Land assets · Southern Russia · since 2018
We find plots in Southern Russia, clear the legal restrictions on them, change the land category and permitted use, and bring the asset to market in a state where a sale can close.
| Attribute | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Land category | Agricultural | Settlement land |
| Permitted use | Agricultural production | Low-rise housing |
| Layout | 12.4 ha, single tract | 85 plots of 800–1,400 m² |
| Utilities and access | None | Gas, power, road |
| Market value | ≈ RUB 18m | ≈ RUB 96m |
Illustrative example. The figures exclude the cost of boundary surveying, roads and utility connections. Not an offer: the outcome on any given plot depends on the planning documents in force and on decisions by the authorities.
Services
We agree our role before work starts and set it out in the contract, along with how costs, liability and proceeds are split.
Own capital
We buy the plot with our own money, run the full cycle from title checks to utility connections, and bring a build-ready asset to market.
Who it's for: buyers of build-ready plots, developers
Under contract
We look for a plot that matches your project parameters: building footprint, floor area and density targets, transport access, land category and permitted use. We run the deal through to title registration.
Who it's for: developers, retail and logistics chains
Partnership
We join a project alongside the landowner or an industry partner. Each side's contribution, how decisions get made and how the proceeds are divided are set out in the contract before any money is spent.
Who it's for: landowners, industry investors
The process
A first pass using the public cadastral map and the Unified State Register of Real Estate (USRN): land category, permitted use, protection zones, red lines (public right-of-way boundaries), and whether the plot conforms to the master plan and to the local land use and development rules (local zoning).
USRN extract
The full chain of title, encumbrances and attachments, easements, third-party rights, litigation, the seller's financial position, and the risk of the sale being unwound in bankruptcy proceedings.
Legal opinion
The form of the sale and of payment, a letter of credit or a notary's deposit, a preliminary contract with conditions precedent, the size of the earnest money deposit and what happens to it, and how either side exits if a condition is not met.
Contract and payment structure
Land reclassification, change of permitted use, splitting or merging plots, boundary surveying and cadastral registration, obtaining utility connection terms, and formalising road access.
Reclassification order, connection terms
Selling as a single lot or in parts, taking an equity stake in the project, or handing the plot to the buyer with a complete document set and support through to title registration.
Title transfer registered
Geography
Land law is the same across the country, but the decisions are made locally. How long a category change takes, how readily a change of permitted use is granted, and what a boundary survey has to show all differ noticeably between neighbouring municipalities.
Aksaysky · Myasnikovsky · Azovsky · Oktyabrsky
Our home region: we know the approval practice here down to the specific timescales.
Dinskoy · Seversky · Abinsky · Krymsky
The Krasnodar suburbs and the approach to the coast: dense development sits alongside extensive protection zones.
Takhtamukaysky · Teuchezhsky
Krasnodar's neighbour across the Kuban River: developer demand at a lower base land price.
Simferopolsky · Bakhchisaraysky
Title documents drawn up before 2014 are checked under a separate procedure.
Predgorny · Mineralovodsky · Shpakovsky
The Caucasian Mineral Waters area: health-resort sanitary protection zones need a separate check before any deal.
Chegemsky · Baksansky
The foothills and the approach to Elbrus: a noticeable share of the land is restricted in circulation, so we look at each plot on its own.
Prikubansky · Malokarachayevsky
Land next to resort areas: we check it against the boundaries of specially protected natural areas.
Prigorodny · Alagirsky
The Vladikavkaz suburbs: particular attention to the boundaries of forest fund land.
Derbentsky · Karabudakhkentsky
The Caspian coast: stricter requirements for the water protection zone and the coastal protective strip.
Risks
None of them shows up in the sale listing. We check all six before the earnest money deposit is paid.
A gas pipeline, a power line, a water protection strip or a roadside strip. Building is prohibited, and the USRN extract does not always show it.
We request the record of zones with special land use conditions and check it against the master plan before the earnest money deposit is paid.
The plot is advertised as development land, while its permitted use allows only agricultural production or storage.
We assess how long a change of permitted use would take under the land use and development rules in force, and how likely it is, then write that into the terms of the deal.
A lease in force, an easement, shares belonging to minors, or heirs who have not yet taken up their inheritance.
We trace the whole chain of title, not just the latest entry in the USRN.
The sale can be unwound: the law looks back three years from the bankruptcy petition, so the risk outlives the purchase by years.
We check the seller against the commercial court records, the bankruptcy register and enforcement proceedings.
The plot is registered without coordinates, or it overlaps a neighbouring one. A dispute with the adjoining land users is close to inevitable.
We complete the boundary survey and agree the borders before the main contract is signed, not after.
There is a road on the map, but it crosses someone else's plot. Access then has to be bought or won in court as an easement.
We verify access over public land from the documents, not from a satellite image.
First step
Put the plot's cadastral number in your email. If you do not have it, an address or a link to the listing will do.