What Is An Apartment Fee?
The legal provisions regarding apartment fees are included in the articles under the Condominium Law. In the following articles of the Law, what does the apartment fee cover; How much is the apartment fee; How and where is the apartment fee determined?
III – Participation in the general expenses of the main real estate:
Article 20 – (Amended first paragraph: 13/4/1983 – 2814/9 Art.) Unless otherwise agreed between them, each of the condominium owners shall pay for the services of a janitor, a heater, a caretaker, a
Equally to the expenses of janitor, heater, gardener and watchman and the advance to be collected for them;
Insurance premiums of the main real estate and maintenance, protection, strengthening and repair expenses of all common places and other expenses such as manager’s salary and the operating expenses of common facilities and the advance to be collected for the expenses in proportion to its land share.
The condominium owners cannot avoid paying these expenses and advance payments by giving up the right to use the common places or facilities or by claiming that there is no need or necessity to benefit from them due to the condition of their own independent section.
Each of the other owners or the manager may file a lawsuit and execution proceedings against the owner who fails to pay the expense or advance share according to the management plan, this Law and general provisions.
The condominium owner who fails to pay the full amount of the expense and advance payment shall be obliged to pay delay compensation for the days of delay in payment, calculated at five percent per month.
If the expenses in the first paragraph are caused by the negligent act of one of the condominium owners or the person benefiting from his/her independent section in any way, the participants of the expense have the right of recourse to that condominium owner or those who caused the expense for the payments they made.