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When concluding a lease, a guarantee is usually paid in the amount of one monthly rent. This amount is interest-free when the tenant leaves after meeting the terms of the lease.

The professional leases from 28-3-2014 are now valid for three (3) years, even if they have been agreed for a shorter or indefinite period, and can be terminated with a newer agreement that is proven by a document of a certain date. The time of termination of a lease for the reconstruction of the lease is 6 years. The time of termination of the lease by the lessor for private use is 18 months for the protected activities of commercial enterprises, facilities of schools & kindergartens and clinics & all kinds of hospitals and 9 months for protected professions (law firms, clinics, dentists offices, notaries, bailiffs’ offices, veterinary clinics, accounting offices, unpaid mortgage offices and recognized charities). The compensation for private use by the lessor is at 15 months. The annual increase is usually set at 1% – 2% above the index, but is a matter of agreement. Usually one to two rents are paid as collateral. Determine exactly what the use of the lease will be. If used for purposes other than those agreed upon, there must be the consent of the owner. To submit the lease agreement electronically to the Tax Office. within thirty (30) days from its signing.

The lease of residence has a minimum lease term of three (3) years, regardless of whether the contract stipulates a period of less than three (3) years. However, if it is set longer than three (3) years, the longer one will be valid. Usually one to two rents are paid as collateral. The annual rent increase is usually set at 1% – 2% above the index, but is a matter of agreement. The lease agreement must be submitted electronically to the Tax Office. within thirty (30) days from its signing.

Like all professions, the broker has certifications. Certified offices have a high level of service and operation through a specific code of conduct. So any office that has certifications is good to display them. At Omega Real Estate you will find them at the bottom of our home page.

Brokerage is the written agreement between the Broker and the Client so that their cooperation is clear. Otherwise everyone says and does what they want other than selling, renting or buying the property.

How long is the buyer looking to buy a property?
So it goes through many offices.

When a property is promoted over an office, what will the buyer think?
Have you lost your bargaining power?

So do a market research first, ask what each office has to offer and then choose the one you think is most appropriate to manage your property. And beware of brokers who can only do harm to the promotion of your property and lose all seriousness (brokering is punished by law).

In Greece, the amount of the brokerage fee is not determined by law (the market is free) and is exclusively a matter of negotiation and agreement between the parties.

It is a process carried out by the Forest Service at the request of the Citizen during which it essentially characterizes whether an area is Forest, Grassland or not.

The character of an area is mainly determined by the form it had in the past, as a point of reference are used aerial photographs of older years 1945, 1960 that are in the archive of the forest services taking into account the current form of the area.

The whole country is already in the process of drawing up a tariff. In a few years, the forest maps of almost the whole country will be posted. The posting will be done gradually per Municipality and now by the competent Forest Directorates.

When posting the Forest Map, many of the current properties will be described in designated Forest areas, and owners must submit Objections to the Forest Map within 60 days of posting, or in other words, object to the designation.

Of course, in order for their objection to make sense, they must have a photo interpretation of the estate and support their objection in the special committee.

The right to compile such studies based on article 10 par. P of Presidential Decree 344/2000 have only the Forestry researchers who can support them and essentially in the Committees later. If they lose their case to the Commission they have the right to legal aid.

Depending on the area, location, forestry species that grow in the forest, there may be a special management study on a case-by-case basis, so that the forest owner can make a profit without violating the rules of sustainable development.

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) include a description of the project, the relevant legal framework, the current state of the environment, the potential impacts, as well as alternatives, proposals or constraints with which the project should operate and be constructed.

So before anyone proceeds with a project, he asks a designer to prepare the EIA, which he sends for approval to the competent Service. The study is – supposedly – available to any citizen who is interested in expressing an opinion on the project. At the end of an EIA there is a popular questionnaire, so that the essence of the study is understood by every citizen, regardless of the level of knowledge.

• Wind power
  
• Solar power
  
• Hydraulic energy
  
• Biomass
  
• Geothermal energy
  
• Energy from the sea
  
• Energy from tides
  
• Wave energy
  
• Energy from the oceans

The Natura 2000 Network is a European Ecological Network of sites, which hosts natural habitat types and species habitats that are important at European level.

It consists of two categories of areas:

• Special Protection Areas (SPAs for the conservation of wild birds.
  
• Sites of Community Importance (SCI) »The identification of SCIs takes into account the types of natural ecotypes that require the designation of soils as special zones.

The object of the graduate environmentalist is the study of the environment, that is, of all the natural (biotic and abiotic) and anthropogenic factors and elements, which are in constant interaction.

His main professional occupation is the elaboration, compilation and evaluation of Environmental Impact Studies, the conduct of environmental quality controls, the design and evaluation of environmental policies, the management of environmental systems, environmental education, education, information and communication.

It is the starting price of each property located in this zone.

The zones are divided into two categories, the Circular ones that include one or more building blocks of a city or a village and the Linear ones that develop along one or both sides or a section of road.

