Notes From the Studio
What a Turnkey Design Project Includes, in What Order, and Why Site Supervision Pays Off
What you actually buy when you order a design project: the five parts of the package in the order they are made, what site supervision is for, and…
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Why Pay for a Design Project When It Already Looks Fine
A photograph shows how a room looks. It tells you nothing about how it works. Which jobs get expensive once the finishes are on, the mistakes that turn…
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Legalization of Illegal Buildings in Montenegro
Many old houses in Montenegro exist but have no papers. The 2025 law gives a real path to fix the status, but the clock runs.
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Reconstruct or Build New?
Most buyers settle this question emotionally, in the first ten minutes on the plot, and then spend three months assembling arguments for the answer they already chose. Five…
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Running a Build in Montenegro From Another Country
A house takes somewhere between twelve and twenty-four months. You will be on site for perhaps three weeks of that. The build does not pause between your flights…
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What Drives the Cost of Building a Villa in Montenegro
Every enquiry starts with the same question: what does it cost per square metre? It is the fastest route to a number that turns out to be wrong.…
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Kotor and UNESCO: Building Rules in Protected Zones
If your house stands in Boka Bay, normal reconstruction rules do not apply. UNESCO protection adds one more filter, and since 2026 a pause applies.
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UTU in Montenegro: What You Can Build on Your Plot
UTU sets what you can build on your plot in Montenegro. Here is how to read it, line by line.
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Reconstruction or Adaptation in Montenegro
Repair or reconstruction? In Montenegro the law draws a clear line. Here is where it runs and why old stone almost always means reconstruction.
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