Every month, all residents of apartment buildings are required to pay for the maintenance and repair of common property. The management company is obliged to spend these funds exclusively on current repair work. There are a number of jobs that she must pay for.
It's time to replace the batteries
Most multi-storey buildings, especially older ones, have vertical heating systems. That is, first, the hot hearth is fed upward through the pipe, and then goes down through the radiator system.
There are no shut-off valves, so in case of an emergency, you will have to turn off the entire riser, and in some cases the whole house, and accordingly drain the boiling water, that is, leave many apartments without heating.
So, this situation refers to general house repair work - it must be paid from the accounts of the management company (HOA, ZhSK).
The apartment has old windows, but there was no renovation
The law provides for free replacement of old windows in an apartment building. But for this, certain conditions must be met:
- the apartment is in municipal ownership;
- the windows in the room have never changed;
- wooden window openings over 40 years old;
- metal structures for over 50 years.
There is only one drawback - since the owner of the dwelling is the city administration, it is she who should change the windows. The replacement will be made, but on condition that these expenses are included in the budget. There is no exact timeframe for allocating money, so you can wait indefinitely.
The balcony is about to collapse
In order to determine what repair work on the balcony should be carried out by utilities, it is necessary to establish what exactly has become unusable, which is why an emergency situation has arisen. The management company makes repairs:
- supporting balcony slab;
- door and window openings, if the balcony is at the entrance;
- corridor and staircase adjacent to the common balcony;
- railings and enclosing structures.
But redecoration and insulation is the responsibility of the owner.
The pipes are flowing
The only common property inside the apartment is the sewer risers. They are replaced free of charge.
All other pipes must be replaced only up to the stop valves. Everything that comes after the tap that turns off the water changes the owner of the apartment.
You flooded your neighbor from below
The first step is to determine which equipment the emergency area belongs to. The management company will restore free of charge:
- sewerage;
- heating system;
- pipes to stopcocks.
In all other cases (faulty equipment, plumbing, pipe burst, open tap, etc.), the owner of the living space will be responsible.
