What nobody explained when you took the role: meetings, minutes, fees, levies and ownership shares, in plain language.
November 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Putting a stove inside your home looks like a private matter, but the flue has to come out somewhere. What to check before you buy one and what the owners' meeting decides.
November 4, 2026 · 5 min read
Water comes up through the first-floor shower and nobody knows whose problem it is. Where the private part ends, who pays and what to do so it does not come back.
October 31, 2026 · 5 min read
Smelly bin rooms, bags on the landing and furniture by the front door. Practical ideas for organising your building's waste and recycling without arguments.
October 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Statutes come from the title deed and affect ownership; internal rules govern day-to-day life in the building. What each covers and how they get approved.
October 24, 2026 · 5 min read
An operator wants to put an antenna on your roof and offers rent. What it means for the building, what to check in the contract and why the meeting decides.
October 21, 2026 · 5 min read
What happens when a provider wants to install fibre in your building, what the community can ask for, and how to avoid cables all over the facade.
October 17, 2026 · 5 min read
The soil pipe running through a bathroom, damp coming from upstairs: how to ask for access to fix something shared without it turning into a feud.
October 14, 2026 · 5 min read
People who live there all year pay the same as those who barely use the flat. What heat cost allocators are, how the split changes and what to discuss.
October 10, 2026 · 5 min read
How to raise ramps, handrails and other accessibility work in your building: why it is treated differently, cheap fixes first, and where to look for grants.
October 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Building book, deeds, minutes, insurance, contracts and warranties: what a community should keep, why it goes missing so often and how to organise it.
October 3, 2026 · 5 min read
Noise, shared areas and costs: how much room a Spanish homeowners' association has to deal with holiday lets, and how to agree it properly in the meeting.
September 30, 2026 · 4 min read
It is always the same four people talking. Three simple mechanisms to bring the others in without making meetings longer.
September 26, 2026 · 4 min read
Scooters on the ramp, balls in the courtyard and bikes in the garage. How to sort it out without turning the building into a list of bans.
September 23, 2026 · 4 min read
You see it more and more. What the community can require, what it cannot, and why the answer is almost always in the by-laws.
September 19, 2026 · 4 min read
Fibre-cement downpipes, tanks and roofing are common in buildings from before 2002. What the law requires and why the worst mistake is cutting into it.
September 16, 2026 · 4 min read
They are in every hallway and almost never tested. Which ones are compulsory, how to test them in ten minutes and what else to look at.
September 12, 2026 · 4 min read
It is the most used common element and the least inspected. What maintenance it needs and why the risk is not financial.
September 9, 2026 · 4 min read
Splitting the water bill by ownership share means some subsidise others. What it costs to change, what majority is needed and when it pays off.
September 5, 2026 · 4 min read
Everyone talks about neighbours in arrears and nobody about communities that do not pay. What happens when the plumber comes calling, and who is liable.
September 2, 2026 · 4 min read
Without that document there is no completion. What it says exactly, who signs it, how long it takes and what happens if the seller owes money.
August 29, 2026 · 4 min read
How you close the season decides what opening it will cost. What to do in September and the mistake that gets very expensive.
August 26, 2026 · 4 min read
Commercial units are usually exempt from lift and hallway costs, but not from everything. Where it is written and what happens when the by-laws say nothing.
August 22, 2026 · 4 min read
The most frequent question in refurbishment. Where your window ends and the façade begins, and what happens if the community decides to replace them all.
August 19, 2026 · 4 min read
How a claim works, what to do when the insurer underpays, and the deadline almost nobody knows about.
August 15, 2026 · 4 min read
There are more every year and less room for them. What the community can regulate, and why charging a scooter in the storeroom is a bad idea.
August 12, 2026 · 4 min read
The terrace is for private use but the roof is common. Where the line falls, and why the community usually pays.
August 8, 2026 · 4 min read
Droppings, nests in the courtyard and allergies. Which measures are legal, which are not, and why feeding them can end in a fine.
August 5, 2026 · 4 min read
The façade belongs to everyone, and that is the problem. What you can hang, what authorisation you need, and what happens if you already fitted it.
August 1, 2026 · 5 min read
The most expensive and most argued-over works a community faces: what majority is needed, what it really costs and why the ground floor pays too.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min read
Half the building goes on holiday, but the obligations do not. The minimum to leave covered before you go.
July 26, 2026 · 5 min read
Changing chair should not mean starting from scratch. What to hand over, how to leave it tidy, and what to ask for if you are the one taking over.
July 23, 2026 · 5 min read
The most repeated conflict in any building. How the source gets determined, who pays for what, and what to do from minute one.
July 19, 2026 · 5 min read
The requests keep coming. What an owner can do alone, what the meeting has to approve, and who pays.
July 16, 2026 · 5 min read
Collective self-consumption is no longer unusual. What majority you need, how output is shared, and what to ask before signing.
July 12, 2026 · 4 min read
It is compulsory, it has a legal minimum, and most buildings keep it underfunded. What it is and why it prevents special levies.
