Just a few years ago, luxury housing tenants were mostly foreigners coming to Russia to work. Now things have changed. As Russia becomes more and more people are earning decent money, who can afford not just an apartment to stay, and an executive housing, which is not ashamed to invite colleagues or business partners abroad. Ideal apartment should be not just comfortable. It must demonstrate a high social status. Especially demand for Russia's businessmen - representatives of the regions - apartments costing up to $ 5 thousand a month, but there are also top executives - the presidents of banks, investment funds, large oil and gas, steel, diamond-mining companies - is to remove superdorogie flat at $ 15-25 tys.v month. Representatives of regional authorities is also more convenient to live in rented accommodation.

Another trend, according to the directions of the head lease ZAO MIAN Corporation "Irina Bobko, is the fact that many successful businessmen, Russia, Muscovites prefer to have your own country house and rent an apartment in Moscow.

Over the past two years, since the beginning of increasing the investment rating of Russia in the international arena, and the increased flow of foreign tenants. "In the past year, - says head of the elite real estate company Intermark Svetlana Bologova - actively developing the oil sector, respectively, the company attracted a large number of expatriates in management positions. Today, with a second wave of invited foreign experts coming to less senior positions. In this segment, demand for apartments in the price range $ 5-7 tys.Menedzhery middle managers of many large companies, both foreigners and Russians, remove relatively inexpensive apartments - up to $ 4 thousand in the same price range rental and foreigners involved in small-Russia business.

Top managers of a preferred companies typically oriented at an apartment worth $ 8-12 thousand

Foreigners and Russians

According to realtors, specializing in renting luxury housing, rent an apartment to a foreigner easier than Dublin was, and this is the real explanation. Most of the foreigners rent apartments do not own: the lease is usually signed by the company, inviting them to work. Accordingly, in the event of any conflict or misunderstanding, the owner has to deal with a legal entity, which is unlikely to be hiding in the demand for the owners to pay damages.

Of course, this does not mean that all of Russia's tenants tend to "inflate" the owners one way or another, but conflicts with Russia's tenants are much more frequently than with foreigners. "Of course there are regional customers who shoot an apartment for $ 10 thousand, do pay, but there are there three days a month, but for the owners is more luck than the rule," - says Svetlana Bologova.

Attractive Location for rental flats

Naturally, the most requested areas of tenants just fall on the map of elite development city. Traditionally, the most attractive center of the city - areas "Golden Mile", Arbat, Patriarch's Ponds, the quiet streets in the area of Tverskaya Street. Behind them, the degree of demand, are clean ponds, Colored Boulevard, Zamoskvorechye. The value of the lease of two similar apartments, Ostozhenka and Clean Ponds, will vary by 10-20% in favor of the "Golden Mile". Under the category of "elite" are suitable, and new buildings - houses built 5-7 years ago, and old mansions. Flats in them, after a complete reconstruction, to meet all the requirements for high-end housing. However, the price of apartments in the "old" homes, even after the reconstruction, lower than in new buildings. Rental prices in the pre-revolutionary buildings, according to Managing Director of Marina Markarova BLACKWOOD, stay at $ 12-15 thousand, the flats could pass for $ 20-25 thousand difference in price is determined by such factors as the availability of underground parking, the homogeneity of social of tenants, the additional equipment in the house, the presence of its own maintenance services, professional security.

"However, elite houses appear in other parts of the capital, - says Irina Bobko. - Because in the center of sites for construction is steadily decreasing. Luxury apartments in Krylatskom appear on the territories adjacent to the Silver Wood, Mozhayskoe highway. Houses are built of the highest category in the south-west and north-west of Moscow. The main advantage of these areas - good environment, parks, beautiful views from the windows.

Place to rent an apartment defines family

Geographical preferences of tenants vary greatly depending on the composition of the family and nationality. The survey, conducted by BLACKWOOD, show that the center prefer single tenants and couples without children. This group prefers Luxury Condos in the area Ostozhenka, Arbat, the Patriarch, the reconstructed pre-Revolutionary home, such as Tverskaya Street, 28, Malaya Bronnaya, 25, or Trubnikovsky Lane. 30. They, especially in the age group "over 50" like home "with history": Romanov per. , 3-5, str. Serafimovicha, 2, as well as the famous Seven Sisters - Kotelnicheskaya nab., 1 / 15, Garden Kudrinskaya 1, Kutuzov prospect, 2 / 1.

