Certainly, the apartment at a great height in the center of the city, with wonderful views from the windows is one of the symbols of prestige. Even in Soviet times were the most prestigious Seven Sisters. They are still traditionally enjoyed great popularity, though, they claimed the apartment as a second, and on the twenty-first floor. `Please note that the Moscow skyscrapers - Stalin and modern - a fundamentally differ on the format of housing supply, - notes Konstantin Kovalyov, managing partner of Blackwood. - First - this architectural landmarks that form the image of Moscow, the building of historical and architectural value for the city. Stalin's homes have their own history, they have a unique atmosphere, and live in a house, of course, prestigious. Customers initially inclined to purchase an apartment in one of the seven metropolitan high-rises, prefer the upper floors, because of the beautiful view from the windows. Also a significant role in the choice of the upper floors is the fact that the altitude helps to some extent avoid the city noise, because these homes are located in the city center, on busy busy streets.

In modern buildings will benefit as the upper floors of the species' characteristics. In recent years, high-rise housing construction is gaining ever greater momentum. In Moscow, built or houses are built in 30, 40, 50 floors, and even higher: `` Triumph-Palace (the tallest building in Europe, with a spire 264 meters), `Scarlet sails`, `Vorob'evy Gory`, `Edelweiss', Airbus ``, `Avenue, 77`, `Timiryazevsky`, `Falcon's Nest`, `Crown`, `House on Running`, `House in Sokolniki`, `House on Mosfilmovskoy`, `Kutuzovskaya Riviera`, Mirax Park, ` Villanzh `,` Olympia `,` Leonardo `,` `Izmailovsky ... Now active in encouraging the Government of Moscow, plans to erect new skyscrapers - in the CPD and the project 'New Ring of Moscow', 25 of which will be residential high-rise buildings.

The main developers involved in this complex construction segment, are `DON-Story`, Mirax Group, `Conti`, `Quarter`, `` Krost. But among them there is no unity of opinion on this type of housing. `It is unlikely that high-rise buildings ever become elite, today it's all business-class projects, - said Vyacheslav Timerbulatov, vice president of the Group companies` Conti `. - Elite residential complex should be located in a secluded, clean place, close to the forest park zone or waters, which usually does not erected skyscrapers `. President of Mirax Group Sergei Polonsky, in contrast, believe that cover the costs of engineering, whose value for high-rise buildings are much higher than normal for a few, will help only placing them in the elite class of objects. In the highest skyscrapers being built now in the MIBC Moscow-City ' `- multi-functional complexes` Federation `and` Capital City' - will be located and the most expensive residential apartments.

In contrast to Moscow, in Europe at the height of `home 'does not enjoy popularity, in skyscrapers are located mainly representative offices. `Throughout the world, high-rise housing is a segment of the market, but not satisfied all - summarizes Erast Zhiryakov, head of construction projects MIAN-Development. - Moscow, as well as other major cities of the world, will, of course, grow upward, and today we can notice that the quality requirements for building construction grows in the first place. Today we can speak only about the formation of Russia's market segment of high-rise housing '.

Fear and trembling

According to exit polls, only 15% of Muscovites have agreed to live on the top floors of high-rises. Many people refuse to purchase these apartments because of fear of heights. Indeed, this common type of phobia is playing its part in reducing the demand for apartments in high-rise buildings, many people are not psychologically prepared to live above the 15-20 floors. Also, potential buyers often judge found that the last floors of tall buildings shook strongly ``, said of discomfort at finding the height for meteozavisimyh people, and the possible negative effects on health. In the media there are allegations that children living above 7 floors, ostensibly developed slowly. But, first, all these assumptions are not medically confirmed, secondly, issues of being human is very personal, subjective feelings, well, and thirdly, is it not the centenarians live in the high mountains? There, of course, very different environment, but living on the 40-floor, man, at least, do not inhale car exhaust, which basically makes the Moscow air and adverse health effects.

