Sarıyer has one of the broadest and most varied building stocks in Istanbul: villa developments in the woods at Zekeriyaköy and Bahçeköy, listed buildings along the Bosphorus, office towers at Maslak and traditional apartment blocks in Sarıyer centre.
In villa developments the weight of the budget sits outside
In the developments around Zekeriyaköy, most of the service charge is not the building but the open space: extensive landscaping, automatic irrigation, long internal roads, external lighting and perimeter security.
Without an annual programme these harm the development twice over: skimped maintenance lowers its value, unplanned work overruns the budget. In the developments we manage we prepare an annual programme for landscaping and irrigation and put it to owners at the start of the season.
For properties on the forest edge two further items enter the calendar: fire precautions, and the more frequent clearing of roofs, gutters and downpipes that dense tree cover requires.
The recurring argument in villa developments
In developments of detached villas the objection is always the same: “I look after my own garden, so why am I paying for the communal landscaping?”
The legal answer is clear: contribution to a common area does not depend on use. But what really ends the argument is reporting the common-area cost separately from the villa gardens, line by line. Once it is visible what is shared and what is private, the objection largely disappears.
Maslak and office buildings
Along the Maslak corridor, management is built around generator redundancy, air conditioning, fire systems and round-the-clock security. Maintenance and refurbishment are planned outside office hours and inspection certificates archived in full.
Listed buildings on the Bosphorus
Along the Yeniköy, Tarabya and İstinye stretch, facade and roof work requires approval from the Regional Conservation Board. We research the permit process before any decision is taken.