Apartment replanning in Riga - walls, openings and documents
Apartment replanning in Riga and the Riga region means changing the layout of the rooms: demolishing a partition wall, making a new door opening, combining a kitchen with a room or a bathroom with a toilet. This work is usually not just a renovation, so before starting you need to find out which document is required and whether the wall is load-bearing. Demolition of walls costs from €6/m²; replanning documents and approval are by estimate.
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What apartment replanning is and when the law applies
The regulations have no type of construction called “room group replanning”. The type of work is chosen by its content, and a designer can recommend the most suitable one. The document route is one of three: simplified renovation (non-load-bearing structures), simplified reconstruction (an opening in a load-bearing wall) or another reconstruction, for which a building design is prepared.
Non-load-bearing partitions are part of the apartment owner's property. Load-bearing walls, walls between apartments, floor slabs and the building's services are the common property of the apartment owners. If the work affects common property, the association's consent is needed; if it affects another apartment, that owner's consent is needed.
Law on Residential Properties, Sections 3, 4 and 11; Cabinet Regulation No. 529 of 02.09.2014 (“Ēku būvnoteikumi”, Building Construction Regulations); e-consultation on LV portāls of 13.09.2024 on choosing the type of construction. Checked 11.11.2026.
Replanning work: which page to see
Approval of apartment reconstruction: which document is needed (construction notice, explanatory memorandum or building design), how it is submitted in the BIS, who has to agree and what happens if the reconstruction is not approved.
Wall demolition in an apartment: how to tell a partition from a load-bearing wall, which documents are needed in each case and how the demolition goes.
Making a door opening: a new opening in a partition or a load-bearing wall, when a structural engineer and the association's consent are needed, and installing the door afterwards.
Combining a kitchen with a room: the wall between the kitchen and a room, the gas hob and ventilation, floors and electrics in the combined room.
Combining a bathroom and a toilet: demolishing the partition in a bathroom and toilet, risers, ventilation ducts and waterproofing in one room.
Work, when it is needed and prices
| Work | When it is needed | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Demolition of walls, floors and finishes | When demolishing a partition or preparing rooms | from €6/m² |
| Plasterboard partition wall | A new wall in another place or dividing a room | from €12/m² |
| Interior door installation | After making a new opening | from €100 per door |
| Plastering walls | Edges of the opening and wall joints after demolition | from €8/m² |
| Floor levelling, pour or screed | Where there was a wall, the floor level has to be joined | from €6.50/m² |
| Replanning documents and approval | Before the work starts | price by estimate |
Which documents are needed for replanning
- Demolishing a non-load-bearing wall when combining rooms: according to the Riga municipality, an architect prepares a plan, and a construction notice is submitted in the BIS as a simplified renovation.
- An opening in a load-bearing wall: simplified reconstruction with an explanatory memorandum, the solution of an architect and a structural engineer, and an assessment of the effect on the strength of the building.
- Other cases that do not fall under these types: a building design of minimum composition and a building permit.
- The certification card has no longer been used for new work since 01.03.2022; now a notice or an explanatory memorandum is used.
In Riga, the functions of the building board have been performed since 01.09.2021 by the City Development Department (Pilsētas attīstības departaments), formerly the Riga City Building Board. Since December 2025 the department's Architecture Division has been checking BIS notices more closely and cancelling those that do not comply. If approval is needed, write that in the request.
Cabinet Regulation No. 529, paragraphs 7.¹, 7.² and 7.³, and paragraph 232; answers of the Riga municipality on LV portāls of 04.12.2025 and 04.02.2026. Checked 11.11.2026.
How much does apartment replanning cost?
The cost of apartment replanning has two parts: the documents and the work itself. The price of the documents is determined by whether the work affects load-bearing structures, which document is needed (construction notice or explanatory memorandum) and whether a structural engineer's opinion is needed. Prices of the work: demolition from €6/m², plasterboard partition wall from €12/m², interior door installation from €100 per door. Prices are for labour. Materials are calculated separately in the estimate. Construction waste removal is not part of the renovation estimate.
Example: a new plasterboard partition 3 m long and 2.6 m high is 7.8 m², work 7.8 m² × €12 = from €93.60. Insulation, skimming and painting are separate lines. The price is also affected by the apartment area in m² and the number of rooms, the condition of the walls, floors and ceilings and the chosen finish.
What this work includes
- Demolition of partitions and finishes
- Building new partitions from plasterboard
- Plastering the edges of openings, joining the floor, installing doors
What is calculated separately
- Preparing and approving the documents (a separate line in the estimate)
- A structural engineer's survey and calculations for an opening in a load-bearing wall
- Materials and doors
What to write in the request
The address, apartment area in m², building series or year of construction, which rooms you want to change and how. Describe the wall you want to demolish or make an opening in; you can send the apartment plan (for example from the cadastral survey file) and photos to the specialist when they contact you. After the work, owners update the cadastral survey file, so the plan will be useful later too.
Main prices
| Renovation types | from €100 |
|---|---|
| Room renovation | from €3,000 |
| Renovation work | from €24 |
| Renovation by building series | from €280 |
| Apartment replanning | from €12 |
| Renovation for your situation | from €100 |
| Private house interiors | from €280 |
| Business premises | from €100 |
Prices are for labour. Materials are calculated separately in the estimate.
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Frequently asked questions
Are documents always needed for replanning?
If only the finish is changed, for example walls are painted or the floor covering is replaced, documents are not needed. If a wall is demolished or an opening is made, at least a construction notice is needed, and for an opening in a load-bearing wall an explanatory memorandum.
How do I find out whether a wall is load-bearing?
From the building's design documents and the assessment of a structural engineer. The name of the series gives only a direction, because plans differ within one series.
Do the neighbours have to agree to replanning?
If the non-load-bearing wall to be demolished separates two apartments, the owners of both apartments agree. An opening in a load-bearing wall needs the consent of more than half of the apartment owners. If the work does not affect common property or other apartments, the approval of other owners is not needed.
What happens if replanning is not approved?
A building inspector can stop the work, and the authority decides on restoring the previous condition or legalising it. For work without an explanatory memorandum where one is needed, a private individual can be fined up to €2,000. More detail on the page apartment replanning without approval.
How quickly will you answer a replanning request?
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Tell us about the apartment
A specialist will contact you within 5 minutes to confirm the work and the estimate.
Request
Fill in the form: name, phone, address and briefly what needs renovating.
Contact within 5 minutes
A specialist confirms the work, the floor area and when you need it.
Visit and estimate
An exact estimate can be made after seeing the apartment: work, area, materials separately.
The price before the job
We agree the price and the list of work before the job starts, in Riga and the Riga region.