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Croatia – Property Building and Renovation

Building or renovating property in Croatia means working through a structured, regulation-heavy permit process governed principally by the Zakon o gradnji (Building Act) and the national spatial planning framework. A planning permit — called a građevinska dozvola — is compulsory

Costa Rica – Property Building and Renovation

Anyone seeking to build or renovate property in Costa Rica will need to secure a construction permit — the Permiso de Construcción Municipal — for virtually all substantial work. This permit is issued by the relevant local municipality in coordination

Colombia – Property Building and Renovation

Foreign nationals have the legal right to build or renovate property in Colombia, enjoying broadly equivalent ownership and construction rights to Colombian citizens. That said, virtually all significant construction and renovation activity requires a formal licencia de construcción (building licence),

China – Property Building and Renovation

Constructing or renovating a property in China is a heavily regulated undertaking, governed at the national level by legislation such as the Construction Law and the Urban and Rural Planning Law, and further shaped by an extensive web of provincial

Chile – Property Building and Renovation

Whether you are starting from scratch or updating an existing structure, building and renovating in Chile is a well-regulated but broadly welcoming process for overseas nationals. Foreign buyers face virtually no blanket restrictions on acquiring land or commissioning construction work.

Canada – Property Building and Renovation

Building or renovating a property in Canada means working within a system governed primarily at the provincial and municipal level rather than nationally. A building permit — the Canadian equivalent of planning permission — is required for most new construction

Caymans – Property Building and Renovation

Anyone wishing to build or renovate in the Cayman Islands must obtain planning permission for virtually all substantial works. On Grand Cayman, this authority rests with the Central Planning Authority (CPA); on the Sister Islands, it is handled by the

Brunei – Property Building and Renovation

Constructing or renovating a property in Brunei is a tightly controlled undertaking, governed principally by the Building Control Act (Chapter 256), as revised in 2023, and the Town and Country Planning (Development Control) Act. Virtually all substantive construction activity demands

Bulgaria – Property Building and Renovation

Foreign nationals can absolutely build or renovate property in Bulgaria, but doing so means navigating a tightly regulated environment governed primarily by the Spatial Development Act (ZUT). Almost every form of meaningful new construction or substantial renovation requires formal planning

Brazil – Property Building and Renovation

Anyone seeking to build or renovate property in Brazil will need to secure planning permission — known as an alvará de construção or licença de construção — for virtually every type of construction work. This authorisation is granted by the