It Started with a Wall
A few years ago, a renovation project in a Rzeszów apartment block turned complicated in a way that felt entirely avoidable. Not because the work was technically difficult, but because the regulatory picture — what needed approval, who had the authority to object, what the building's original plans actually showed — was genuinely unclear to everyone involved. Unclear, not unknowable.
The information existed. It was in the Prawo budowlane, in ministerial regulations, in the Ustawa o własności lokali. It was at the starostwo, in documents the public has a right to access. The problem was not a lack of information. It was the gap between where the information lived and how it was written versus what a person planning a renovation actually needed to understand.
The information was there. It just wasn't written for the person who needed it most.
What This Portal Is — and Is Not
Nafika is not a construction firm, a legal practice, or an architectural consultancy. It does not offer advice, does not take on projects, and does not make recommendations about specific situations. Those things require professional qualifications and professional accountability that this portal does not carry.
What it does offer is a careful, honest reading of publicly available Polish building codes — organized around the questions that come up most often when someone is planning apartment renovation work. The goal is to help people arrive at professional consultations already informed, or to recognize clearly when a professional consultation is necessary at all.
A Note on Accuracy
Polish building law changes. The Prawo budowlane has been amended repeatedly, and interpretations at the local administrative level can vary. Every effort is made to keep the information on this portal current, but it should always be cross-referenced with the most recent version of the relevant legislation. Where there is genuine ambiguity in the law, that ambiguity is noted rather than papered over.
The portal covers the Rzeszów region and Polish national law. Local municipal bylaws — particularly around noise and working hours — can differ from city to city, and the guides note where this variation is likely to matter.