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Property Risks & Safety
What to check around the flat and how not to fall for fraud.
- Rental and property scams in Latvia: how to spot them Scammers behind flat listings usually want one thing: for you to send money before you have seen the flat and the papers. Here are the common schemes and the signs that give them away.
- Kindergartens near home, schools and transport: judging the area You can renovate a flat, but not the area around it. Kindergartens near home, the school, the bus stop and the shop shape your everyday life more than kitchen tiles do.
- Flood risk map Latvia: how to check a flat's address Floods in Latvia hit specific places: riverbanks, the lower Daugava and the seacoast. A flood risk map lets you check an address in a few minutes before you buy.
- Rīga noise map: how to check noise levels at an address You often miss noise during a viewing, but you live with it every night. The Rīga noise map shows how loud it is at the building on average over the year, by day and at night.
- Building permits on a map: what will be built next door Today's park view can become a view of a nine-storey building in three years. Building permits on a map and the spatial plan show you what is planned next door before you buy.