Apartment renovation in Ogre - for Jaunogre apartment buildings and old summer houses

The Jaunogre neighbourhood and summer houses since 1875

About two thirds of Ogre's residents now live in the Jaunogre housing estate. In a Soviet-era block, the questions for an apartment renovation can be the bathroom, the kitchen, pipes and wires, and the common-property risers. The year of construction and the type of building cannot be seen from the address alone, so write them in the request.

The other side of Ogre is older. From 1875 summer houses were built intensively in Ogre, and by the First World War there were about 300 of them. During the war Ogre was near the front, and artillery shells almost entirely destroyed the town's buildings, so you cannot determine a house's age by its appearance alone; if you know the year of construction, write it in the request. When a summer house built for the season is turned into a house for the whole year, the heating, bathroom, kitchen, electrical wiring and floors can change. Then the job is closer to a private house renovation than an apartment renovation. See summer house renovation in Ogre and private house renovation.

The Daugava, the Ogre river, the A6 and the railway: what to state in the request

Ogre stretches along the Daugava and the Ogre river, and the A6 and the Riga-Daugavpils railway link it with Riga. The linear structure and the railway create different access routes in the northern and southern parts of the town, so write the exact address.

• type of building or year of construction and number of floors;
• floor and whether the building has a lift;
• apartment area in m² and number of rooms;
• which rooms to renovate and whether the bathroom and toilet are together;
• whether you will change risers or move walls;
• the condition of each room.

If you are renovating a summer house or detached house, also write whether the house has water, sewerage and heating, how many floors it has and which rooms you use in winter. This shows whether the job is finishing or a larger reconstruction.

A bathroom in a Jaunogre apartment building

Bathroom renovation (the whole job) includes demolishing the old tiles and plumbing, waterproofing, tiling and installing plumbing. The manufacturer of Ceresit CL 51 recommends at least two coats with a 0.5 mm dry layer and waterproofing tape at all wall and floor joints, with collars at pipes and drains. For the grout Ceresit CE 40 the manufacturer states that it withstands water load after 24 hours and reaches full strength after 5 days.

In a multi-storey building the bathroom riser is common property. If it is changed, the association's consent and agreement with the building manager are needed, and an access hatch is left in the finish. The bathroom is ventilated through a natural exhaust duct; keep its grille clear. See bathroom renovation in Ogre, combined bathroom renovation and who pays for risers.

Kitchen and room in one space

If the kitchen is small, you may want to combine it with a room. Demolishing a non-load-bearing wall is a simplified renovation: before the work, a construction notice is submitted in BIS with a room group plan and explication prepared by a construction company or construction specialist. An opening in a load-bearing wall is a simplified reconstruction, which needs an explanatory memorandum, the structural solution for the opening, an assessment of the impact on the strength of the building and, if the building is divided into apartment properties, the consent of more than half of the apartment owners.

Approval of reconstruction in Ogre is handled by the Ogre Municipality building board, and the documents are submitted in BIS. See kitchen with a room in Ogre and kitchen renovation in Ogre.

Protected development: the centre, the park summer houses and Krasta iela

Since 2017 Ogre has had a local plan for protected development areas: the 1920s and 1930s development of the town centre and the development of the summer house colony of Ogre park. If your house or apartment is in one of these areas and the renovation changes the outside of the building, for example the windows, external doors or facade finish, find out the requirements from the Ogre Municipality building board before the work. In a building that is not a cultural monument, painting walls, wallpaper and the floor covering inside rooms are interior work, for which no construction intent documents are needed.

The residential buildings at Krasta iela 9 and 11 are architectural monuments of local significance, in which the facades, roof covering and fillings of openings, that is, windows and doors, must also be preserved. In July 2026 the Ogre People's House (Tautas nams) at Rīgas iela 15, built in 1927-1928, became an architectural monument of regional significance with a 100 m protection zone. If the house is in this zone, ask the building board first about changing the facade or windows too. See approval of replanning and does a renovation need a permit.

If the neighbours upstairs flooded the apartment

In a multi-storey building water can come from the apartment above. An apartment owner is liable for damage caused to others, and everyone must compensate the damage they have caused by their action or inaction. Before the renovation, ask the building manager in writing for an inspection and a report, and keep photos of the damage, estimates and invoices. Read renovation after flooding and neighbours flooded the apartment.

Prices in Ogre

• Bathroom renovation (the whole job): from €3,000
• Cosmetic renovation: from €100/m² of apartment area
• Demolition of old tiles: from €9/m²
• Plasterboard partition wall: from €12/m²

Demolition of old tiles in a bathroom: from €9/m², followed by waterproofing and tiling. If the bathroom and toilet are combined or the kitchen is separated by a new wall, a plasterboard partition is calculated by its area, with insulation, skimming and painting separately.

Prices are for labour. Materials are calculated separately in the estimate. Example after flooding: a 15 m² room with 40 m² of wall, skimming 40 × €10 = €400 and painting 40 × €4 = €160, together from €560 (labour). The total is affected by the area and the number of rooms, the condition of the walls and the chosen finish. An exact estimate can be made after seeing the apartment. For rubble removal, see buvgruzuizvesanariga.lv.