Demand to the community of owners for repairs (Spain)
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For the owner of a flat or premises in Spain affected by a problem in a common part of the building (leaks from the roof, a broken downpipe, the façade): the letter to the community, for the attention of its president or administrator, describing the problem and the damage, recalling that necessary maintenance works are compulsory without a prior meeting resolution (article 10.1 of the Spanish Horizontal Property Act), asking for the repair and, where relevant, of the damage, and inviting negotiation for thirty days, as Spain's Organic Law 1/2025 requires. Sent by burofax with certified content and proof of receipt. In Spanish.
- Made for use in Spain
- Last updated October 20, 2026
Published byDocMuse
When to use this document
- The roof of your building in Spain leaks and water is getting into your flat.
- A broken shared pipe has caused damp in your home and the community does nothing about it.
- You told the building's administrator months ago and the repair keeps being put off.
- You want to ask the owners' community in writing to fix the shared part and the damage to your flat.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Owner of the flat or premises (full name)
- Owner's address
- Owner's DNI or NIE (Spanish identity number)
- Owners' community (name as on its receipts)
- For the attention of (the community's president and, if any, its administrator)
- Postal address of the community or its administrator (street, then postcode and town on the next line)
- City
- Date
- Unit
- Noticed on
- Common part affected and the problem (e.g. leaks from the roof, a broken downpipe)
- Description of the damage
- What you ask the community to do
Common questions
- To whom is a claim against a community of owners in Spain addressed?
- To the community, for the attention of its president, who represents it in and out of court in all matters affecting it (article 13.3 of the Spanish Horizontal Property Act). If the community has a property administrator, it is best to send the letter to the administrator's address, for the attention of the president and the administrator. It goes by burofax with certified content and proof of receipt, which proves what was sent and when.
- Does a Spanish community of owners need a meeting resolution to repair a common part?
- Not for necessary works. Article 10.1 a) of the Spanish Horizontal Property Act makes the works needed to maintain the building and its common services and installations, such as the roof, downpipes or façade, compulsory without a prior meeting resolution. If it must be decided how to pay for them, any owner can ask the president in writing to put the matter on the agenda of the next meeting (article 16.2).
- Why does the demand to a Spanish community of owners give thirty days to negotiate?
- Since 3 April 2025, Spain's Organic Law 1/2025 requires an attempt at negotiation before a civil claim is filed, including against the community of owners. The letter invites negotiation on the repair and, where relevant, on the damage, and gives thirty calendar days to reply. Without a reply or an agreement, the owner can go to the Spanish court of first instance with the burofax as proof of the attempt.
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