The most expensive part relates to the preparation of the geodetic survey, which costs up to two thousand kuna.
The owner should primarily have documentation about the building, specifically its project and building permit. If we start from the point that the building is not recorded in the cadastral plan, which is the case with a larger part of Sjenjak, then the most expensive part is the preparation of the geodetic survey, which costs between 1,500 and two thousand kuna, reports Glas Slavonije.
If the building is recorded in the cadastre, then a copy of the cadastral plan is required, which costs 70 kuna to obtain. Then the owner must pay a fee for retaining the illegally constructed object, which is (minimum) 500 kuna, as well as a communal contribution for the added part. The contribution is calculated based on volume, so for a loggia of five square meters, the volume after recalculation amounts to ten cubic meters. How much communal contribution the owner of the loggia will pay will depend on the city zone in which they live, which can be 45, 60, or 80 kuna per cubic meter. For the loggia, the owner must also pay a water contribution, which is 7.5 kuna per cubic meter in Osijek.
In total, the costs of legalizing a closed loggia could exceed three thousand kuna, which is a significant amount for a household. However, owners of multiple apartments in one building who are interested in legalizing closed balconies or loggias can significantly reduce their costs by jointly requesting the preparation of the geodetic survey and sharing the costs of its preparation. In that case, the total amount could be halved, and the owner could ‘sleep peacefully’ in their apartment after legalization.
