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Device allowing access to the different floors of an immovable. In divided co-ownership, the elevator is presumed to be a common portion. It is therefore the responsibility of the syndicate of co-owners to ensure its maintenance and preservation.
23/07/2024
Divided co-ownership is a housing formula that usually has more than one owner. In order to assess and quantify the interest of each person in the building, the legislator has provided that the right of ownership of each owner in the common portions is proportional to the relative value of his…...
23/07/2024
The Civil Code of Québec confers juridical personality on the community of co-owners. Article 1039 of the Civil Code of Quebec provides that as soon as the declaration of co-ownership is published, the community of co-owners constitutes a legal person called a syndicate of co-owners. Those duties and obligations are…...
01/07/2024
A source of permanent controversy in co-ownership, cannabis and tobacco smoking arouse passions. However, it is recognized that there is no inalienable right for a co-owner to smoke in the common portions or in a private portion. On the contrary, the common law on abnormal neighbourhood disturbances and the effects…...
17/04/2024
The contingency fund is set up on the basis of forward planning limited to certain work namely that which the purpose is the preservation of the common portions; thus, this collective saving allows to finance the execution of work allowing the rehabilitation of the common portions as well as the common portions for restricted use. The contingency fund must…...
28/03/2024
Many co-ownerships (condominiums) have elevators because they are built vertically; occupants who live there especially the elderly or those have reduced mobility expect them to be in continuous operation. The concerned syndicates of co-owners are thus required to guarantee that the elevators are brought up to meet the required standards. Elevators must be kept in good…...
17/01/2024
In our building, we have only one elevator that may occasionally be out of service due to blackouts or power outages. We do not have a generator. Our co-ownership has 40 units, two of which are occupied by residents with reduced mobility. The purchase and installation of a generator would cost…...
08/06/2015
The characteristic of divided co-ownership is to divide the building into various lots that will be the exclusive property of the co-owners (private portions), and for others that will be the property of all the co-owners (common portions). These lots are identified by an individual number, which was assigned during…...
01/11/2018
November 1, 2018 - There are condominiums in Ontario that have installed screens in their elevators to broadcast advertisements. This is one way to generate additional revenue, which can financially assist a condominium corporation, allowing it to use the funds received from advertisers to maintain its building and ensure its…...