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A device that provides thermal comfort to building occupants by distributing heat to common portions or private portions, using multiple apparatus powered by a single energy source (electricity, gas, etc.). In addition, this device sometimes produces domestic hot water. In divided co-ownership, the central heating system is presumed to be a common portion when it is part of the common equipment and apparatus, even if it passes by the means of ducts, through a private portion. It is therefore the responsibility of the syndicate of co-owners to ensure its maintenance and preservation.
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…...
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…...
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…...
18/12/2022
I am co-owner of an apartment that is located on the ground floor in a fairly old building. The service crawl space below my apartment is not heated. This common portion of the building is currently 9 degrees in the middle of it and our floor is frozen (10.6°C on the…...