Doubts about the safety of residence 'at a height of `more serious. Indeed, if Moscow is able to securely hold the soil enormous weight of buildings? How can you be sure fire, if its technologies are new and untested? How to evacuate if necessary, if the ladder fire engines did not reach the upper floors? `Concerns about the reliability and safety of high-rise buildings are absolutely groundless, - says Alexei Belousov, Commercial Director of Holding Capital Group` `. - Technologies to date have reached a point where everything that is done by engineers and designers, aimed at ensuring that people felt most comfortable as the 10-floor, and at 60-m. When a company undertakes the construction of buildings, and this applies not only high-rise buildings, developers and designers in the first place are oriented on the existing norms and SNiPs `. However SNiPs approved for construction of buildings over

Nevertheless, Vyacheslav Timerbulatov convinced that the residents of high-rise buildings more vulnerable to fires, accidents, power plants, rather than owners of apartments in ordinary homes. High-rise buildings, he says, implies a fundamentally different system of fire safety, rather than systems that are used in the construction of a model of low-rise housing. Now high-rise buildings are equipped with automation systems fire safety, do not only extinction but also to prevent fires, responding to any center-fire in any part of the building. Information from the sensor goes to an automated control panel, where the duty operations officer. The system reacts to the slightest change in temperature. Also set splinkernye fire extinguishing systems, which recommended the use of fire safety authorities.

Evacuation of the fire is also designed to trifles. Possible as the withdrawal of people on the stairs and the elevator, and, if necessary - by helicopter. In the case go and tall ladders, Highly qualified rescue team.

`All of our buildings - says Vyacheslav Timerbulatov - in order to fire safety are divided into blocks of 10-15 storeys walls of refractory material, and between sectors are special non-residential premises with their engineering services. They are the same - fire shelters. Finishing of walls, ceilings and flooring on the escape routes in the elevator shafts and cabs, lobbies, technical floors are made of noncombustible materials. If you remove all of the central energy system, the object moving on backup power, that is, within 3 to 4 hours of elevators will continue to work normally.

On top of our skyscrapers provide helipads, which can be used for evacuation, if necessary, emergency medical care as a patient parking aerotransporta or just for the needs of the city - as an intermediate platform in flight '.

All the assurances of full security of the builders of the upper floors are not convinced by all. However, there are buyers, initially aimed at the purchase of apartments on the upper floors. Psychologists say that, as a rule, people who prefer extreme sports, but in life ready to take risks, and that this category of humanity makes the world of successful businessmen. Such clients, according to realtors, ready for a long time to wait for a suitable build a skyscraper. They advise us before buying an interest in detail not only for fire and other safety, but also other technical characteristics of buildings, elevators, as well as the presence of an autonomous source of electric power.

Buy a place in heaven

All participants of the market fix the consistently high demand on the upper floors of skyscrapers. `Price of elite real estate market is very dependent on the types of windows, respectively, the higher is kvatira, so it is more expensive. In addition, the demand for high-rise housing increases with increasing customer loyalty to the reliability and security provided by the product `` `, - states Erast Zhiryakov. `Draft` Capital City 'apartments overlooking the Moscow River and the historic center are more expensive. Given the pace of sales, which we see today, all the apartments in our complex will be sold before putting the house of the state commission ', - says Alexey Belousov. Indeed, for some buyers of real estate in Moscow is the principal, and sometimes the only important factor '... and from our window is visible to the Red Square! `- As a confirmation of the status of housing.

But is it always 'high' apartments are more expensive? Konstantin Kovalev said that `in modern buildings will benefit as the upper floors are often considered a more affordable price offer`. However, he confirms the high demand due to the fact that today has become fashionable to live in the buildings will. `According to our observations, - says expert - apartments on the upper floors of buildings on the resale exhibited less rest. This property enjoys a steadily high demand and represents an attractive offer, so the realtors constantly monitor the emergence of such flats in the secondary market `. Line under the debate summed Vyacheslav Timerbulatov, saying: `Potential buyers tend to attract panoramic views afforded from the top, so the apartment on the top floors are valued above others. However, if the picture is not exciting, the cost of flats will not increase '.

Undoubtedly, the apartments at a height of `` - an object that requires a special approach to its implementation. `The Client will be able to appreciate this apartment, only to see her 'live', rising to the floor and feel all the uniqueness of such a product, - says Alexei Belousov. - Therefore, we intention to adhere to the sale of such apartments, while the building did not rise to the required height `.

Add to this, what to look for an apartment in a skyscraper should be when the building is fully prepared, there are windows, normally working elevator, etc. One realtor told a story about how he took on a client dtsaty-floor tower under construction `Federation` to a shaky construction cabin-lift. The buyer acquired the `high-rise 'apartment at the very outset of construction, looked down with a bare concrete, no fenced area, and so' feel about the uniqueness of the product 'that clutched his heart and gave the command to urgently sell real estate.