It is the factor that expresses the building potential of the plot that usually coincides with the building factor of the plot.

It is the factor that expresses the commerciality of a road or section of road.

It is the factor that reduces the value of the plot in view of the fact of removal of utilities and part of the contractor’s benefit.

Goodwill is the difference between the purchase price and the sale price of a property after deducting the inflation adjustments that apply to the period between purchase and sale.

Usufruct is the right in rem and is part of Full Ownership. The other part of Full Ownership is Fine Ownership which is also a real right. In usufruct the usufructuary reaps the foreign property belonging to the petty master. He is also liable for all property taxes.

The petty lord lacks the benefits of usufruct (they have been deforested), and cannot reap, use or exploit the property. These possibilities come to the petty owner when he acquires the usufruct of the property (transfer of usufruct, death of the usufructuary, etc.)

You apply the horizontal property recommendation in order to separate independent horizontal properties on a property (floors or apartments), in which the millimeters on the plot are also distributed (percentage of co-ownership).

All notarial deeds by which a right to real estate is established, transferred or abolished, are subject to transcription in the transfer books of the Mortgage Office of the region of the real estate. Following the transfer, the establishment, transfer or abolition of this right is completed.

It is the whole or part of the property of a deceased person which is contained in the legal heirs by law or by will.

Donation is the gratuitous legal act by which the one (donor) transfers the ownership of a property and delivers the property to the other (donor) without consideration.

Parental benefit is the donation that is recommended between parents and children and which is subject to special tax scales.

Encumbrances are the mortgage, pre-notation, conservative or compulsory seizure of the real estate which are noted in the relevant books of the mortgage office of the headquarters of the real estate.

It is the service where all the transactions and property shares of the citizens are recorded. It also records all the weights, notes, etc. that may exist in a property.

It is the institution in which the landowner transfers an agreed and indivisible percentage of the land to a builder in exchange for spaces (apartments – shops) from the newly constructed building.

It is the tax presumption of the value of a property and is expressed in value per square meter. These values have been issued by the Ministry of Finance and vary depending on the type and location of the property.

It is the written transfer of a title deed to secure the payment of a debt or to fulfill an obligation.

Utilization is the building of ownership of a property without being transferred to a mortgage office or cadastral office, but with long use of the property and with the belief of the one who uses it that he owns it as his own.

These are the areas that are approved by the road plan and are intended for common use such as roads, parks, squares, groves, sidewalks, etc.

These are the spaces that according to the road design are intended for the construction of public utilities.

It is the line that separates the boundaries of the building block from the common areas of the settlement.

Building line or building line is the boundary of the building block up to which you allow construction.

It is the part of land that is located within the settlement or within the city limits.

When he has two or more faces on common areas.

It is the continuous area of land outside the city or settlement.

It is the covered area of the building whose at least one side is open to a common area or uncovered area while the horizontal sides are walls or horizontal elements.

It is the company that was created for the purpose of mapping the country, the inventory of natural available land, the creation and maintenance of digital, geospatial and environmental data.

Zone is a specific distance from the settlement boundaries within which different building rules apply than in the plan.

It is the open (free) surface of the ground floor that are usually used for parking spaces and belong to horizontal properties (apartments) of apartment buildings.

Division is the division of a plot into smaller plots. Fragmentation is allowed only when the smaller plots created are all complete and buildable, in accordance with the applicable urban planning provisions.

It is the right to build future floors above the existing ones and until the building factor is exhausted.

Roads are the common areas that mainly serve the needs of traffic.

Building block is the single buildable area that you find within a city plan or within the boundaries of a settlement and is surrounded by common areas.

It is the horizontal protrusion of the floor or roof slab which is used for the movement and temporary stay of people and projects beyond the surfaces of the facades of the building.

They are the constructions or techniques that are designed for the buildings and that are adapted appropriately to the housing of the building (shell) in order to facilitate the better utilization of the solar energy for heating, and the utilization of the winds for the cooling of the buildings.

They are techniques or constructions that use mechanical means for heating or cooling the interiors of buildings (solar panels, photovoltaic systems).

It is the act that is done to change the data from the tables of the Municipality that owns the property. This deed may include a change of name of the beneficiary, new property boundaries, inheritance, will, etc.

It is the removal (by act of the State) of ownership by the owners of an area and the redistribution of these properties among the same owners for the purpose of better exploitation. Land reclamation can be done by redistribution, of rural land (rural land reclamation) or land in residential areas (urban land reclamation).

It is the action in which the public takes ownership of the real estate of an individual, for public purposes and compensates him for this action. Expropriation of real estate can be done without the consent of the owner.

Settlements or parts of settlements are characterized as traditional in order to protect the environment, the preservation of their special urban, aesthetic, historical folklore and architectural character by establishing restrictions on their construction and use. Preserved are these historic buildings in which it is designated by the state and there is a special imposition of conditions regarding their repair, construction or use.