[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":419},["ShallowReactive",2],{"content:cities:en":3,"content:lexikon:en":18},[4],{"slug":5,"name":6,"state":7,"facts":8},"vilnius","Vilnius","Lithuania",[9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17],"Vilnius is Lithuania's capital and its largest city, in the south-east of the country, where the Vilnia runs into the Neris.","Its Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site and remains one of the largest medieval centres still standing in this part of Europe.","Newcomers learn the city as a set of districts rather than as a grid: the centre and the Old Town, Naujamiestis, Šnipiškės with the business towers across the river, Antakalnis, Žvėrynas, and the low-rise southern district of Naujininkai.","The airport sits on the southern edge of the city, a few kilometres out from the centre, with a short rail link and city buses to the main railway station; the railway and coach stations stand next door to one another.","The A1 motorway runs to Kaunas and the port of Klaipėda, the A2 heads towards Panevėžys, and the European-gauge Rail Baltica corridor, which will tie Lithuania into the western European rail network, is still under construction.","Lithuania belongs to the European Union and to NATO and its currency is the euro, so a flat here is bought and sold in euros, under European Union law, by residents and non-residents alike.","Work in the city concentrates in financial technology, the service centres international companies run here, laser and optics manufacturing, and the life sciences.","Vilnius University has taught since the sixteenth century, and several younger institutions keep a steady population of students and recent graduates in the city.","Most buyers are Lithuanians, families returning from years abroad among them, alongside people from other European Union countries who move here for the technology and service sectors.",[19,50,78,104,129,154,179,204,228,252,276,301,325,348,372,396],{"slug":20,"title":21,"metaTitle":22,"metaDescription":23,"excerpt":24,"toc":25,"updated":41,"related":42},"bendrijos-ir-administravimas","Building management and common costs","Building management: association, agreement or administrator","How a Lithuanian apartment building is run: owners' association, joint activity agreement or municipal administrator; common costs, accumulated funds, and decisions by vote.","Buying a flat also buys a share of common property and the duty to look after it with the neighbours. Which of the three legal routes your building uses is answered by one certificate — worth seeing before the purchase.",[26,29,32,35,38],{"id":27,"text":28},"what-is-common","What is common in the building",{"id":30,"text":31},"three-routes","Three ways a building is run",{"id":33,"text":34},"the-costs","Common costs and the accumulated fund",{"id":36,"text":37},"decisions","How decisions are taken",{"id":39,"text":40},"before-buying","What to check before buying","2026-10-05",{"services":43,"lexikon":46},[44,45],"naujos-statybos-butai","namo-aplinka",[47,48,49],"buto-plotai","statybos-defektu-garantija","nekilnojamojo-turto-mokesciai",{"slug":51,"title":52,"metaTitle":53,"metaDescription":54,"excerpt":55,"toc":56,"updated":41,"related":72},"uzsienieciui-pirkti-lietuvoje","Buying in Lithuania as a foreigner","Buying a flat in Lithuania as a foreigner: what is needed","What a foreign buyer needs for a Lithuanian flat: identification and personal code, legalised documents, a bank account, source-of-funds checks, and buying by proxy.","A non-resident can buy a flat in Lithuania — the restrictions people have heard about apply to agricultural and forest land, not to flats. The hard part is paperwork and banking logistics, not the right to buy.",[57,60,63,66,69],{"id":58,"text":59},"is-it-allowed","Whether it is allowed, and where the limits are",{"id":61,"text":62},"identification","Identification and the personal code",{"id":64,"text":65},"documents","Documents issued abroad",{"id":67,"text":68},"banking","A bank account and the source of funds",{"id":70,"text":71},"by-proxy","Buying without travelling",{"services":73,"lexikon":74},[44,45],[75,76,77],"notaro-veiksmas","registru-centro-israsas","hipoteka-ir-paskola",{"slug":79,"title":80,"metaTitle":81,"metaDescription":82,"excerpt":83,"toc":84,"updated":41,"related":100},"kadastriniai-matavimai","Cadastral measurement","Cadastral measurement: when a flat becomes an object","Cadastral measurement and the cadastral