The expert called the consequences of not signing an additional agreement on postponing the date of transfer of housing

If the developer postpones the deadline for signing the act of acceptance and transfer of the apartment, the developer must offer the shareholder an additional agreement on postponing the date of transfer of housing. At the same time, the buyer is not required to sign it, Valery Tumin, director of the Russian and CIS markets at fam Properties, told Izvestia.

"If you refused to sign the postponement document, this is your legal right. The developer cannot force you to do this. However, this does not mean that the house will be completed faster — the transfers will happen anyway. The main difference is that if you refuse to sign, you still have the right to claim damages. Even under the moratorium on penalties, you could recover the actual cost of rental housing and other direct losses caused by the delay," Tumin explained.

According to him, if the shareholder signed an additional agreement, then he agreed to the new terms and lost the opportunity to claim compensation for the period between the original term and the date in the document.

The developer is obliged to notify the shareholder no later than two months in advance about the postponement of the signing of the act of acceptance and transfer of the apartment.

For more information, see the Izvestia article "New rules for renting and accepting housing from a developer: what will change in 2026."

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