In Pilsen, the two largest residential projects of the last five years are starting

Plzeň - Two of the largest residential projects in the last five years are starting in Plzeň. In the local district of Lhota, 140 family houses and semi-detached houses will be built by the Pardubice-based CZ Stavební Holding. In the adjacent area of Valcha, the Prague-based V Invest CZ will also begin construction this year of the first 129 apartments of the new housing estate Nová Valcha, which is expected to gradually expand fivefold. This was reported by representatives of both developers to ČTK.
    "On ten hectares in Lhota Na Dolíkách, the first 28 houses are offered and there are interested buyers. People would buy more, but they have problems obtaining a mortgage,” said Lhota's mayor Jiří Schoř. According to Pavla Šimečková from CZ Stavební Holding, the project will have a building permit in November. "We have now launched the offer and there is interest,” she added. The cheapest house costs three million crowns. The Pardubice company has built nearly 400 apartments in two locations near the center of Plzeň and sold them all out.
    "We have already started pre-sales in Valcha and the interest is very decent,” said media representative of V Invest Jiří Hlinka. The developer today secured financing for the project with the Raiffeisen financial group. "The two years of intensive work on architecture, urban planning, commercial and financial aspects of the project have helped us,” said Jaroslav Vondřička from V Invest.
    The building permit is expected to be obtained during the summer and construction of Nová Valcha will start at the end of the year. The speed will depend on interest. There is demand for quality housing in Plzeň, Hlinka added. The first 129 apartments will be in villa houses, atrium, row, and solitaire villas. According to Irena Vostracká, director of the city's development and planning department, 35 hectares of the former tank range is one of the most interesting locations that offers a view of the entire city and, thanks to the sloping terrain, a diverse composition of apartments.
    The project in Lhota, according to Schoř, "has captured all the residual water in the area," and no further large construction can continue there for now. There are plans for construction on three hectares opposite the forest.
    Interest in housing in Lhota is high. However, the district needs sewage and reinforcement of the water supply. The city of Plzeň is preparing the construction of sewers costing tens of millions of crowns, and a project for a new water pipe from Valcha to Lhota is being developed for territorial decision. This project, costing eight million crowns, will be financed by CZ Stavební Holding and the city of Plzeň.
    According to Schoř, the entire southern edge of Plzeň, the area behind the dam of České údolí, is currently having water problems. Therefore, the reinforcement of water supply from the Bory housing estate through Litice to Valcha and then to Lhota is being designed.