3. When anticipating that house construction may damage neighboring works, the house owner should proactively examine the conditions of these works according to Clause 2 of this Article.
4. The house owner may reach agreement with owners of adjacent and neighboring works so that the latter may themselves examine the conditions of their works.
5. Examination results must be agreed upon by the house owner and owners of adjacent works in the witness of representatives of a commune-level People's Committee or a street resident group when necessary.
6. When owners of adjacent and neighboring works disallow the examination of their works, the house owner should report such to the commune-level People's Committee or representatives of a street resident group for requesting these owners to collaborate with the house owner in the examination. When owners of these works still do not cooperate in the examination, the house owner may design and build the house. All evidences on damage of these adjacent and neighboring works produced by their owners without having reached agreement with the house owner shall not be recognized when arises any dispute.
Article 9.
House construction designing
1. Prior to house designing, a house owner shall refer to models of built houses to set requirements for the design of his/her house, including numbers of occupants, stories and rooms, areas and functions of rooms, equipment of the work, interior arrangement and other aesthetic and technical requirements for the house.
2. Depending on its size, a house may be designed by the following organizations and individuals:
a/ When having experience of designing houses of the same size, all organizations and individuals may design houses with a total construction floor area of 250 m2 or less and two stories at most in conformity with the approved construction planning and shall take responsibility before law for the designing quality, the works' impacts on the environment and safety of neighboring works.
House owners are encouraged to hire capable organizations and individuals as prescribed at Point b of this Clause to design houses.
b/ A house with a total construction floor area of more than 250 m2 and three or more stories or a house located in a cultural heritage site or historical-cultural relic, a house to be elevated with additional stories shall