Collective Decisions
All our articles about Collective Decisions.
Tendering: the two thresholds your meeting may have forgotten to vote
Two resolutions, voted once, decide everything the manager may commit without asking you, for years.
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Delegating powers to the board: how far, and on what terms
A well-drafted delegation saves three extraordinary meetings a year. A vague one produces a voidable decision and an exposed board member.
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Selling a common area: the lodge, the loft, a disused room
A disused room earns nothing and costs upkeep. Selling it is possible — but it is the heaviest file a building can assemble.
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Awnings, pergolas and screens: what can go on a balcony
The first awning in a building decides the colour of every one after it. Better to decide that at a meeting than at random.
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Converting a unit into a flat: what the association can say
A unit turned into a studio means one more occupant, networks used differently, and an allocation key that no longer fits.
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Exclusive use of a garden or terrace: what it actually allows
A garden you have exclusive use of does not belong to you. The whole difficulty sits in that sentence.
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Urgent works: who decides when the meeting cannot wait
The meeting is eight months away and the boiler died in January. That case is provided for — you just need to know how it works.
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Splitting or merging units: what it changes for the whole building
A large flat turned into three studios means three times the traffic, waste and wear — for the same share allocation.
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Replacing windows in a condo: permission, consistency and pitfalls
An owner replaced their windows over the summer without asking. Here is how the board can stop it happening again.
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Air conditioning and heat pumps in a condo: what gets voted, what gets refused
Every summer the requests arrive — and every summer some units appear on the façade with nothing ever voted.
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A mobile antenna on the roof: what the board should examine first
An operator offers annual rent for an antenna on your roof. Before looking at the income, look at the lease and the roof.
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Challenging a general meeting decision: deadlines, form and evidence
The deadline to challenge a meeting decision is short and runs from a precise date. Many challenges fail on that point alone.
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Private works affecting common areas: handling the request
An owner wants an air-conditioning unit on the facade. It is neither a purely private matter nor an automatic refusal: it is a file to prepare.
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Energy retrofit in a condo: the decisions to prepare, in order
Most energy retrofit projects fail at the meeting. Almost never on the merits: on the order in which they were prepared.
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Vote, consultation, or general-meeting decision: which tool should you use?
Not everything is decided the same way: clarify every exchange to avoid confusion and prepare formal decisions well.
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