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MAINTENANCE EXPENSES IN EXCLUSIVE USE AREAS

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❓ Identified Question

"Am I obligated to pay maintenance expenses for common areas that are for the exclusive use of other condominium owners?"

🎯 Direct Answer

As a rule, maintenance expenses for common areas are shared among all condominium owners, even if some areas are for the exclusive use of certain private units, unless the constitutive title provides otherwise.

Legal Basis: Artigo 1421.º do Código Civil View on DRE

Official Documentation

ARTIGO 1421.º CÓDIGO CIVIL DL 268/94

📋 Context & Applicability

Expenses are shared according to the constitutive title and the proportional share of each private unit.

Maintenance expenses for common areas are, as a rule, borne by all condominium owners, except where otherwise provided in the constitutive title.

Verify the constitutive title of the horizontal property.
Confirm the proportional share (permillage) of each private unit.

✅ Technical Checklist

Review the constitutive title.
Consult the minutes of the condominium assembly.
Analyze the position of the other condominium owners.

Applicability depends on a detailed analysis of the constitutive title.

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