file in Lithuania: who measures a flat, when it becomes a separate registered object, and why no deed is possible before that.","A flat exists in law not when its walls are up but when it has been measured and registered as a separate object. That threshold explains much of how a new-build purchase is sequenced.",[85,88,91,94,97],{"id":86,"text":87},"what-it-is","What cadastral measurement is",{"id":89,"text":90},"who-measures","Who measures, and what the buyer should ask for",{"id":92,"text":93},"becoming-object","When the flat becomes a separate object",{"id":95,"text":96},"mismatches","Differences in the final figure",{"id":98,"text":99},"later-changes","Alterations after the fact",{"services":101,"lexikon":102},[44,45],[47,76,103],"preliminarioji-sutartis",{"slug":105,"title":106,"metaTitle":107,"metaDescription":108,"excerpt":109,"toc":110,"updated":41,"related":126},"antstolio-aresto-patikra","Checking seizures and encumbrances","Seizure, mortgage, bailiff: how to check a flat","How to check a Lithuanian flat for seizures, mortgages, servitudes and leases before you pay: which registers to read, when to read them, and what to do if you find something.","An encumbrance on a flat is common and not always an obstacle. It becomes one when it is discovered after the money has moved. The check takes minutes and you can run it yourself.",[111,114,117,120,123],{"id":112,"text":113},"yourself","Why you check it yourself",{"id":115,"text":116},"which-entries","Which entries matter",{"id":118,"text":119},"where","Where to look",{"id":121,"text":122},"when","When to check: more than once",{"id":124,"text":125},"if-found","What to do if you find something",{"services":127,"lexikon":128},[44,45],[76,75,77],{"slug":130,"title":131,"metaTitle":132,"metaDescription":133,"excerpt":134,"toc":135,"updated":41,"related":151},"pirkimo-islaidos","Costs of purchase","Costs of purchase: what is paid besides the price","What a flat purchase in Lithuania costs beyond the price: notary's fee, registration, valuation, bank and insurance charges, translation, agent, moving in.","Around the price sits a small budget of its own. It is modest next to the value of the flat, but it falls in the same weeks and comes out of the same money already earmarked for the deposit.",[136,139,142,145,148],{"id":137,"text":138},"notary","The notary's fee",{"id":140,"text":141},"registration","Registration",{"id":143,"text":144},"bank","Bank, valuation, insurance",{"id":146,"text":147},"other","Translation, agent and the rest",{"id":149,"text":150},"moving-in","Moving in, and the date charges start",{"services":152,"lexikon":153},[44,45],[75,77,49],{"slug":155,"title":156,"metaTitle":157,"metaDescription":158,"excerpt":159,"toc":160,"updated":41,"related":175},"energinio-naudingumo-sertifikatas","Energy performance certificate","Energy performance certificate: what it tells you","The energy performance certificate in Lithuania: when it is mandatory, what the class means, how a building certificate differs from a flat one, and what it cannot tell you.","One of the few documents about a flat produced by an independent expert to a single method. It lets you compare two flats — and it will not tell you what your heating will cost.",[161,163,166,169,172],{"id":86,"text":162},"What the certificate measures",{"id":164,"text":165},"when-required","When it is required",{"id":167,"text":168},"the-class","What the class means",{"id":170,"text":171},"building-or-flat","A building certificate and a flat certificate",{"id":173,"text":174},"limits","What it cannot tell you",{"services":176,"lexikon":177},[44,45],[178,20,47],"pridavimo-aktas",{"slug":47,"title":180,"metaTitle":181,"metaDescription":182,"excerpt":183,"toc":184,"updated":41,"related":200},"Floor areas of a flat","Floor areas: useful, total, and the balcony question","How useful area and total area differ in Lithuania, how balconies and terraces are counted, and why the area in a contract can differ from the one in the cadastre.","One flat carries several different areas at the same time, and all of them are correct — they are simply measured by different rules. Until you know which figure is quoted, two flats cannot be compared.",[185,188,191,194,197],{"id":186,"text":187},"why-several","Why there is more than one area",{"id":189,"text":190},"useful","Useful area",{"id":192,"text":193},"total","Total area and the share of common premises",{"id":195,"text":196},"balconies","Balconies, loggias, terraces",{"id":198,"text":199},"contract","What