The hand-overs have begun and the new residents are arriving in a steady stream, giving the building a real Christmas feel. By 21 December (our last handover day of the year), we expect to be able to hand over the keys to most of the residents enabling as many as possible to spend the holidays in their new homes.
The Metropolitan Government Office has issued the final occupancy permit for Metrodom Zugló, which became effective immediately. The first key handover day will be 22 November, and we will inform our customers about what to know and do, the handovers, by e-mail today and by post next week, and you can also read a short series of articles on our website in the coming days.
The sale of Metrodom Green has barely started and already more than 50 reservations have been received from interested customers. The popularity of the newly awarded residential complex has exceeded even our expectations. The first pre-sales contracts were signed this week, bringing the pre-sales period to a close.
Metrodom River has won this year's European Property Award in its category thanks to its innovative solutions, forward-looking design and sustainability. The prestigious architectural organization’s rigorous and lengthy judging process seeks out the best property development projects and we are particularly proud that after Metrodom Panorama another one of Metrodom's residential developments has received a prestigious international recognition.
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Changes in the residential prices of natural gas and electricity are making everyone frantically calculate how these will affect the amount of utility bills they will have to pay in the future. This is certainly no different for Metrodom customers who will be moving into their new homes this year (Metrodom Zugló) or in the following years (Metrodom River and Metrodom Green). The answer to the title question is relatively short and simple: they will notice almost no price increase. Those who are interested in the fuller answer can read the details below.
Now, the very significant increase in the price of energy consumption above the "average" shows in practice how Metrodom houses and apartments have a huge advantage in terms of maintenance costs. Below, we first look at the consumption of our older houses, delivered in 2020 or before, and how much our older customers have to worry about their utility bill.
On Wednesday 6 July, the apartments of Metrodom River Phase 2 will be available on our website with full price list, floor plans, including technical floor plans and a floor plan selector to help you get a better overview of the building. Phase 2 has been under construction since last autumn and is currently under construction, which can be followed live via our webcam.
The events of the past few weeks have not been good for the new-build housing market either, with rising inflation, the Euro exchange rate, energy and construction material prices, and increased uncertainty. It is expected that more property developers will resort to unilateral cancellation of contracts or retroactive price increases in the coming months to stabilize their situation. Metrodom's views are set out below for our clients and those who follow our work.
Last week, the news broke, also covered by Hungarian media (for example here) that Vienna is planning to ban petrol and diesel cars from the city from 2040. Not just older, more polluting cars, but everything that uses an internal combustion engine, including newer models and hybrids. The strangest thing about the news is that many people seem to have been surprised by this.
Our commitment to sustainability is a primary consideration in the design of all of our new housing projects. The innovative technical content of our buildings is now being expanded with another, extremely important element; in the case of medium-sized and larger residential parks (above 80 apartment units), offerred first by Metrodom in the residental market, the electric car charger comes as standard.
Visiting in person or seeing them in the image gallery are not the only ways anymore to check our two-bedroom sample apartment in Metrodom Zugló. On this page, those interested can take an interactive, 3D virtual tour of every corner of the apartment, taking a closer look at the details visitors are interested in.