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Common part
You would like to buy a common part of the condominium, whether it is a local, or a landing.
It is necessary to have the question placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the co-owners, by sending your request to the syndic of the co-ownership, by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt.
The sale may be authorized by the meeting, by a majority of the members of the syndicate, representing at least two-thirds of the votes of all the co-owners.
Attention: the decision must be taken unanimously, when you ask to buy a common part whose conservation is necessary to respect the destination of the building.
If the meeting of co-owners accepts this transfer, you can sign a deed of sale, the trustee representing the syndicate of co-owners.
The co-ownership regulations and the descriptive statement of division will have to be updated. The distribution of burdens will have to be recalculated.
Namely : it is customary to make bear all these costs to the co-owner who asks to buy a common part.
It is necessary to have the question placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the co-owners, by sending your request to the syndic of the co-ownership, by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt.
The sale may be authorized by the meeting, by a majority of the members of the syndicate, representing at least two-thirds of the votes of all the co-owners.
Attention: the decision must be taken unanimously, when you ask to buy a common part whose conservation is necessary to respect the destination of the building.
If the meeting of co-owners accepts this transfer, you can sign a deed of sale, the trustee representing the syndicate of co-owners.
The co-ownership regulations and the descriptive statement of division will have to be updated. The distribution of burdens will have to be recalculated.
Namely : it is customary to make bear all these costs to the co-owner who asks to buy a common part.
Good to know
In the context of the redemption of a common part, the meeting may decide to modify the charges by the same majority as that used for the sale.
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