What nobody explained when you took the role: meetings, minutes, fees, levies and ownership shares, in plain language.
July 29, 2026 · 4 min de lectura
Half the building goes on holiday, but the obligations do not. The minimum to leave covered before you go.
July 26, 2026 · 5 min de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
The requests keep coming. What an owner can do alone, what the meeting has to approve, and who pays.
July 16, 2026 · 5 min de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
Water tests, lifeguard, rules of use and liability. What to review every year before taking the cover off.
May 24, 2026 · 4 min de lectura
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 de lectura
Real fees by building size, what they actually include, and the honest arithmetic of self-management.
May 6, 2026 · 5 min de lectura
Simple majority, three fifths or unanimity: what Spanish horizontal property law requires for each type of resolution.
May 1, 2026 · 5 min de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
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 de lectura
Payroll, collective agreement, cover and retirement: the community as an employer, with real numbers.
March 26, 2026 · 3 min de lectura
The debt certificate, the property actual liability, and what every buyer (and seller) must insist on.
March 21, 2026 · 4 min de lectura
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 de lectura
Heirs who never appear, charges piling up, and how the community should act with respect and firmness.
March 5, 2026 · 4 min de lectura
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 de lectura
Who pays, when acting is compulsory, and how to stop an infestation before it takes the building.
February 17, 2026 · 4 min de lectura
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 de lectura
What each owner can hang, install or enclose on 'their' bit of the facade — and what needs everyone permission.
February 4, 2026 · 3 min de lectura
What the regulations require depending on the building, how often they are inspected, and what compliance costs.
January 26, 2026 · 3 min de lectura
The 5% you hold back, the handover certificate, and how to claim defects without being fobbed off.
January 20, 2026 · 3 min de lectura
Dogs in the lift, cats in the courtyard: the legal balance between neighbourly life and owners' rights.
January 13, 2026 · 4 min de lectura
Installing CCTV without falling foul of GDPR: majorities, signage, retention periods and who gets to see the footage.
January 3, 2026 · 4 min de lectura
Everything we have learned, distilled: the habits that separate calm communities from conflict-ridden ones.
December 27, 2025 · 4 min de lectura
Phantom items, undefined specifications and the surprise VAT: reading a quote like a professional.
December 21, 2025 · 3 min de lectura
Renewing letterboxes, switching to video entry, and how the cost of shared installations is split.
December 13, 2025 · 4 min de lectura
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 de lectura
Icy pavements, roofs that shed their load and liability for slips: what communities in cold climates should have ready.
November 29, 2025 · 3 min de lectura
The rented flat: communication, rules, common areas and the three-way relationship between owner, tenant and community.
December 23, 2024 · 4 min de lectura
Buildings that "have never worked as a community": the guide to starting from absolute zero.
December 16, 2024 · 3 min de lectura
A diagnosis of why they drag on, and the concrete chairing techniques that work without giving offence.
December 10, 2024 · 3 min de lectura
Short, specific and on time: how to write notices that genuinely inform (with before-and-after examples).
November 30, 2024 · 3 min de lectura
What happens when 3 out of 12 owners turn up, and the tactics that genuinely fill a meeting.
November 22, 2024 · 5 min de lectura
The 2025 reform changed the rules: express approval is now required. What can be banned, limited and charged.