Well let’s have some facts shall we. Firstly I thought lawyers only gave opinions when they knew all the facts, not in this case obviously. Secondly the current administrators did not change the cuotas or arrange the calculation in favour of the Villa and Townhouse owners. What they did was to use the guidance from the college of administrators to look at how the fees should be divided fairly amongst the owners on a mixed urbanization such as this one where you have a range of property types. Indeed there have been rulings on this issue in the High court in Madrid. Please also see this link which covers the issue of mixed urbanizations. Have a look at the figures quoted in this article for community fees.

eyeonspain.com/spain-magazine/communities-in-spain.aspx


Using just the cuota for our resort results in Villas paying some 400€ a month, townhouses paying up to 270€ per month and apartments paying 50€ per month despite having lifts, communal lighting, cleaning, underground parking etc. Totally unfair and not acceptable.

The committee is made up of a range of owners including Apartments, town houses and Villas. The majority of owners are happy with the current fees as they are fair and reasonable. In addition the current committee has reduced the budget by 1.5 Million Euros compared to when PW were in charge and set aside some 1.5Million Euros in disputed bills. A good result for all owners.

The current fees range from 86€ to 110€ Apartments, 96€ to 131€ for townhouse and from 131€ to 250€ for villas. So the villa and townhouse owners are still paying considerably more into the community than the apartment owners despite not having Lifts, cleaning etc. The apartment owners also have direct access to the 24 communal swimming pools.

Out of the apartment costs around 33€ per month is for the direct costs, i.e. lifts etc, leaving their contribution to the general resort as low as 53€. The direct costs for a villa are much lower (Back lawns only) meaning the majority of their 131€ to 250€ per month goes toward the general resort costs and the same for townhouses who have little or no direct costs. The general resort costs are made up of swimming pools, communal gardens, security, fountains, road cleaning, administration etc which all owners benefit from equally but apparently some feel that they should not pay their fair share.

As for the debt that has been quoted on this site this is because some owners have never paid their fees and is not because of the additional fees that the apartment owners are now paying most of whom realize that they are getting very good value for money.

If the fees were to go back to the range we had before then I am afraid the services would undoubtedly suffer as the fees of up to 400€ per month were plainly unaffordable.

So Lawbird lawyers now you have some more facts perhaps you would like to comment again.