Khrushchev redevelopment options: 1, 2, 3 and 4 rooms
Each person wants to surround himself with a beautiful, comfortable interior that is suitable for him. To want to return home, it should be cozy and convenient. However, our desires do not always coincide with our capabilities. In recent years, a fashion for the so-called open spaces. Although the trend in the studio was dictated by the need for budget housing, combined rooms have become a kind of highlight of stylish apartments. A number of directions in design (Scandinavian, loft, minimalism) at once picked up these ideas and now at every step there are hundreds of options for zoning the combined spaces. However, not everyone was lucky to become the owner of housing in a new building, where almost every apartment has an individual layout and it is easy to choose an option for yourself. The panel and brick five-story buildings of the Khrushchev building have a plain appearance not only from the outside. Typical apartments in such houses are similar to each other, like twins.What could be worse at a time when individuality and designer design are valued above all else? It remains only to reorganize the space with your own hands in the framework of the changes allowed by law for apartment owners. Let's talk about the features of the redevelopment of the Khrushchev and consider a number of ready-made solutions.
Most of the repairs will have to be coordinated with the housing inspectorate. The list of transformations that cannot be carried out independently include:
Exterior works on the facade, which can affect the architectural appearance of the whole house. This rule especially applies to those apartments that are located in buildings of historical value. Installation of external units of split systems (air conditioners) is an exception to this rule.
Any options for reorganizing the floor. For example, the holding of the so-called warm floor.
Moving or creating new bathrooms, toilets.
Any work with gas equipment that involve additional communication systems. In this case, the stove in the kitchen is allowed to be moved.
Dismantling, partial demolition, creating new doors on load-bearing walls. It is also worth being prepared for the fact that the following options for reorganizing an apartment in Khrushchev will never be approved:
Arrangement of verandas or balconies in apartments located on the second floor and above.
Installation of regulators or personal “switches” on engineering networks, which are considered common house.
Transfer of heating equipment outside the apartment to a balcony or loggia.
Combining the kitchen with other rooms in the studio, if there is a gas stove.According to the standards, in those apartments where gas is conducted, the presence of interior doors is mandatory. A tightly closed room can save the lives of residents during a leak.
Also, you can not carry out repairs in housing, which is officially considered emergency. Although it is generally worth considering the feasibility of such actions. Any work that may weaken the construction of the house or worsen the living conditions of the apartment owners or their neighbors will not be approved. However, not everything is so bad. There are a number of repair work for which approval is not required at all:
Carrying out cosmetic repairs.
Change of engineering equipment (even specified in the data sheet) to a similar new one.
Dismantling of built-in furniture, the presence of which is not indicated in the technical passport of the apartment.
Replacement of finishing materials.
Moving gas and heating appliances, if this does not require laying new communications.
Finishing balconies and loggias.
There is also a list of works that can be done without coordination, but with a notification (even after the fact) of the relevant authorities:
Glazing of balconies and loggias.
Moving equipment within the kitchen or bathroom, but without changing the dimensions of these rooms.
The elimination of doorways in the bearing walls.
Installation of partitions, if they do not give additional load on the floor.
Changing the configuration of the vestibules or their elimination.
Arrangement of new openings in curtain walls.
Demolition or partial disassembly of curtain walls.
In the last two cases, the rule does not apply to interroom walls.
Where to coordinate the redevelopment?
Redevelopment must be carried out by law. If the owner independently carries out repairs with a number of serious changes without notifying the relevant authorities, he becomes a violator. It is important to understand that the dismantling or change in the bearing walls reduces the structural strength of the entire house, which may lead to its destruction.First you need to prepare a redevelopment project and collect a package of necessary documents. A plan for future changes is ordered from the design bureaus. The package of documents includes:
Statement.
Redevelopment project.
Documents proving the right to own an apartment ("green"). They are not required if the data is present in Rosreestr.
The registration certificate of the apartment (available at BTI). For residents of Moscow, this document is not necessary, since it is stored in the local housing inspection in electronic form.
