Want to buy a house in Gliwice? Here are some valuable tips
Text from 2019. Laws, rates and prices may have changed since then. Ask an agent
Want to buy a house in Gliwice? Be sure to read our tips, so that you can choose the location that suits you best.
The property market in Gliwice
The property market in Gliwice is quite large; on online portals there are more than 220 listings of houses for sale. As for house prices compared with other cities of the agglomeration, the average price per sq m is around 3,500 PLN; compared with Zabrze at 3,200 PLN/sq m and Katowice at nearly 3,800 PLN, this puts Gliwice in the middle of the range. The most expensive houses are in districts such as Kopernik and in the southern districts of Trynek or Sikornik, where prices approach 4,000 PLN per sq m.
Safety in the districts of Gliwice
According to statistics from the District Police Headquarters, in terms of the number of crimes committed the most dangerous district is Śródmieście. In second place is Zatorze, followed by Szobiszowice and Sośnica. In addition, if we calculated the number of crimes per resident in a given district, the areas of Ligota Zabrska and Trynek would join the four mentioned. On the other hand, Wilcze Gardło and Ostropa are the safest districts of Gliwice, where people ended up in police records least often.
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The city's road network
If we consider the road network, Gliwice is one of the best-connected cities in Poland. Of course, choosing the right location for a house should take into account the ease of reaching the most important places of the region as well as access to the major through roads. Two motorways, the A1 and the A4, cross Gliwice, and at their junction lies the largest road interchange in Poland – Gliwice Sośnica. In addition, a section of the Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa (Central Route), which links Katowice with Gliwice, was recently opened.
Of course, these are only a few of the aspects that can be taken into account when sorting listings of flats for sale or houses for sale in Gliwice. Naturally, what matters most is availability, the ratio of price to the value of the property, and the buyer's individual preferences. However, it is worth analysing the above topics more closely so that the choice is as advantageous as possible.
