Influence of Austrians, then Germans and later on Russians on Czechs and Slovaks - with Jewish flavor until the 40th - framed Central European region and its spatial planning culture in the XX century. One may say people living there supposed to be masters in transition. After almost 30 years of democracy in the CCE region there is permanent legislative uncertainty in the construction business there. This depreciates private savings and diminishes competitiveness of the country. The paper provides also an analysis of World Bank data in the filed in construction (Doing Business) which discloses the reasons of loosing relatively good starting position after the fall of Iron Curtain. Nevertheless there were and are good examples of legislative interventions which tackled the transition successfully.