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Housing & Development
105 articles17 guides · 78 explainers · 3 lists · 7 FAQsUpdated 12 Oct 2026
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Czech flat charges: services settled yearly, a repair fund never
One monthly standing order covers heat and water, which is settled yearly, and a repair fund, which never is. Why owners should read both lines.
- Explainer5 min
Czech housing cooperatives explained: a membership, not a title deed
A cooperative flat can feel like ownership and still not be one. What a member actually holds, and what to check before taking one over.
- Explainer5 min
Czech housing data: who publishes prices, rents and mortgage figures
One headline says Prague flat prices rose, another that they fell. Both can be right, because each source counts something different. Who publishes what.
- Explainer6 min
Czech housing prices versus the rest of the EU: how to read the ratios
Headlines say Czech homes are among the least affordable in Europe. Before you repeat that, check which ratio was used and what it hides.
- Explainer6 min
Czech new-build warranty: what builders and developers owe you
The Civil Code gives a new-build buyer five years to raise a hidden defect. What the developer promises on top of that is written in the contract, not the law.
- List5 min
Czech owner-occupied housing: the ownership forms behind the word 'mine'
Say 'I own my flat' in Czechia and you may mean a registered title, a cooperative membership or a share of a house. The legal gaps are wider than they look.
- Explainer6 min
Czech property deposits and escrow: where your money sits, and when
A reservation deposit has no statutory template, so its fate rests on one clause. Escrow keeps the price safe until the land registry has acted.
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Czech property market 2026: the rules and indicators that frame it
Prices and rents change monthly, but the rules around them are fixed in law. The 2026 framework for buyers, lenders and landlords, and the dials to watch.
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Czech property portals explained: Sreality, Bezrealitky and others
Most Czech portals are in Czech and funded by the agents who list on them. Knowing who pays for the shop window changes how you read what is in it.
- Explainer5 min
Czech renovation subsidies: how programmes work, without amounts that date
Grants, soft loans and benefits each answer a different question. How Czech housing support is organised and the checks to make before work begins.
- Explainer6 min
Czech tax on a property sale: the two tests that can make it zero
Two people sell flats for the same price in the same month. One owes nothing; the other adds the proceeds to her tax return. Dates decide which.
- Explainer6 min
Czech tax on rental income: actual costs or the 30 per cent flat rate
Same rent, two very different tax bills. Czech landlords can deduct real costs or a flat 30 per cent, and many pick one without ever doing the sum.
- Explainer5 min
Czechia's new Building Act: one permit, state offices, a long wait
A reform to speed up permits mostly took effect on 1 July 2024 and moved building offices out of town halls. What it set out to fix, and what remains untested.
- FAQ6 min
Does buying property in Czechia give you residency? No, and here is why
Owning a flat in Prague makes you an owner, not a resident. The permit routes that exist run through work, business, study and family.
- Explainer5 min
Energy standards in new Czech flats and what they mean for bills
A class A or B label on a new flat is a calculation, not a bill. What it does tell you, and the three things it leaves out, before you compare running costs.
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Fifteen days to appeal: how Czech building decisions are challenged
A neighbour's extension can be questioned, but only by the right people, at the right stage and within a short deadline. The route from objection to court.
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Four layers of planning decide what can be built on a Czech plot
A field on the edge of town is cheap until the plan says otherwise. How national policy, regional principles and the municipal plan combine, and a plot check.
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From plot to permit: the stages every Czech building must clear
Czech permitting has been a national grievance for years. What an application passes through, who must be heard and where a project most often stalls.
- Explainer6 min
Gas, district heat or heat pump: what warms a Czech home, and who decides
In a Czech block a pipe in the street often decides the heating for you. In a house the choice is yours, and the rules, subsidies and risks differ for each.
- Explainer5 min
Handover day: how defects are handled under a Czech construction contract
The price and the date get the attention, but the clauses on handover, defects and retention decide who pays when something fails. How the Civil Code frames it.
- Guide6 min
Handover of a new-build flat in Prague: what to check
The day you sign the handover protocol starts the warranty clock and ends your bargaining power. Walk the flat with a list, not with the developer's pen.
- Guide5 min
Hidden costs of a new-build flat in Prague: what the headline price omits
The price list shows the flat. Parking, storage, the kitchen, the first repair-fund payment and a handful of fees arrive afterwards, in separate envelopes.
- Guide5 min
Home staging and preparing a flat for sale in Prague
Buyers decide in the first minute of a viewing. A few cheap fixes change that minute, and a costly renovation usually does not.
- FAQ5 min
How long it takes to buy a flat in Prague, from viewing to ownership
Finding the flat is the quick part. The calendar is set by the bank, the notary and the cadastre, and a cash buyer and a mortgage buyer run on different clocks.