The developer “Samolet” went to the Prosecutor General’s Office with a complaint of “consumer extremism”, as buyers massively demand compensation from the developer for what they consider to be poor-quality construction and renovation of apartments. Interfax writes about this citing a source familiar with the content of the resource.
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According to the promoter, many clients are pressured to take legal action against the company by “unscrupulous law firms that have launched this process.” According to Samolet, shareholders are represented in the proceedings by the same lawyers: in 2024, 15 “wholesale lawyers” handled 70% of current cases.
The Attorney General’s Office forwarded the complaint to the Ministry of Economic Development. The ministry said it was willing to participate in the consideration of such issues and “conceptually” support better regulation. However, the measures proposed by Samolet could lead to a violation of consumer rights and change the situation in favor of developers, the department said.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Samolet’s proposal to give developers 90 days to eliminate deficiencies could generate “additional costs and inconveniences” for consumers and their families.
“Samolet” also proposed that the amount of monetary compensation to the consumer, if he decided to eliminate the deficiencies in finishing himself, should not exceed the developer’s own costs for finishing. The Ministry of Economic Development emphasized that the final costs to the tenant for termination may be higher than the costs to the developer, for example, due to changes in market conditions.
Interfax notes that this is not the first time that the professional community has raised the issue of “consumer terrorism.” At the legislative level, measures are already being taken to minimize it. On December 17, the State Duma approved in second and third reading a law allowing developers, from March 1, 2025, to use their own quality standards for finishing apartments instead of the requirements of the technical regulations. It is non-compliance with technical regulations that shareholders take advantage of when they ask for compensation from promoters.
The same law, as of January 1, 2025, limits the amount that a consumer can recover from the developer in case of disagreement over the finishing of an apartment. “It cannot exceed 3% of the contract price, unless the contract provides for the payment of funds in a greater amount,” the document says.
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