If tenants have a social contract of employment in their hands, and the apartment is not in their personal property, then the consent of all family members to re-planning is necessary. For those who live in houses recognized as architectural monuments, the written consent of the authorities that preserve and protect such buildings will also be required. A package of documents is transferred to the housing inspection. The inspection makes a decision within 45 days. In addition to this period, they add another 3-5 working days until the document arrives at the MFC, as many apply to such centers. This organization also accepts documents of this kind and passes them to the inspection. If the applicant is refused, then the decision must be supported by a justification. It can be challenged in court. If permission is obtained, the owner of the apartment repairs himself and invites a commission to sign the redevelopment act. New measurements of the apartment are being carried out, and changes will be made to its data sheet.
Many Khrushchev and Brezhnevka allow a number of redevelopment projects, but in limited quantities. That is, if a neighbor from above decided to reorganize his apartment and he was given permission to do so, then the chances that consent for similar changes in your apartment will be received are reduced. The same redevelopment weakens the design. Therefore, it is important to be the first.
Redevelopment of one-room Khrushchev
There are several options for remaking odnushki in Khrushchev. Typically, typical apartments have a tiny entrance hall, from which leads a corridor with doors to the kitchen, to the bathroom and to a large room that acts as a bedroom and a hall. In such apartments it is very crowded. The life of a young family with a child turns into a severe test. In the first case, the wall separating the kitchen and the room is dismantled. It turns out a small studio. Now their hallway leads to two doors: to the bathroom and to the combined rooms. Since every meter counts in small apartments, you can save on bulky furniture by organizing a dressing room in the former living-bedroom, next to the hallway through the wall. In another embodiment, the wall between the kitchen and the living room is also removed, however, the hallway joins the combined space, and is not separated by doors. It turns out a kind of corridor of complex shape. A tiny room is allocated for a berth. The option is embodied only in corner apartments. In such housing there is an additional window that will provide the bedroom with natural light.
Alteration of the two-room Khrushchev
Typical layouts of apartments in Khrushchev, which even received their individual "popular" names, are in most cases considered obsolete and uncomfortable. In comparison with the variety of options for the arrangement of rooms in new buildings, they really lose a lot. However, such housing is statistically considered the best-selling because of its low cost. Therefore, the demand for redevelopment projects for obsolete apartments is not reduced.
Book
Khrushchevka "book" got its name because of the external similarity of the layout of the apartment with an open folio. Premises in two-room housing are located in a line and are interconnected by doors. One room becomes a checkpoint. Usually it is used as a hall. On the sides there is a bedroom and a kitchen with a bathroom and a hallway.As a rule, such apartments have a balcony or a loggia (usually located in the hall). This type of layout is considered the most unsuccessful. To remake anything in the "book" is very problematic. The only thing the owners can count on is the partial demolition of the walls between the hall and the hallway. The enlarged corridor leads the doors to the living room and bedroom, leaving the message to the kitchen intact. Previously existing entrances from the hall are cleaned. Thus they get rid of the passage room and isolate each room, but at the same time sacrifice a small area of the hall. Also meets another, more time-consuming option. A wall is demolished between the kitchen and the living room, combining the two spaces into a studio, while the area of the hall is reduced, as in the previous version. In this small dead end it is convenient to equip a pantry or dressing room.
Tram
Khrushchevka "tram" (as the people type this apartment is affectionately called by people) has an angular arrangement from the end of the building. A small entrance hall leads to the kitchen, bathroom and one of the two-room apartments, which, in turn, is a checkpoint and communicates with the second room. Designers propose not to make major changes in the "trams". The kitchen and the bathroom are not affected at all, but they get rid of the passage room. Its footage will slightly decrease, but two isolated rooms will appear. Changes are made by increasing the area of the hallway. It is simply extended until it stops and two exits to the rooms are made. It turns out a long corridor in which it is easy to equip a pantry or dressing room, thereby unloading the rooms. The new layout remotely resembles a two-room “butterfly” with the only difference being that there is no kitchen in the middle. It is up to the owners themselves to decide whether to divide the corridor with a partition into two sections (entrance hall + entrance area with doors).