The emergence of children's changing priorities. Families with one child, also not opposed to settling in the center, but not in a "stone bag", and some parks or gardens. Love the French to clean the ponds is primarily determined by the recent relocation of the French school there. Families with two or more children tend to settle outside the Center. Here, the palm holding the north-west, where the Anglo-American School: apartments in the "New Star", Silver Wood, "Pokrovsky Hills" (townhouses), complex "Dewdrop" (townhouses, cottages) and the West - Mozhaiskoye N., d. 2 (apartment) complex Setun (townhouses), rn Kuntsevo (apartments, townhouses), all municipalities in the area Rublevo-Uspensky highway, cottages and townhouses, conveniently located to the British, Scandinavian School and South-West -- Tsarskoe Selo (apartments), Leninsky Prospekt 113, 116-128 (apartments), conveniently located to the German school. In these complexes a waiting list for renters may extend over several months.

High standard

Apart from location, to claim the proud status of "elite", the apartment must meet certain parameters.

According to Irina Bobko, one of the main requirements for this category of housing - high level of security to ensure that you can only fenced area, which is 24 hours per day is under scrutiny own security. In addition, tenants are paying attention to a convenient approach and developed infrastructure.

According to the company BLACKWOOD, the greatest demand among young couples without children are relatively small flat area of 70-140 sq. m, the rental price which is in the range of $ 1500-4500 per month. Usually they are dealt with furniture and with all necessary household appliances. The apartment must be repaired, preferably with the assistance of a professional designer. Equipped and furnished kitchen and bathroom, the latest generation of technology - are also mandatory. The most in demand are traditionally flat area of 150-200 sq ft to rent a furnished or partially furnished.

At that size are usually located living room, kitchen, three bedrooms, two full bathrooms. Mandatory elements are dressing rooms or built-in cupboards, not related to furniture and equipment to the apartment. The apartment must be installed modern windows - wooden or plastic, tiles on the floor in the kitchen and bathrooms should be heated. In addition, the room should be equipped with air-conditioning system, and such extravagances as a sauna or hot tub can be installed on the first request.

There are certain standards and in the interiors of apartments. "Most clients - says Svetlana Bologova - like modern interiors, regardless of whether a new house or old house. The most called-style can be defined as "reasonable minimalism": everything is very functional, for a minimum of furniture, light-colored walls. These apartments in recent years, gaining their customers better than the apartment in a classic style that look "expensive and rich."

However, preferences of tenants depends largely on the nationality of the client, from his age, from that to which people become accustomed.

Older homes in the center of the price at esthete French, Italians, and gladly rented apartments with high ceilings and moldings.

"There are foreigners who come to Russia and say that in a modern apartment, they already may live somewhere in New York - says Svetlana Bologova - and in Moscow they want to live in the house with the spirit of time and history.

It is desirable that the windows had a beautiful view of the Kremlin and Cathedral of Christ the Savior. "

Tenants of the southern countries of the East like a heavy classics - luxury apartments with wallpaper, carpets, crystal chandeliers. Such apartments, as well as wishing to withdraw less, but they are.

Enviable constancy

According to the company BLACKWOOD, since 2002, growth in rental rates in the range of 20-30% per year, and only in the first half of 2004, average rental rates increased by 24% over the same period last year. However, given the lull in the overall real estate market in the second half of 2004, experts predict that prices for the rental of luxury apartments in the next year will grow by about 15-20%. Distinctive feature of the residential real estate investors is the lack of seasonal ups and downs. "Downturns in the demand for quality apartments almost no - says Svetlana Bologova - almost falling demand before the New Year. Summer, not like the normal market rent, very active, only a small decline in August, but in principle, luxury housing for rent all year round. Moreover, the recent trend has strengthened flats for foreign tenants are from abroad, a few months before their planned arrival in Russia.

Such demand for luxury housing, according to experts, can predict the continuation of the gradual increase in the cost of rent of apartments in this class.

Source: http://atn.RU