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common passage

R
Oct 3, 2013
2
Question

i live in a small building with three apartments plus a shop in the rez-de-chaussée. one of the owners wants to change the door that give access to the building (just beside the shop) and I was wondering if the shop has to contribute to the costs.

the door doesn't really give the shop access to anything with the exception or their back roof and their exhaust pipes; the shop cannot access their roof in any other way as it is an enclosed court with other buildings (but they requested access to the communal stairs some time ago to fix some leakings).

I would have given a read to the Act de Base but it is all in dutch and i do not have the french version.

davel

You have not said whether you are an owner of one of the apartments or if it is rented.
Normally, any type of work in a shared area should be negotiated between the respective owners and you have the right to have the request in a national language that you understand. In other words, you can ask for a French version if that is easier.
If such a door is proposed by one of the owners, that cost should be at that persons responsibility,

Oct 3, 2013 21:02
R

I am one of the owners. the other owner is kind of imposing the works.

the devis is in french, but the Act de Base (written more than 30 years ago) that regulates the building and decides how costs are split is written in dutch.

i am just trying to understand if the shops has to contribute to the costs considering it might need access to their roof and therefore they need to have the right of passage.

Oct 4, 2013 09:14