Mini Improvement
Mini-improvement is practically no different from standard apartments in nine-story buildings, with one exception - the small size of the kitchen (5.5 sq.m.).It is this flaw that most owners try to fix. As a rule, in such apartments there is a pantry and a separate bathroom. To increase the useful area of the kitchen, it is necessary to move the bathroom and toilet using the area of the former pantry. You can also combine the bathroom. If the mini-improvement has a balcony or a loggia, then they can be combined with a living room as an office or with a kitchen, using as a dining area.
Undershirt
Another popular type of layout for two-bedroom apartments is the undershirt. The windows in such housing are facing different directions. The rooms are somewhat reminiscent of the sleeves of a shirt, connected by a “torso” in the form of a kitchen or a corridor. Young families with a child usually share space, rather than combine it. In the large room, which is used as a living room, a partition is placed. Thus, it turns out a small nursery. A partition is preferable to a brick or drywall wall in rooms where there is only one window. In order not to leave one of the rooms without natural light, the separation is best done using furniture or sliding doors. In other versions, the kitchen is combined with the living room, sometimes adding to them also the hallway. The latter case is more suitable for “bachelor” housing for one person. Combining with the living room is carried out by those families who like to host large groups of guests. So it’s really more convenient to cook dinner and set the table without distracting from the conversation.
Redevelopment of a three-room Khrushchev
The main drawback of the three-room Khrushchev is the scanty area of the bathroom and toilet. The apartments are remodeled mainly for the increase in the footage of the bathroom. The bathroom and toilet are combined, adding the area of the former corridor, which was previously part of the hallway and led to the kitchen. It is necessary to finish the already combined bathroom, as the additional zone does not have the necessary waterproofing.The doorway leading to the kitchen is made in the room next to it, which was previously isolated. Now this room will become a passage. However, the option of combining the two spaces is allowed, as this will not cause serious damage to the treshka. The combined room is equipped with a kitchen and living room, separated by a bar.
Alteration of the four-room Khrushchev
Four-room Khrushchevs are quite rare. They can rightfully be considered "luxury." The most popular option for reorganizing a space is to move the kitchen to a former living space. It can be divided into two compact zones: dining and cooking. The first is combined with a fairly spacious living room, and the second is completely taken out into the hallway. The room, previously used as a kitchen, is converted into an office. Unfortunately, according to the rules it is forbidden to place living rooms under the kitchens of neighbors on top. This rule does not apply only to owners of apartments on the upper floors. In another embodiment, the kitchen is combined with an adjacent room. As a rule, in the combined space they equip a luxurious hall, a dining area and a cooking area. In such a room, you can safely place a fireplace or a small home cinema for a joint holiday with friends. Another popular redevelopment option is to increase the footage of the bathroom, due to the area of non-residential premises. Usually they give up a hallway or a corridor to be torn to pieces. In rare cases, use the area of the kitchen, but make up for it by combining the latter with an adjacent room.
Conclusion
Many series of Khrushchevs (50s) are being prepared for demolition, since the buildings have exhausted their safety margins and are no longer suitable for operation. However, there are a number of houses (80s) that will still stand for more than one year, which means that it is too early to expect residents to change apartments. Not everyone has the opportunity to purchase luxury apartments that would meet all the requirements.Therefore, there is only one way out - to improve existing housing, remodel it in your own way, combine or separate rooms to increase the comfort of the apartment.
Each person wants to surround himself with a beautiful, comfortable interior that is suitable for him. To want to return home, it should be cozy and convenient. However, our desires do not always coincide with our capabilities. In recent years, a fashion for the so-called open spaces. Although the trend in the studio was dictated by the need for budget housing, combined rooms have become a kind of highlight of stylish apartments. A number of directions in design (Scandinavian, loft, minimalism) at once picked up these ideas and now at every step there are hundreds of options for zoning the combined spaces. However, not everyone was lucky to become the owner of housing in a new building, where almost every apartment has an individual layout and it is easy to choose an option for yourself. The panel and brick five-story buildings of the Khrushchev building have a plain appearance not only from the outside. Typical apartments in such houses are similar to each other, like twins.What could be worse at a time when individuality and designer design are valued above all else? It remains only to reorganize the space with your own hands in the framework of the changes allowed by law for apartment owners. Let's talk about the features of the redevelopment of the Khrushchev and consider a number of ready-made solutions.
