{"id":101012,"date":"2026-03-23T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=101012"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T07:00:41","slug":"what-is-community-of-owners-spain-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/lifestyle\/what-is-community-of-owners-spain-obligations\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"What is the community of owners in Spain and what are your obligations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"454\">When we <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/how-to-buy-a-house-in-spain-as-a-non-resident-foreigner\/?lang=en\">buy a property<\/a> in a building or a residential complex in Spain,<\/strong> we are not just acquiring our own flat. We also become part of a <strong>community of owners<\/strong> (<em>comunidad de vecinos<\/em>). This involves sharing spaces, expenses, and decisions with the rest of the homeowners.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"707\">Many people are unsure how a community works, what obligations it entails, or why a <strong>monthly fee<\/strong> must be paid. However, understanding this is key to <strong>avoiding conflicts and knowing our rights and responsibilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"849\">At Fotocasa, we review what a community of owners is, who makes it up, how it is organized, and what you should keep in mind if you are a <strong>homeowner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"849\"><section class=\"mini-posts\"><div class=\"row align-items-center\"><div class=\"col-4 col-md-3 pt-2 pb-2\"><div class=\"mini-posts__image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/evolution-of-house-prices-for-sale-in-spain\/?lang=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/How-much-does-it-cost-to-buy-a-house-in-Spain-355x230.png\" alt=\"How much does it cost to buy a house in Spain? [2026]\" title=\"-\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-8 col-md-9 pt-2 pb-2\"><h3 class=\"mini-posts__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/buyers\/evolution-of-house-prices-for-sale-in-spain\/?lang=en\">How much does it cost to buy a house in Spain? [2026]<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotocasa is the expert real estate portal if you are looking for your home in Spain and want to resolve your doubts about housing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":282,"featured_media":103690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14824,13668],"tags":[14421,13692,13548,14611,13786,14422,14821,13552,13551,13549,13550,13938,13547],"class_list":["post-101012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consultorio","category-lifestyle","tag-acta-de-la-comunidad","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-community-of-owners","tag-consultorio","tag-cuota-de-comunidad-de-vecinos","tag-foreign","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-me-puede-tocar-ser-presidente-de-la-comunidad-de-vecinos-si-no-vivo-en-espana","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/282"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}