ILLEGAL MEASURES FOR THE COLLECTION OF COMMUNITY FEES
When an owner is enjoying all the services of the community without paying for them, it is common for the other neighbours to force the president or the administration to […]
CAN YOU CHANGE THE USE OR YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IN A COMMUNITY?
When the developer is building an urbanization or block of flats, there will be in the horizontal division deeds a full description of all of the private properties to be […]
TIMETABLE TO DO THE WORKS IN COMMUNITIES
Thousands of community´s apartments are owned by foreigners that only use them for summer holidays to enjoy a time of relax in their apartments, while others use this time in […]
WHO SHOULD RESOLVE THE WATER LEAKS PROBLEMS IN COMMUNITIES
Needless to say that this part of Spain is prepared for the Sun but not for the rain, so many buildings suffer from water leaks and damp in the ceilings, […]
CAN AN OWNER DEFEND IN COURT THE COMMUNITY INTERESTS?
Some people think that the community is the only one to defend itself in court but, in fact, community owners are also entitled to defend the community interest in […]
COMMUNITIES LACKING A MASTER DEEDS
In most communities where there is a deed of horizontal division granted by the developer, this deed is what should be considered as the constitutive title or master deeds of […]
COMMON ELEMENTS IN A COMMUNITY
The Article 396 of the Civil Code indicates that the common elements of a community are: “…all those necessary for its proper use and enjoyment, such as the ground, flight, […]
REVOCATION OF PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS
Theoretically, the community is free to decide in the way it wants with some limits indicate in the Art. 1.255 of the Civil Code: a) The agreement cannot breach […]
CAN A COMMUNITY IMPOSE FINES TO THE NEIGHBOURS?
The new touristic apartment has revitalized the eternal discussion about what to do in cases of misbehavior in the communities. There is no doubt that short rents to young people […]
CAN YOU AVOID THE PAYMENT OF MANCOMUNITY FEES?
It is quite common that a community belong to a mancomunity and has to pay mancomunity fees. In fact, most of urbanization are composed of a group of communities and […]