Repairs and responsibility

Repairs and responsibility

  • 2017-11-202018-01-24
  • by Admin

Repairs and responsibility

This information has been drawn up to clarify which areas of maintenance and repairs are the responsibility of the owners and which are that of the Administrative Body of Pueblo Girasol.

According to the Spanish legislation, the responsibility for repairs is generally different from that which is the custom in Finland. 

As a rule, in Spain the owner of the property pays all the expenses of any repair work. (The homes are the equivalent of the properties in Spain). The Administrative Body is responsible for the upkeep of the communal areas, i.e. the outside of the building and the paintwork, the waterproof covering of the roof, the ceiling of the loft, the lifts, the outside areas etc. and receives the funds to carry out this work of maintenance and repairs in the form of maintenance quotas. 

As the responsibiility for maintenance and repairs is not a clear cut matter for many foreigners, a list indicating the share of responsibility has been drawn up and may be seen below. This has several sections and is equivalent to a report from the Finnish Association of property owners. 

All property owners must see to their share of responsibility for maintenance and repairs in such a way as to cause no inconvenience to their neighbours’ properties or to the community. Should any damage be caused, the person in question will be held responsible.