Is it legal to build a house in a residential area?

It is illegal to build houses in residential areas.

Property refers to all kinds of houses and their supporting equipment, facilities and venues that have been built and put into use. Real estate can be large or small, a flat can be a real estate, and a building can also be used as a real estate. The same building can be divided into several real estates according to different ownership. Property includes a variety of formats, such as office buildings, commercial buildings, residential quarters, villas, industrial parks, hotels, factory warehouses and other property forms.

The responsibility of the property company itself is to exercise the property management right based on the property service agreement and the authorization of the owners' Committee, and it has no right to illegally build. For illegally built properties, the owners have the right to demand the demolition of illegally built and rebuilt buildings, restore them to their original state, or bring a lawsuit to the people's court according to law.

According to relevant laws and regulations, public buildings and facilities built according to the plan in the property management area shall not be changed. If the owners need to change the use of public buildings and facilities according to law, they shall inform the property service enterprises after handling the relevant formalities according to law; If the realty service enterprise really needs to change the use of public buildings and facilities, it shall be submitted to the owners' meeting for discussion and approval, and the owners shall go through the relevant formalities according to law.

Legal basis:

civil law

Article 285

Entrusted by the owners, the realty service enterprise or other managers shall, in accordance with the provisions of the realty service contract in Part III of this Law, manage the buildings and their ancillary facilities within the building division, accept the supervision of the owners, and promptly answer the owners' inquiries about realty service.

Property service enterprises or other managers shall implement emergency measures and other management measures implemented by the government according to law, and actively cooperate with relevant work.

property management regulations

Article 8

All owners in the property management area form the owners' meeting.

The owners' congress represents and safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of all owners in the property management activities within the property management area.

Article 9

A property management area establishes an owners' meeting.

The division of property management areas should consider facilities and equipment, building scale, community construction and other factors. Specific measures shall be formulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.