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IStock / City Presse
When you spend most of your time away from home, you can easily adapt to a small area and a moderate degree of comfort.
But the situation changes when we are reduced to going around in circles for long weeks between these four walls.
If the number 1 dream of owners remains to acquire a house that meets their need for space, it is also possible to gain additional square meters in building.
We have our eyes on the commons and the neighbors
The first option for expanding an apartment is to acquire a common area.
It could be, for example, an unused bicycle room, a landing, a cellar, attic or even a maid's room upstairs.
In addition, many buildings include common or private spaces, such as terraces, roofs, balconies, gardens or private courtyards, which provide the necessary space to project your dreams of extending or raising your home.
Last option, you can choose to buy the neighboring apartment, in order to connect the two properties into one and limit the construction work.
It is also necessary that the latter is for sale, which is not so common.
In all these cases, it is necessary to comply with the technical constraints, but also and especially with the right of co-ownership.
The almighty assembly
“As soon as we carry out work that affects a supporting structure, it must go through a vote at a general meeting of co-owners,” explains Franck Jurquet, legal manager at Caudwell Collection.
Any site involving structural work, which is necessarily the case in such a project, is thus concerned.
Likewise, if you are free to buy any apartment as you see fit, the agreement of the GA is on the other hand essential to acquire a common part and to join two lots, since this implies modifying the condition. division description.
Also note that if your expansion project changes the exterior facade of the building, which happens for example when you combine two terraces on the ground floor, you will also have to make a prior declaration of work at the town hall. .
Although the most difficult is usually to obtain the approval of the co-owners, the technical aspect of the site should not be neglected either.
Infinite precautions must be taken to avoid compromising the solidity of the building.
This is why "the co-ownership regulations almost systematically provide that the work which affects the common areas is validated by the architect of the residence or a structural design office", specifies Franck Jurquet.
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Want to go fast?
If you don't want to wait for the next general meeting, you can request an extraordinary general meeting at your expense.
Your file must in any case be as complete as possible since you must obtain the absolute majority of the votes of all the co-owners for it to be accepted.
In case of refusal, your only recourse will be to go to court.
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