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What can and cannot be done during redevelopment?
Most of the repairs will have to be coordinated with the housing inspectorate. The list of transformations that cannot be carried out independently include:
It is also worth being prepared for the fact that the following options for reorganizing an apartment in Khrushchev will never be approved:
Also, you can not carry out repairs in housing, which is officially considered emergency. Although it is generally worth considering the feasibility of such actions. Any work that may weaken the construction of the house or worsen the living conditions of the apartment owners or their neighbors will not be approved. However, not everything is so bad. There are a number of repair work for which approval is not required at all:
There is also a list of works that can be done without coordination, but with a notification (even after the fact) of the relevant authorities:
In the last two cases, the rule does not apply to interroom walls.
Where to coordinate the redevelopment?
Redevelopment must be carried out by law. If the owner independently carries out repairs with a number of serious changes without notifying the relevant authorities, he becomes a violator. It is important to understand that the dismantling or change in the bearing walls reduces the structural strength of the entire house, which may lead to its destruction.First you need to prepare a redevelopment project and collect a package of necessary documents. A plan for future changes is ordered from the design bureaus. The package of documents includes:
If tenants have a social contract of employment in their hands, and the apartment is not in their personal property, then the consent of all family members to re-planning is necessary. For those who live in houses recognized as architectural monuments, the written consent of the authorities that preserve and protect such buildings will also be required. A package of documents is transferred to the housing inspection. The inspection makes a decision within 45 days. In addition to this period, they add another 3-5 working days until the document arrives at the MFC, as many apply to such centers. This organization also accepts documents of this kind and passes them to the inspection. If the applicant is refused, then the decision must be supported by a justification. It can be challenged in court. If permission is obtained, the owner of the apartment repairs himself and invites a commission to sign the redevelopment act. New measurements of the apartment are being carried out, and changes will be made to its data sheet.
Redevelopment of one-room Khrushchev
There are several options for remaking odnushki in Khrushchev. Typically, typical apartments have a tiny entrance hall, from which leads a corridor with doors to the kitchen, to the bathroom and to a large room that acts as a bedroom and a hall. In such apartments it is very crowded. The life of a young family with a child turns into a severe test. In the first case, the wall separating the kitchen and the room is dismantled. It turns out a small studio. Now their hallway leads to two doors: to the bathroom and to the combined rooms. Since every meter counts in small apartments, you can save on bulky furniture by organizing a dressing room in the former living-bedroom, next to the hallway through the wall. In another embodiment, the wall between the kitchen and the living room is also removed, however, the hallway joins the combined space, and is not separated by doors. It turns out a kind of corridor of complex shape. A tiny room is allocated for a berth. The option is embodied only in corner apartments. In such housing there is an additional window that will provide the bedroom with natural light.
Alteration of the two-room Khrushchev
Typical layouts of apartments in Khrushchev, which even received their individual "popular" names, are in most cases considered obsolete and uncomfortable. In comparison with the variety of options for the arrangement of rooms in new buildings, they really lose a lot. However, such housing is statistically considered the best-selling because of its low cost. Therefore, the demand for redevelopment projects for obsolete apartments is not reduced.
Book
Khrushchevka "book" got its name because of the external similarity of the layout of the apartment with an open folio. Premises in two-room housing are located in a line and are interconnected by doors. One room becomes a checkpoint. Usually it is used as a hall. On the sides there is a bedroom and a kitchen with a bathroom and a hallway.As a rule, such apartments have a balcony or a loggia (usually located in the hall). This type of layout is considered the most unsuccessful. To remake anything in the "book" is very problematic. The only thing the owners can count on is the partial demolition of the walls between the hall and the hallway. The enlarged corridor leads the doors to the living room and bedroom, leaving the message to the kitchen intact. Previously existing entrances from the hall are cleaned. Thus they get rid of the passage room and isolate each room, but at the same time sacrifice a small area of the hall. Also meets another, more time-consuming option. A wall is demolished between the kitchen and the living room, combining the two spaces into a studio, while the area of the hall is reduced, as in the previous version. In this small dead end it is convenient to equip a pantry or dressing room.
