
- Towns and Facilities
- Existing Housing
- Mains Water / Gas / Sewage / Electricity
- Shopping Facilities
- Schools and Colleges
- Recreational Facilities
- Healthcare Facilities
- Employment
- Local Centres for Employment
Site Assessment
If the land passes our stage one and stage two assessments, we look at the site, assessing things like:
Site Assessment Criteria
- Site Information
- Capacity - how many homes could be built
- Ease of access for building traffic
- Landscape relationship with existing residential and commercial uses
- Landscape relationship with natural features
- Elevation, Contours and Orientation
- Existing Use
- The Plots
- Price, in relation to plot density
Planning Assessment
The final stage of our site research is consideration of the local and regional planning regime and record. We consult with the local authority and other bodies to determine:
Final Assement Criteria
- Provisions of the local plan in relation to housing
- Forecast population growth
- Forecast infrastructure provision
- Regional Development Agency targets for new housing
- Planning history for residential development in the locality, and the surrounding area
- Local house price data
Only when all the boxes have been satisfactorily ticked, all the questions have been adequately answered, do we attempt to acquire the land. Even then, we do not always succeed, because there is competition for land with good building potential from house builders, as well as private and corporate investors. The price has to be right, from our point of view and that of our investors.
