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Read the note: Lex Koller: can a foreigner build a villa in Switzerland?Planning & territories 3-minute read
The Federal Act on the Acquisition of Real Estate by Persons Abroad — known to everyone as the Lex Koller — governs the purchase of property in Switzerland by someone who is not established there. It applies to an existing house as well as to building land.
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Read the note: Building a villa in Geneva or the canton of Vaud: permits, timing, costsPlanning & territories
The LCI and the villa zone in Geneva, the LATC and public inquiry in Vaud, SIA 380/1, costs in CHF: how a villa on the Swiss shore of Lake Geneva is permitted.
Read the note: Building a villa on the shore of Lake Annecy: what the law requiresPlanning & territories
Coastal law, the 100-metre strip, the shoreline right of way, the heritage architect: the rules that govern a villa on Lake Annecy, and what they cost in time.
Read the note: Building a chalet in Megève or Courchevel: costs, season, constraintsPlanning & territories
Cost per square metre, building window, snow loads, local plan: what sets the construction of a prestige chalet in Megève apart from one in Courchevel.
Read the note: A villa on the French Riviera: wildfire, coastline and infinity poolPlanning & territories
Wildfire risk plans, brush-clearing duty, coastal law, rocky ground: the constraints on a villa with an infinity pool on the French Riviera.
Read the note: Glowing copings and paving: lighting a pool without electricityMaterials & craft
Mineral stones that trace the outline of a pool or a path at nightfall, with no cable and no power supply: what they bring to a villa.
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Completed villas, chalets and apartments: areas, materials used and real construction time.
Lake Annecy, Lake Geneva, Megève, Courchevel, the French Riviera and Saint-Barthélemy — local constraints and costs per square metre.
Your project’s rank, from Épure to Collection, and its timetable, in a few minutes, for the destination and floor area you have in mind.
The story of the house, its founders, its guarantees and its seven-stage method.
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