to pin down in the contract",{"services":201,"lexikon":202},[44,45],[79,76,203],"sandeliukai-ir-parkavimas",{"slug":48,"title":205,"metaTitle":206,"metaDescription":207,"excerpt":208,"toc":209,"updated":41,"related":225},"Guarantee for construction defects","Construction defects: guarantee periods and who answers","Guarantee periods for construction work in Lithuania: visible versus hidden defects, who the claim goes to, how to write it, and what happens with common parts of the building.","Responsibility does not end when the keys change hands. Statutory guarantee periods apply to construction work, which means part of what appears later is the builder's problem rather than the owner's.",[210,213,216,219,222],{"id":211,"text":212},"what-protects","What protects a buyer after handover",{"id":214,"text":215},"periods","Guarantee periods and when they start",{"id":217,"text":218},"addressee","Who the claim goes to",{"id":220,"text":221},"how-to-claim","How to make the claim",{"id":223,"text":224},"common-parts","Common parts of the building",{"services":226,"lexikon":227},[44,45],[178,20,103],{"slug":178,"title":229,"metaTitle":230,"metaDescription":231,"excerpt":232,"toc":233,"updated":41,"related":249},"Handover record","Handover record: the day you get the keys","The flat handover record in Lithuania: what to inspect, how to write a defect list that holds up, meter readings, keys, and the date your charges start running.","Signing at the notary and receiving the keys are two separate events. The second is recorded in a short document, and that document later decides whose problem every small fault is.",[234,237,240,243,246],{"id":235,"text":236},"what-it-does","What the record does",{"id":238,"text":239},"what-to-bring","What to bring to the inspection",{"id":241,"text":242},"what-to-check","What to check in the flat",{"id":244,"text":245},"defect-list","Writing a defect list that holds up",{"id":247,"text":248},"meters-keys","Meters, keys, and when charges start",{"services":250,"lexikon":251},[44,45],[48,47,20],{"slug":77,"title":253,"metaTitle":254,"metaDescription":255,"excerpt":256,"toc":257,"updated":41,"related":273},"Mortgage and credit","Mortgage and credit: how the sequence works in Lithuania","Buying a Lithuanian flat with credit: the two bank decisions, the valuation, the statutory reflection period, the notarial mortgage deed, and what usually blocks a purchase.","A bank decides about the borrower and about the flat, separately. Until both decisions exist, every date in the purchase is a forecast — which is why the deadlines are set backwards from the bank's last step.",[258,261,264,267,270],{"id":259,"text":260},"two-decisions","Two decisions, not one",{"id":262,"text":263},"valuation","The valuation",{"id":265,"text":266},"not-the-bank","Terms the bank does not set",{"id":268,"text":269},"at-the-notary","The mortgage deed at the notary",{"id":271,"text":272},"blockers","What usually blocks the purchase",{"services":274,"lexikon":275},[44,45],[130,75,105],{"slug":103,"title":277,"metaTitle":278,"metaDescription":279,"excerpt":280,"toc":281,"updated":41,"related":297},"Preliminary agreement in Lithuania","Preliminary agreement: the contract that decides the purchase","The preliminary purchase agreement for a Lithuanian flat: why it is in writing, what belongs in it, what follows a refusal to sign, and the special rule for an unbuilt home.","A promise to buy, not a purchase. Nothing changes hands, yet almost every later disagreement is settled by this text — which is why it is the cheapest document to have checked and the most expensive one to rush.",[282,285,288,291,294],{"id":283,"text":284},"promise","A promise, not a sale",{"id":286,"text":287},"written-form","Written form, and why notarial form is not needed yet",{"id":289,"text":290},"contents","What the agreement has to fix",{"id":292,"text":293},"if-nobody-signs","When the main contract never happens",{"id":295,"text":296},"unbuilt","An unbuilt flat: a rule of its own",{"services":298,"lexikon":299},[44,45],[300,75,77],"rezervavimo-sutartis",{"slug":49,"title":302,"metaTitle":303,"metaDescription":304,"excerpt":305,"toc":306,"updated":41,"related":322},"Property taxes in Lithuania","Property taxes on a flat in Lithuania: what is paid when","The taxes around a Lithuanian flat: real property tax and land tax, VAT inside a new-build price, income tax on a sale, and tax on rental income — mechanics, not stale figures.","The taxes around a flat are