The interior finishing of housing being built with preferential loans will be carried out at the discretion of citizens

March 30, Minsk /BELTA/. In Belarus, residential buildings constructed for citizens in need of improved housing conditions may be commissioned without mandatory interior finishing. This decision is contained in Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 352, the BELTA correspondent was informed by the government's press service. In accordance with the amendment made to the Regulation on the Procedure for Commissioning Facilities, approved by Resolution of the Council of Ministers No. 452 of November 29, 1991, residential buildings (parts of apartments therein) of housing construction cooperatives for citizens registered as needing improved housing conditions (as well as residential buildings constructed with extra-budgetary funds and bank loans) may be commissioned without the full scope of preparatory work for wall and ceiling finishing (except for plastering), interior finishing work (wallpapering, painting, tiling), without floor coverings (except for plank flooring), without built-in furniture, without the installation of door units in interior partitions, plumbing fixtures and equipment (except for toilets, water and gas meters), electric stoves, and residential buildings in rural areas, in addition, without the work on the construction of outbuildings, driveways and paths, fences and landscaping, subject to the written consent of the customer (investor), residents and the introduction of relevant changes to the design and estimate documentation and the construction contract. "When concluding a loan agreement, as well as when concluding a shared construction agreement, citizens indicate in their application that they want to build housing without finishing. Those who wish to receive housing with finishing indicate in their application that it is with finishing. Everything is based on citizens' applications," the Ministry of Architecture and Construction of Belarus explained. The resolution comes into force after official publication and applies to relations that arose from January 1, 2011. -0-