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What starts out as an exciting project can turn into a real pain if the search for a new pad drags on for too long, taking up the bulk of your free time. Use your time efficiently by clearly defining your criteria before you start house hunting.

Certigo. The recommended route for gaining housing certificates.

Consideration for the environment, efficient energy consumption and safety (in the home) is constantly growing. And rightly so. Homes, when letting out or selling, are increasingly subjected to more and more inspections. This is without doubt a good thing for the buyer or tenant. It is just not getting any easier to find one's way through the administrative intricacies; and this comes at a time when you already have other things going on in your mind.

Not all constructions have the same impact on the landscape. In order to minimise processing time for so-called "minor works", in the Flemish region, some types of work can be performed without planning permission or architect's plans. Such cases are referred to simply as "minor permits".

Generally speaking, the prospective buyer decides to apply to a developer if none of the existing properties visited corresponds to his criteria. Buying a new property under construction then appears a good solution. The property developer is a good solution but what exactly does he??

For most individuals, contact with a surveyor happens just once in a lifetime: when the surveyor is sent by the lending organisation to value the property that the borrower wishes to purchase. The tasks of the surveyor are, nevertheless, much broader ...

In the purchase of a property, or in obtaining a mortgage, the intervention of a solicitor can be essential. He should be selected by you, and not recommended by your banker or the seller: one of the solicitor's missions is to defend his client. 

In Belgium's three regions, new legislation requires certain planning information to be provided when you place an ad or when a property sale or rental agreement is concluded. This additional information is primarily intended to protect those purchasing properties, but also serves as proof of the quality of the property in question.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the main Articles of the Flemish Decree on Regional Planning (D.R.O.) of 18 May 1999, which is referred to in this section.

Here is the full text of the law governing residential construction, the so-called "Breyne Act" (named after the minister who filed it) and its implementing decrees.

In order to become effective, laws must be transposed into (implementing) (royal) decrees and published in the Belgian Official Gazette. Here is the text of these decrees. They clarify and specify a number of articles of the Breyne Act.

Property tax (PI) is a tax on any property located in Belgium. It falls due annually for a tax year running from 1st January to 31st December. The property tax cannot be passed on to a tenant unless there is a commercial agreement with him.

If you are planning on carrying out some building or restoration work, it is certainly worthwhile finding out whether you are eligible for an allowance in Flanders.

As well as advertisements, the disclosure requirement applies to deeds of sale and some lease agreements. In addition to the legislation previously in force, both notarised deeds of sale and private sale agreements must now include the following information:

The Flemish Development Plan, called the "Gewestplan", is a map of all the plots of land in the Flemish Region, labelled according to their land use designation.

Town planning comes under the jurisdiction of the Regions. Each region passes its own planning laws and regulations and establishes its own Development Plan. To help you find your way around, here's an overview of the different laws in force in Flanders:

There are three types of permits in Wallonia:

Subdivision consists of splitting a piece of land into two or more separate plots, with a view to building on or selling the newly created plots. Subdivision permits are subject to a series of terms and conditions that must be fulfilled before planning permission can be granted.

Before starting any building work, you must contact your local planning office to find out whether you need planning permission for your project. Planning permission is required in the vast majority of cases.

Environmental permits study the environmental impact of your planned project. There are three categories of permits, depending on the environmental impact of the activities in question.

Here's an overview of the main stages of applying for planning permission, as well as a practical guide to help you find all the information you need.

Planning reports ("Certificats d'urbanisme") are informative documents that are issued on request by the local authority in which the property is located. These documents can be requested before starting building work or buying a piece of land, to check the full planning status of the property.