When embarking on the execution of any work, the basic principle to be followed is quality and perfection, as our Holy Prophet said, «Allah loves if one of you does a work, he should perfect it.»

Then quality and perfection are the cornerstones.

So perfection and quality are considered an Islamic and moral rule before it is a legal rule.

So perfection and quality are considered an Islamic and moral rule before it is a legal rule.

The implementation of the huge number of ownership apartments in general and many villas in particular, and a close look reveals the low quality of the applied engineering standards, not all but most of them, and this makes the life of the housing unit much shorter if the standards are applied in the required form and quality. This means that many construction and real estate development companies do not perform engineering work in a professional and professional manner, in addition to smuggling many of them regarding post-sale guarantees with tricks and flimsy excuses that have nothing to do with reality.

It is striking that although the Kingdom is the largest country in the region in the field of real estate and construction activity, we are unfortunately the least in terms of .Apple-converted-space"> legislation and laws related to the regulation of building and construction, which in turn leads to the creation of issues and protracted court cases.

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All these issues are due to several reasons, most notably the commercial view of many of the executors of apartments and residential units (profit only), the poor quality of building materials, the lack of specialized skilled labor, the lack of activation of the Saudi Building Code, the lack of application of engineering standards on residential units by engineering offices correctly, as well as the implementation of most apartment and residential unit projects by subcontractors, and the almost complete absence of monitoring from the competent authorities...All these reasons have made the lifespan of the housing unit nowadays very short, often not exceeding the period of twenty years, while its lifespan in the past ranged between 50 to 100 years, which represents a waste of resources and a loss of the rights of citizens, especially those with limited incomes.

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The matter is extremely serious and requires concerted efforts from all relevant parties, because it is not only about providing housing units that characterized by the highest quality standards, but it goes beyond that to threaten the future of real estate and puts the relevant authorities in front of a great challenge, which requires urgent action.

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