The maximum meeting of the complexes and buildings subject to the horizontal property regime is approaching; for this reason, to organize it in accordance with current regulations, some rigorous recommendations are offered. When should the assembly meet? It is important to bear in mind that according to Law 675 of 2001, the ordinary assemblies of…
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THE ABC OF URBAN PLANNING LICENSES
What are they? What are the kinds of urban licenses? When is a license not required? These are some of the questions resolved in this document. What is an urban license? It is a prior authorization to develop, divide, subdivide or build a property. For existing buildings, a license is required to reinforce it and modify it, expand…
THE ABC OF HOUSING RENTAL
With the launch of the third phase of the interest rate subsidy, which encourages the purchase of new housing between 80 and 200 million pesos, it is expected that the application for loans and the sale of real estate for investment will increase. And it is that now the interested parties will be able to…
SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A member of the board of directors asks: Can the board of directors, upon the resignation of the administrator, appoint two directors as administrators, one of them with legal status, and the two accruing monies from the group? Is it an obligation that by having these contracts they must resign from the position of director? Answer. It…
SO YOU CAN RENT, BUY AND SELL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Through the Similar de Proprietaries social rental program, Colombians can benefit in different ways. If you apply and are elected, you will be able to rent a Social Interest Housing (VIS) and receive a subsidy for the rental fee from the Government for two years. Once this time is up, you will have savings and you will be able…
SHOULDN’T RESIDENTS GIVE ORDERS TO GUARDS?
One person had his car scratched in a housing estate, but he reacted in the wrong way as he told the guards to confront the offender. The owner of an apartment comments: “Recently a resident of the complex in which I live accused me of having crashed his vehicle and, in light of this, assigned…
SECOND ASSEMBLY TO REFORM THE REGULATIONS
One owner writes that in a co-ownership they called an extraordinary meeting, indicating that it was the only summons for the approval and amendment of the regulations, for which a 70 percent quorum was required. However –adds the consultant–, “at the beginning of the meeting it was determined that there was no quorum and, therefore,…
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF TENANTS AND LANDLORDS
All the information you provide must be truthful and the owner must be authorized so that he can check it if he considers it necessary. In the conclusion of an urban housing lease contract, the parties may agree to the inclusion or not of additional services, things or uses, but in no case may the…
RESIDENTS OF FIRST FLOORS OF BUILDINGS DO NOT WANT ELEVATORS
The member of a board of directors comments that the residential complex he inhabits has several blocks with duplex apartments and four floors. “Most of those who live there are the owners, many of them elderly, with serious physical handicaps.” The consultant adds that “the blocks do not have elevators; However, several years ago, the…
REGULATE TOURIST HOUSING
People who allow the use and enjoyment of their property for periods of less than 30 calendar days, on a regular basis, will be considered providers of tourist services. Therefore, they must be registered in the National Tourism Registry, a mandatory requirement for the property to be used as a tourist home. In this way,…