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Opinions vary in "office apartment" debate

There are no shortage of opinions regarding the issue of office apartments sent to Dan Tri.

There are no shortage of opinions regarding the issue of office apartments sent to Dan Tri.

“After obtaining housing possession, people have the right to do business, lease out or resell their property, thus it is impossible to forbid them,” said lawyer Tran Dinh Trien, sharing his opinion on the request to curb the use of apartments as commercial offices.

Some residents living in apartment buildings agree with this policy by the Ministry of Construction (MoC) because it will help them have a more comfortable and quiet life.

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There are others who offer some opposite viewpoints. For example, Quan, a resident in My Dinh building said that a decision should not be made just because office apartments may cause noise or disorder.

“There are different kinds of offices. Some have only 1 or 2 staff… Only those that affect resident neighbours should be considered being removed,” said Quan.

Nguyen Quoc Tuan, deputy director of Hanoi Construction Department thought that a building's functions would decide to enable office apartments to operate or not. If they are designed to house the necessary infrastructure, go for it, otherwise offices in such buildings will create travelling overload and fire safety problems that impact residents.

Tuan also agreed that many apartments are used for offices. However, the request may hinder their business activities and put them in financial trouble, especially small companies with only one or two staff which have limited transactions and do not disturb residents lives.

“But you must obey regulations of buildings if you live there,” added Tuan.

Telling Dan Tri, lawyer Tran Dinh Trien said that it is impossible to forbid them because under regulations of housing possession, owners have rights to do trading, resell or hire their property. It is another story if offices in buildings make noise, disorder and influence lives of the residents.

“Offices in private houses or buildings that create disturbances to other residents must be cleared off.” added lawyer Trien.

Source: dtinews.vn
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