05 Nov 2007 1:23 PM:

You can only vote at meetings in which you hold a 'quota' and are fully paid up in your community charges. I don't think that there is any restriction on attending another community meeting, or even speaking at it though.

To change the legal structure of a community, for example by forming one community from two, or dividing a community requires the formal agreement of 100% of the members; you will also need to change every escritura to reflect the new quota for each property and this may not be straightforward.

 

Thread: Community Meetings

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30 Jul 2007 10:36 AM:

Two points here:

The Law of Horizontal Property, which sets out the responsibilities of the President and Owners in a community is explained in David Searl's book You and the Law in Spain; if you speak Spanish the Law is available on the Internet.

Fees are an extremely contentious issue. Our fees vary from €800 - €1400 per annum, and some residents tell me this is very cheap and others that they are expensive because they know a community where the fees are much lower. You need to know exactly what is being paid for; some communities, such as ours, have water charges included, also is there any charge to an overarching authority, debtor levels etc. If you're concerned that some charges are excessive ask for competitive quotes for services for discussion at the AGM.

Ian Phillips

Thread: Community Charges

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30 Jul 2007 10:23 AM:

Hello,

I'm president of a community in Riviera del Sol with over 100 properties.  I'm not in favour of paying expenses to the President other than clearly accountable ones (this excludes travelling to the administrator). Once you accept a payment such as reimbursement of fees you essentially become an employee of the community, albeit a poorly paid one, and as such the community has a reasonable right to make demands upon you. There is also more opportunity for abuse of the system. There is a widespread belief anyway that Presidents get backhanders from administrators or contractors without encouraging that view.

Ian Phillips

 

Thread: Out of pocket expenses for President

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