Tram
Khrushchevka "tram" (as the people type this apartment is affectionately called by people) has an angular arrangement from the end of the building. A small entrance hall leads to the kitchen, bathroom and one of the two-room apartments, which, in turn, is a checkpoint and communicates with the second room. Designers propose not to make major changes in the "trams". The kitchen and the bathroom are not affected at all, but they get rid of the passage room. Its footage will slightly decrease, but two isolated rooms will appear. Changes are made by increasing the area of the hallway. It is simply extended until it stops and two exits to the rooms are made. It turns out a long corridor in which it is easy to equip a pantry or dressing room, thereby unloading the rooms. The new layout remotely resembles a two-room “butterfly” with the only difference being that there is no kitchen in the middle. It is up to the owners themselves to decide whether to divide the corridor with a partition into two sections (entrance hall + entrance area with doors).
Mini Improvement
Mini-improvement is practically no different from standard apartments in nine-story buildings, with one exception - the small size of the kitchen (5.5 sq.m.).It is this flaw that most owners try to fix. As a rule, in such apartments there is a pantry and a separate bathroom. To increase the useful area of the kitchen, it is necessary to move the bathroom and toilet using the area of the former pantry. You can also combine the bathroom. If the mini-improvement has a balcony or a loggia, then they can be combined with a living room as an office or with a kitchen, using as a dining area.
Undershirt
Another popular type of layout for two-bedroom apartments is the undershirt. The windows in such housing are facing different directions. The rooms are somewhat reminiscent of the sleeves of a shirt, connected by a “torso” in the form of a kitchen or a corridor. Young families with a child usually share space, rather than combine it. In the large room, which is used as a living room, a partition is placed. Thus, it turns out a small nursery. A partition is preferable to a brick or drywall wall in rooms where there is only one window. In order not to leave one of the rooms without natural light, the separation is best done using furniture or sliding doors. In other versions, the kitchen is combined with the living room, sometimes adding to them also the hallway. The latter case is more suitable for “bachelor” housing for one person. Combining with the living room is carried out by those families who like to host large groups of guests. So it’s really more convenient to cook dinner and set the table without distracting from the conversation.
Redevelopment of a three-room Khrushchev
The main drawback of the three-room Khrushchev is the scanty area of the bathroom and toilet. The apartments are remodeled mainly for the increase in the footage of the bathroom. The bathroom and toilet are combined, adding the area of the former corridor, which was previously part of the hallway and led to the kitchen. It is necessary to finish the already combined bathroom, as the additional zone does not have the necessary waterproofing.The doorway leading to the kitchen is made in the room next to it, which was previously isolated. Now this room will become a passage. However, the option of combining the two spaces is allowed, as this will not cause serious damage to the treshka. The combined room is equipped with a kitchen and living room, separated by a bar.
Alteration of the four-room Khrushchev
Four-room Khrushchevs are quite rare. They can rightfully be considered "luxury." The most popular option for reorganizing a space is to move the kitchen to a former living space. It can be divided into two compact zones: dining and cooking. The first is combined with a fairly spacious living room, and the second is completely taken out into the hallway. The room, previously used as a kitchen, is converted into an office. Unfortunately, according to the rules it is forbidden to place living rooms under the kitchens of neighbors on top. This rule does not apply only to owners of apartments on the upper floors. In another embodiment, the kitchen is combined with an adjacent room. As a rule, in the combined space they equip a luxurious hall, a dining area and a cooking area. In such a room, you can safely place a fireplace or a small home cinema for a joint holiday with friends. Another popular redevelopment option is to increase the footage of the bathroom, due to the area of non-residential premises. Usually they give up a hallway or a corridor to be torn to pieces. In rare cases, use the area of the kitchen, but make up for it by combining the latter with an adjacent room.
Conclusion
Many series of Khrushchevs (50s) are being prepared for demolition, since the buildings have exhausted their safety margins and are no longer suitable for operation. However, there are a number of houses (80s) that will still stand for more than one year, which means that it is too early to expect residents to change apartments. Not everyone has the opportunity to purchase luxury apartments that would meet all the requirements.Therefore, there is only one way out - to improve existing housing, remodel it in your own way, combine or separate rooms to increase the comfort of the apartment.