On the 28th June 2013, Spanish Government approved a modification of the horizontal property law. Many things have changed but not many people are aware that one of […]
According to HPL (Horizontal Property Law), the budget of a community is shared among all the owners according to the quota coefficients, which it is a percentage on the […]
Many owners go to the administration office asking for an EGM because they consider there is an important issue to be discussed. In many cases, these owners have problems […]
Although it is not expressly mentioned in the horizontal property law that the president is the one with the faculties to chair the meeting, this is commonly accepted in […]
Not many people know that before starting legal actions against the debtor, it is necessary to have a general meeting to approve the amount owed, so some owners take advantage […]
Anyone buying a property in Spain knows or soon finds out that they have to pay rates to their town hall and usually fees to their community. The surprise […]
Nowadays many neighbours in communities have a dog. Most of them cause no problems to the rest of the owners but, unfortunately dogs could be a nightmare for the […]
Community agreements are compulsory for the owners but the horizontal property law says that some agreements should be registered in the Registry Office to be obligatory to the new owners […]
Unfortunately, not everybody is respectful with other’s rights. This is especially frequent when living in a community. In some cases, it is just a consequence of mixing cultures; in others […]
Many people are astonished when the administrator says that there are no statutes in the community. Nevertheless, this is very common in Spain. In fact, the Horizontal Property Law ( […]