The "mini apartment" housing type has flourished in recent years, considered suitable for people with average incomes due to reasonable prices, compact areas... These houses are small projects invested by the owners themselves, building high-rise buildings on relatively small land areas for business purposes. Many young families also choose to rent to live, when the rental price is several million VND/month.
According to National Standard TCVN 9411: 2012, in all cases, townhouses must not be higher than 6 floors. In alleys with a width of less than 6 m, townhouses must not be built higher than 4 floors .
The 2014 Housing Law allows households and individuals in urban areas to build houses with two or more floors, each floor is designed and built with two or more apartments in a closed style, with a minimum floor area for each apartment according to construction standards and regulations, etc., and the State recognizes the ownership of each apartment in that house. In fact, to be licensed to build and put these houses into operation under the 2014 Housing Law, it is necessary to go through many strict regulations. For that reason, many people have "dodged" by building houses higher than the permitted number of floors, then calling them "mini apartments" for rent.
Within a radius of 2km from the scene of the tragic mini apartment fire that killed more than 30 people, in narrow alleys and small streets, there are many similar buildings springing up. These buildings are built with small areas, ranging from 6 to 11 floors, located in residential areas, invested by private individuals and businesses with the initial reason of being housing, then converted to renting or selling apartments, leading to high population density, difficult to ensure fire prevention and fighting conditions, and many potential risks of fire and explosion.
Although it is not suitable when compared with current regulations, however, in this article, we will temporarily call these mini apartments according to the common way of calling them today.
Mini apartment building 166-168 Khuong Dinh, Thanh Xuan district. The apartment building is 10 stories high, divided into hundreds of apartments with areas from 20 - 50 m2.
Not far away, a mini apartment building invested by Golden Real Estate Joint Stock Company at 26-28, lane 29/6 Khuong Ha was built with 11 floors. To enter this house, we had to go through a narrow alley, with the road width in front of the door about 3m.
Next, a mini apartment building at No. 7, Lane 125 Bui Xuong Trach was built 11 stories high, showing many signs of serious degradation.
Not far away, another mini apartment building at number 29, lane 125 Bui Xuong Trach.
Right at alley 29/70 Khuong Ha street, where in the early morning of September 13, a 6-storey mini apartment building was also built.
7-storey mini apartment for rent at alley 78, lane 29 Khuong Ha.
7-storey apartment building No. 26, lane 853 Vu Tong Phan
7-storey apartment building No. 611 Vu Tong Phan.
A mini apartment at number 11, lane 29/28 Khuong Ha.
Source
Comment (0)