On Wednesday 6 October 2021, Royal Decree-Law 19/2021, of 5 October, on urgent measures to boost building refurbishment activity in the context of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, was published in the Official State Gazette and came into force. This Royal Decree includes, among others, an amendment to the Horizontal Property Law (LPH) with…
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It is not unusual for a neighbour to want to group two properties in a community of owners. This action can be carried out, but like so many other modifications that entail substantial alterations, it must meet a series of requirements. A) Firstly, in application of article 10.3 b) LPH, administrative authorisation is required.…
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The Regional Department y of Enterprise, Employment, and Universities of the Región de Murcia has announced aids related to the incentive programme for electric mobility (MOVES III programme). In addition to aid for the private purchase of electric vehicles, in the case of communities of owners the channelling for the electrical pre-installation of recharging…
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Many Presidents and Boars of communities of owners wonder if the communities have tax obligations and the answer is yes, a lot. Beyon those that they have when they are set up, for instance, registering in the Tax Office via form 036, we can find: Form 347.- This informative form is compulsory for the case…
DetailsIn some communities of owners, you can find cases in which a person owns a parking space but not a property. This raises doubts about the use of the communal elements, mainly those related to not essential activities as pools or tennis courts. The Civil Room of the Supreme Court, in its judgement 67/2006, of…
DetailsIt’s not unusual to find in the communities of owners some neigbours that want to change a store in, for example, two properties. The applicable majority has always been a controversial point at the general meeting as well as in Courts. In the last weeks, the Spanish Supreme Court (Civil Room) has issued the…
DetailsIn the last weeks, it has been known about a judgement of the Spanish Supreme Court that closes one of the most significant legal and judicial controversies in relation to the claim of community debts. In fact, there was a very disparate criterion between different Provincial Courts. The judgement 242/2020 of 3 June ratifies…
DetailsAfter the State of Alarm came into force through Royal Decree 463/2020 on the 14th of March and its successive extensions, one of the first doubts that arose in relation to the communities of owners and Property Law, was what would happen to the general meetings called or planned. The General Council of the Associations…
DetailsIn the field of Property Law, there has always been controversy over the legality of the installation of security cameras. The controversy lies in the difficulty of reconciling appropriate security with the right to privacy and intimacy of every neighbour. With regards to the installation of cameras by a security company, approved and registered,…
DetailsSince the Spanish Government decreed the State of Alarm on 14 March 2020, a number of extensions have been decided which, for the time being, will end on 26 April. If things go weel reason, everything will gradually return to normal. With regard to the communities of owners, the professionals in the field,…
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