Management of communities of properties (comunidad de propietarios) in Spain and around the world is always a tricky task. There are always owners who will not agree or fail to agree with their part of the responsibilities of paying community charges. This in
Is electronic notification legally acceptable? Read More »
As Telefonica announces to offer free internet calls throug O2, its UK operation, it amazes me why it has left its home market in search of others. Shouldn’t be concentrating on providing a service in Spain? First of all let’s look at the growth of intenret connection and use in Spain over the last decade.
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I read the following remark about wine, in the book of “The teachings of Zoroaster, and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion” published in 1913. Wine has been the source of delight and inspiration, from khayam to Hafiz, their work is filled with peoms of love, wine and the soul.
Wine, a source of inspiration and delight. Was discovered by King Jamshid. Read More »
All property owners in a community are responsible for contributing towards the communal maintenance, up keeping and repairs of their urbanization. Unfortunately the number of such debtors and unpaid community fees are
Recovering unpaid Community charges Read More »
I was inundated with emails this morning about issues with the Data Protection and Privacy policy of our program OCM. The biggest scare was as Facebook faces regulatory scrutiny over its handling of personal information after objections to the Irish data
Is it safe or legal to have your community web page on facebook? Read More »
In Spain, a community of owner or (Comunidad de Propietarios) is covered by law in article 396 of the Civil Act, where these type of properties are by character known as Horizontal Properties or (Propiedad Horizontal). Horizontal Property in particular is
What is a community of owners? Que es una comunidad de propietarios Read More »
Just received the book from Felix Jordan a Spanish lawyer has put together one of the best books from facts to court case ruling about communities and the horizontal property of law in Spain. It is a must read book for all presidents and community members.
A must book for All presidents: Commonhold Law in Spain Read More »
In the course of the past 18 months, the price per kw of electricity has gone up over 20%. While many owners have taken advantage of the several deals available from Endesa or other companies, including installations of ICPs, most communities have not.
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As of the beginning of this summer (1 July 2011), presidents of communities can get a mortgage for their community. Up until now the law required that any mortgage that was taken out by a community required the signature of all the owners.
Community repairs? Now you can get a mortgage Read More »
The global trend in property as towns grow, has turned many villas or individual houses into apartment blocks of all sizes; and many farming lands are converted into larger urbanizations housing private villas. Many of these apartment blocks are no more than 4 to 10 owners and vary from 2 to 5 floors. In Spain
How to setup a Comunidad de Propietarios (Community of Property Owners). Read More »