not one tax but several obligations arising at different moments. This article describes how each works and which statute sets the rate you need to look up.",[307,310,313,316,319],{"id":308,"text":309},"on-purchase","At purchase: what is inside the price",{"id":311,"text":312},"while-owning","While you own it: the annual taxes",{"id":314,"text":315},"the-land","The land under the building",{"id":317,"text":318},"on-selling","On selling: income tax",{"id":320,"text":321},"on-letting","On letting it out",{"services":323,"lexikon":324},[44,45],[130,76,20],{"slug":76,"title":326,"metaTitle":327,"metaDescription":328,"excerpt":329,"toc":330,"updated":41,"related":345},"Register extract (Registrų centras)","Register extract: what it tells you about a flat","The Lithuanian Real Property Register extract: owner, restrictions and cadastral data, how to order one yourself, and what the extract does not tell you.","The one document that describes the flat in the state's words rather than the seller's. It shows the owner, every restriction and the official data — and anyone can order it without asking the seller.",[331,333,336,339,342],{"id":86,"text":332},"What the extract is",{"id":334,"text":335},"what-to-read","The lines that matter",{"id":337,"text":338},"register-cadastre","Register and cadastre are two different things",{"id":340,"text":341},"how-to-order","Ordering one yourself",{"id":343,"text":344},"silent-on","What the extract is silent about",{"services":346,"lexikon":347},[44,45],[105,79,75],{"slug":300,"title":349,"metaTitle":350,"metaDescription":351,"excerpt":352,"toc":353,"updated":41,"related":369},"Reservation agreement in Lithuania","Reservation agreement: what it holds and what it does not","What a reservation agreement for a Lithuanian flat actually commits you to, how a reservation fee differs from an advance and from a deposit, and what happens when the term runs out.","The reservation is the first paper anyone signs about a specific flat, and usually the only one signed without reading to the end. It buys time, not property: nothing moves in the register at this stage.",[354,357,360,363,366],{"id":355,"text":356},"what-it-buys","What you are actually buying",{"id":358,"text":359},"six-points","Six points the document has to settle",{"id":361,"text":362},"the-money","Reservation fee, advance, deposit",{"id":364,"text":365},"the-term","The term, and the day after it",{"id":367,"text":368},"expectations","What a reservation will not do for you",{"services":370,"lexikon":371},[44,45],[103,76,130],{"slug":203,"title":373,"metaTitle":374,"metaDescription":375,"excerpt":376,"toc":377,"updated":41,"related":393},"Storage rooms and parking","Storage room and parking space: whose exactly","Whether a storage room or parking space in Lithuania is part of the flat, a separate object or a share of common premises — and why that changes price, tax and resale.","A storage room and a parking space can be set up in three entirely different legal ways. Which one applies decides whether they can be sold separately, who pays for them, and what the register shows.",[378,381,384,387,390],{"id":379,"text":380},"three-ways","Three different legal arrangements",{"id":382,"text":383},"separate","A separate object",{"id":385,"text":386},"share","A share of larger premises",{"id":388,"text":389},"allocated","Allocated use of common property",{"id":391,"text":392},"checks","What to check, in the contract and on site",{"services":394,"lexikon":395},[44,45],[76,47,20],{"slug":75,"title":397,"metaTitle":398,"metaDescription":399,"excerpt":400,"toc":401,"updated":41,"related":416},"The notarial act","The notarial act: how signing day runs in Lithuania","What a Lithuanian notary checks before certifying a flat purchase, how signing day runs, when an interpreter is required, and how the notary's deposit account works.","A flat in Lithuania changes hands in notarial form. The notary is not a witness with a stamp: the office queries the registers itself, answers for the legality of what it certifies, and explains the deed to both sides.",[402,405,408,411,414],{"id":403,"text":404},"why-notary","Why there is no purchase without a notary",{"id":406,"text":407},"the-checklist","What the notary verifies",{"id":409,"text":410},"the-day","How signing day runs",{"id":412,"text":413},"language","Language, interpreter, representative",{"id":361,"text":415},"Money: the deposit account and the risky gap",{"services":417,"lexikon":418},[44,45],[76,103,130],1791227408523]