What to look for when buying an apartment in Montenegro

When buying real estate in Montenegro, you need to pay attention to the following factors that affect the cost and comfort of living:

- Distance from the sea. On the coast in the tourist cities of Montenegro located close to the airport, the prices for buying and renting are higher than in other cities. So in Budva, Tivat, Przno and Sveti Stefan, the most expensive housing. In the north of Montenegro, in such settlements as Cetinje, Podgorica, Niksic, Zabljak, real estate will be 40% cheaper.

- Attendance by tourists of the settlement. If the city is considered popular among tourists, then you can buy a home and rent it out at a profit for a profit, since demand is very high during the summer season.

- Primary or secondary housing. As a rule, primary housing from a developer company is new modern, with good interior decoration, plumbing, air conditioning and thermal insulation, which is most often absent in buildings on secondary housing, but is very necessary in the autumn and winter winds. In the secondary market, more often objects that have already been built a long time ago, real estate, in houses under construction are cheaper than in houses put into operation long ago. The same goes for villas and houses.

- Infrastructure. Pay attention to the presence in the city of kindergartens, schools, shops, beauty salons, pharmacies, clinics and their distance from your home. There is no public urban transport in Montenegro, only taxis or intercity buses. Parking is also very important. Since the building density is very high, in almost all cities, there are very few parking spaces, it becomes necessary to rent a house with a garage space or be able to leave the vehicle in a paid parking lot next to the house.

- If you are planning not to buy, but to rent housing for a temporary stay in Montenegro, pay attention to the season. In summer periods, rent is more expensive than in autumn, winter and spring.

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