We will vote on viber or otherwise online how much is the entrance fee. This is provided by some of the proposed changes in the Condominium Management Act (ZUES).
According to Lambro Popov from the Association of Condominium Management Companies (ADUES), which are the initiators of these changes, the big problem in our country is that one third of the homes in the country are uninhabitable.
“That’s why 67% never start to gather at a condominium meeting. There is currently no option for remote participation and therefore needs to change. The problem is the high quorum for decision-making, “he was quoted as saying by Monitor.
„The management of residential buildings in other countries is much more seriously regulated by law. There are also ways to make remote decisions.
In Spain, for example, the owners authorize a manager to decide on operational problems such as repairs. The situation is similar in Poland and the Czech Republic.
In other countries, each condominium has its own rules and decides whether to delegate rights to management bodies and whether to meet at a general meeting, or leave the management boards to decide, “Popov explained.
According to him, such changes in the law have been proposed for 3 years.
The branch official also announced that only 11% of the homes in the country use the services of professional house managers. These are the results of a survey among homeowners in multifamily buildings in the regional cities of the country.
“It is time to regulate the activity of professional house managers, because the quality of the service suffers from this. Everyone participates in the market without meeting any requirements, and this work must be done by trained people, “Popov added.
The association also proposes with changes in the relevant law to reduce the quorum for holding a general meeting of condominiums – from the current 67 percent to 51%. Another proposal for changes is to create a unified public register of condominiums, containing information about the mandate of the house manager, his contact details – phone and email address, information about the technical characteristics of the building, its energy efficiency class and information. for the amount of the collected contributions for the Repair and Renovation Fund.
According to the lawyer and construction entrepreneur Boris Kumpikov, ZUES remains a non-functioning law. According to him, this normative document does not work because it contains it there are sanctions that are inapplicable.
He pointed to an example the possibility and the obligation of the house manager to start fast proceedings for non-payment of the entrance bills and to request the issuance of a writ of execution. According to him, it is unthinkable to require that the decisions of the general meeting can be appealed no later than one month after their holding.
„This is a trap for people living abroad, for example. In Sofia alone, there are 200,000 vacant homes, many of which are owned by people living outside the country, “the lawyer recalled.
For 3 years: 700 proposals for editing the law
In response to a question about the requested changes in ZUES, the Ministry of Construction said that in 2019 the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works began a broad public debate on the implementation of the law, resulting in 700 proposals to amend ZUES and specific cases with its implementation. The proposals made are reviewed and discussed in separate working groups on the main areas of problems. They are attended by experts from the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, as well as specialists from the private and non-governmental sector.
They focused their work on: regulating the work of so-called professional house managers; establishing a mechanism for collecting unpaid fees from “unscrupulous” neighbors; strengthening local government control; to create a legal possibility for establishing a bank account of the condominium – for the funds collected for management and current maintenance, not only for the maintenance of the Repair and Renovation Fund; the bank account should be in the name of the condominium, not a natural person and to facilitate the application for collective loans.
As a result of the activity of the working groups and dialogue with the professional organizations, a working project for amendment of ZUES has been prepared.
We pay as much for a pet as for us
Owners, users and occupants who keep animals to be taken out of the condominium shall pay for electricity, water, heating, cleaning of the common areas and subscription service of the elevator for each animal in the amount of one inhabitant. This is written in the latest version of the Condominium Act.
No current fees are due for a user and occupant who resides in the condominium for no more than 30 days within one calendar year. However, the General Assembly, by a majority of more than 50% of the ideal parts of the common parts, may decide in these cases to pay 50% of the management and maintenance costs during the absence.
Owner, user or occupant who exercises a profession or operates in a separate condominium, related to access by outsiders, pays the costs of management and maintenance of common areas in the amount of three to five times the amount determined by decision of the General Meeting.
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