What to know when you buy, sell or rent a home or land in Montenegro: title checks, notaries, taxes, prices and contracts.
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What Eko-fond's SKLAD call for household energy efficiency offered in 2026: which measures are co-financed, the percentage and maximum amount per measure, who can apply, which documents are needed, why work must not start before the contract and how the online application works.
September 26, 2026
What a camera in an apartment building may record, how much owner consent is needed, what a business must show on its notice, how long records are kept, what applies to cameras filming the street, what the fines are and what changes under the new Personal Data Protection Law 133/2026.
September 26, 2026
A practical checklist for viewing a flat in Montenegro, built on census data: how old the housing stock is, why 1981 matters for earthquake safety, how homes are heated and cooled, where damp hides, what to test in the electrics and plumbing, and which documents to ask for before an offer.
September 25, 2026
What etažiranje is, who is registered as owner of a flat in a new building, how separate units are registered through the change notice, the geodetic survey and the cadastre decision, which deadlines apply, who pays and what a flat buyer should check in the cadastre extract.
September 24, 2026
Who can become a prosumer, how powerful a rooftop solar plant may be, how it is connected under the simplified CEDIS procedure, which documents you need, how net metering and net billing work, what happens to surplus electricity and when the supplier pays you for it.
September 24, 2026
How a new house or flat is connected to the distribution grid, in what order technical conditions, the CEDIS contract and the connection come, what a connection costs per kVA, who builds the line to the building, what applies to a building site and a plot without a house, and which deadlines CEDIS must meet.
September 24, 2026
What counts as joint and what as separate property of spouses, what applies to a flat registered to only one of you, how property is divided by agreement or in court, who is liable for the loan, what a marriage contract changes, whether tax is due and which court has jurisdiction when the spouses are foreigners.
September 24, 2026
What the law says about a tree on the boundary and branches that reach over your land, who owns a fence, who is responsible for rainwater from a roof, what counts as excessive nuisance such as noise and smoke, when you may enter a neighbour's land and how to protect yourself in court.
September 24, 2026
What counts as a hidden or a visible defect in a property, when the buyer must notify the seller, when the seller is liable even after the deadlines, whether a sold-as-seen clause is valid, what can be claimed, and what applies to new builds and legal defects.
September 24, 2026
What a contract with a builder in Montenegro must contain, when the builder may raise the price, what a turnkey clause means, how defects are reported, how long the builder is liable for structural soundness and what to check before signing.
September 24, 2026
How much tax you pay when you sell a flat or plot in Montenegro, how the sale and purchase price are calculated, when no tax is due, what applies to inherited and gifted property and to foreigners, and when to file, with a worked example.
September 24, 2026
Who runs the public sale of a flat or house in enforcement proceedings, how the value is set and the sale order published, how much the deposit is, what the lowest price is at the first, second and third auction since the May 2026 amendments, and what the buyer gets with the property.
September 24, 2026
How ownership of land or a house is acquired by prescription, what possession in good faith and lawful possession mean, when the period is 10 and when 20 years, what applies to heirs and public goods, how prescription is registered and what to watch when buying a plot.
September 24, 2026
What the Law on Obligations says about property insurance: how the sum insured affects the payout, which losses are not covered, what happens if the premium is unpaid, the three-day deadline to report a loss, the payment deadline and how the policy passes to a buyer.
September 24, 2026
The same words in a listing, garage space, can mean three legally different things. How to tell what is for sale, what the title extract shows, who has a right of first refusal, which tax applies and what the rules are for parking in a building's yard.
September 24, 2026
Who prepares a survey report and within what deadline, how a plot is split and when parcelling is allowed after the 2025 amendments, what an urban plot is, how a court settles a boundary and who owns the fence on it.
September 24, 2026
Montenegrin law calls a right to cross a neighbouring plot a real servitude. How it is created by contract, court decision or prescription, what an access of necessity is, how it is entered on sheet G, when it ends and what to check before buying a plot.
September 24, 2026
After you buy a flat, electricity and water bills keep arriving in the previous owner's name until the customer's name is changed. Which documents EPCG asks for, what the water utility in Podgorica asks for, what applies to inheritance and gifts, who is liable for old debt and what to tell the building manager.
September 24, 2026
What the region calls an energy passport, Montenegrin law calls a certificate of a building's energy performance. When an owner must have it to sell or let a flat, what it contains, how long it is valid, who issues it, what classes A to G mean and what the law says about fines.
September 24, 2026
Leasing a shop or an office has its own rules, different from renting a flat. What contract the law requires, who pays routine upkeep and building costs, when the tenant may alter the premises, how long the notice period is and how the rent is taxed.
September 24, 2026
How long the notice period is when the lease does not state one, when a lease can be ended at once, what happens when the flat is sold during the lease, what the law says about handing the flat back and the deposit, and whom to turn to when a tenant will not move out.
September 24, 2026
A flat in exchange for care until the end of someone's life is a contract with strict rules. Why it must be a notarial deed, when the carer becomes the owner, who pays tax and when, how the contract ends and when the legal heirs can challenge it.
September 24, 2026
When a flat or house is registered to several owners, each can sell their own share, but must first offer it to the others. How long the right of first refusal lasts, what one co-owner can do alone and what needs everyone, how to exit co-ownership, and what tax and notary fees apply.
September 24, 2026
Since July 2026 the cadastre extract can be downloaded electronically with an electronic signature. How to get it, what it costs, what sheets A, B, V and G mean, the difference between full registration, provisional registration and annotations, and which entries among the encumbrances should raise a red flag for a buyer.
September 24, 2026