July 9, 2026 · 4 min read
Summer fills the shared areas. What the community can regulate, how it gets approved, and why informal rules do not work.
July 5, 2026 · 5 min read
It is the most expensive contract most buildings have and the one least often reviewed. What it covers, what it does not, and where the money is.
July 2, 2026 · 5 min read
The word nobody wants to hear at a meeting. What it actually is, what majority it needs, and how to present it without starting a war.
June 28, 2026 · 5 min read
It is an ordinary, perfectly legal decision. What has to be approved, what to demand at handover, and the mistakes that leave buildings crippled.
June 25, 2026 · 5 min read
That number with decimals in your title deed decides how much you pay and how much your vote weighs. How it works and when it can be changed.
June 21, 2026 · 4 min read
Open windows, terraces in use and the complaints multiply. How far the community reach goes and where the council takes over.
June 18, 2026 · 5 min read
A resolution badly recorded is a resolution that can fall. What cannot be missing and the mistakes that repeat most.
June 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Fewer people at home, better weather and more availability. How to use it without the works dragging on until Christmas.
June 11, 2026 · 6 min read
What can actually be done when a neighbour does not pay, in what order, and what is a waste of time.
June 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Long meetings are not long because of the topics. They are long because of how they were prepared. Six decisions that change everything.
June 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Every summer a new unit appears on the facade. What the law says, what the community can require, and how to avoid the conflict.
May 31, 2026 · 5 min read
Almost no building knows what it has taken out until there is a claim. How to read the policy before you need it.
May 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Water tests, lifeguard, rules of use and liability. What to review every year before taking the cover off.
May 24, 2026 · 4 min read
The calm guide to the word that frightens a meeting most: types of levy, the majorities needed and the correct split.
May 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Real fees by building size, what they actually include, and the honest arithmetic of self-management.
May 6, 2026 · 5 min read
Simple majority, three fifths or unanimity: what Spanish horizontal property law requires for each type of resolution.
May 1, 2026 · 5 min read
The 7 elements minutes need to be valid, who signs them, and how to store them so they turn up when needed.
April 22, 2026 · 4 min read
The most important figure in your building explained without jargon: splitting costs, votes at meetings, and where to find yours.
April 16, 2026 · 6 min read
What the law requires, which tasks genuinely need covering, and how to organise so that chairing does not eat your evenings.
April 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Payroll, collective agreement, cover and retirement: the community as an employer, with real numbers.
March 26, 2026 · 3 min read
The debt certificate, the property actual liability, and what every buyer (and seller) must insist on.
March 21, 2026 · 4 min read
From the neighbour who throws parties to the bar downstairs: mediation, house rules, and the cessation action as the last card.
March 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Heirs who never appear, charges piling up, and how the community should act with respect and firmness.
March 5, 2026 · 4 min read
An enclosure alters the facade and sometimes the floor area: what the law requires, what happens with those already built, and how to order the future.
February 27, 2026 · 3 min read
Who pays, when acting is compulsory, and how to stop an infestation before it takes the building.
February 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Reasonable prevention, what to do in the first 48 hours, and the limits of what the meeting can (and cannot) do.
February 9, 2026 · 3 min read
What each owner can hang, install or enclose on 'their' bit of the facade — and what needs everyone permission.
February 4, 2026 · 3 min read
What the regulations require depending on the building, how often they are inspected, and what compliance costs.
January 26, 2026 · 3 min read
The 5% you hold back, the handover certificate, and how to claim defects without being fobbed off.
January 20, 2026 · 3 min read
Dogs in the lift, cats in the courtyard: the legal balance between neighbourly life and owners' rights.
January 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Installing CCTV without falling foul of GDPR: majorities, signage, retention periods and who gets to see the footage.
January 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Everything we have learned, distilled: the habits that separate calm communities from conflict-ridden ones.
December 27, 2025 · 4 min read
Phantom items, undefined specifications and the surprise VAT: reading a quote like a professional.
December 21, 2025 · 3 min read
Renewing letterboxes, switching to video entry, and how the cost of shared installations is split.
December 13, 2025 · 4 min read
You do not need the meeting's permission (just notice): the law, the costs and how to avoid friction with neighbours.
December 4, 2025 · 3 min read
Icy pavements, roofs that shed their load and liability for slips: what communities in cold climates should have ready.
November 29, 2025 · 3 min read
The rented flat: communication, rules, common areas and the three-way relationship between owner, tenant and community.
December 23, 2024 · 4 min read
Buildings that "have never worked as a community": the guide to starting from absolute zero.
December 16, 2024 · 3 min read
A diagnosis of why they drag on, and the concrete chairing techniques that work without giving offence.
December 10, 2024 · 3 min read
Short, specific and on time: how to write notices that genuinely inform (with before-and-after examples).
November 30, 2024 · 3 min read
What happens when 3 out of 12 owners turn up, and the tactics that genuinely fill a meeting.
November 22, 2024 · 5 min read
The 2025 reform changed the rules: express approval is now required. What can be banned, limited and charged.