Get resolutions implemented and know the privileged changes
After the meeting the work of the manager begins. Certain structural changes, by contrast, can be demanded even without the goodwill of the neighbours.
✓ Verified: 11/08/2026
WHAT TO DO
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Your own archive of minutes is worth more than any dispute: on a sale the buyer and the financing bank ask for exactly that, and obtaining copies through the manager takes time and money.
The formula for privileged changes is: you can demand the change ITSELF, while the meeting decides how it is carried out. People argue about the right, but the delay usually happens over the implementation.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What may the manager do without a resolution? ▾
The manager is entitled and obliged to take measures of proper management that are of subordinate importance and do not create substantial obligations, plus measures necessary to meet a deadline or avert a detriment. Everything else needs a resolution, and these powers can be narrowed or widened by resolution.
Which structural changes can be demanded? ▾
Every owner may demand appropriate changes serving use by people with disabilities, charging of electric vehicles, burglary protection, connection to a very high capacity telecommunications network, or electricity generation by plug-in solar devices. How they are carried out is still decided by resolution.
Is there a limit to such claims? ▾
Yes. Changes that fundamentally redesign the complex, or that unfairly disadvantage one owner compared with others without their consent, may neither be resolved nor permitted, and cannot be demanded either.
Who represents the community externally and in court? ▾
The manager. For concluding a land purchase or loan agreement, only on the basis of an owners resolution. A limitation of the scope of that authority has no effect on third parties.
When is a certified manager required? ▾
Appointing one belongs to proper management, unless there are fewer than nine units of separate ownership, one of the owners has been appointed manager, and fewer than a third of the owners demand a certified manager.