The Save Home Decree arrives today 24 May in the Council of Ministers. The amnesty on small building defects will serve to manage irregularities on doors and internal spaces. Among these mezzanines, verandas, curtains and heat pumps according to the latest rumors. The law decree is made up of three articles and regularization will cost from one thousand to 31 thousand euros. That is, you will have to pay a fine equal to double the increase in the value of the property. The new rule does not concern structural building abuses, such as moving a load-bearing wall, but only minor abuses, such as a moved partition or a differently positioned window. The Building Peace was strongly supported by the Minister of Infrastructure and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. But the intervention that cures all the pre-1977 variations will be missing.
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With the decree it will become easier to prove the legitimate status of a property. Which is decisive every time a case related to a house arises, from renovations to sales. The decree establishes that now only the latest building permit can be looked at. The objective, according to the explanatory report, is to remove the obstacles that cause sales to stall due to formal irregularities. The Sun 24 Hours today indicates a map of what’s new. Starting from the tolerance limit, which increases for interventions carried out by 24 May 2024: this is the possible deviation compared to the projects presented to the Municipality. It is currently at 2% and will increase in inverse proportion to the size of the properties. Reaching up to 5% for houses under one hundred square meters. For a property between 100 and 300 the tolerance is 4%.
Double conformity
Double conformity instead passes halfway. In fact, the obligation to comply with both the legislation in force at the time of the intervention and the current one no longer applies. But only for some interventions. That is, for works carried out in partial discrepancy with respect to the titles deposited in the municipality. Like the presence of extra rooms or verandas. However, total abuse cannot be remedied. The regularization of partial discrepancies occurs through the payment of the fine. There will then be space for free construction work. The interventions include Vepa windows also for the porticoes inside the building. As well as “works of protection from the sun and atmospheric agents” whose structure consists of awnings, awnings, outdoor awnings, pergola awnings with mobile or adjustable protection elements. And that it is attached to or attached to buildings.
Changes of intended use
The procedure for changing the intended use of properties will also be simplified. Especially within urban areas. Changes from productive to residential are always permitted except for the possibility for the municipalities to establish the conditions. The decree also saves the dehors installed during the Coronavirus emergency, which can be kept in operation and remain installed in derogation of the Consolidated Building Act. Among the interventions in free construction also permitted are heat pumps, as well as the removal of architectural barriers. Failure to comply with the height, clearances, volume and covered surfaces will also not be considered a building violation, with specifications increasing up to 5% of the measures envisaged in the housing title.
The tolerances
The tolerances, i.e. the deviations between what is authorized and what is actually achieved on site, are reset from the current 2% to higher levels. 2% remain for a surface area exceeding 500 square metres; they go to 3% for a surface area between 300 and 500 square metres; they become 4% for a surface between 100 and 300 square meters and 5% under 100 square metres.
