{"id":104127,"date":"2026-05-26T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/?p=104127"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:29:10","slug":"balcony-renovation-neighbour-permission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/lifestyle\/balcony-renovation-neighbour-permission\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Want to renovate your balcony in Spain? First, you will need to ask your neighbours for permission"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table table-striped table-color-200\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the Civil Code,<strong> balconies and terraces are common elements for private use<\/strong>; you cannot alter their aesthetics without asking for permission.<\/li>\n<li>Altering the aesthetics of the facade without prior consent allows the homeowners&#8217; association to legally demand the<strong> reversal of the works to their original state.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Town Hall requires an application for a<strong> major building permit<\/strong> to guarantee that the renovation complies with urban planning regulations and the building&#8217;s buildability coefficients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">Many owners believe that, being the exclusive users of their balcony, they have total freedom to modify it as they please. However, <strong>there are some types of renovations that require the approval of the homeowners&#8217; association.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\">From Fotocasa, we explain what limits the regulations establish so that you can enjoy your outdoor space with total legal certainty. We explain what elements you can install and what works require permission.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Did you know that, legally, your home&#8217;s terrace is considered a common element of the building even if only you have the key to access it?<\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"8\">Is the balcony a common or private element of the home in Spain?<\/h2>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\"><b data-path-to-node=\"9\" data-index-in-node=\"64\">Terraces and balconies, in most cases, are common elements for private use.<\/b> According to Article 396 of the Civil Code and the Horizontal Property Law (LPH), terraces and balconies form part of the building&#8217;s structure and exterior configuration. Although the owner has the right of exclusive use, ownership remains with the community.<\/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":104136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"yes","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14903,13668],"tags":[15248,15266,15272,15271,13692,13548,14821,15267,15268,13552,13551,13549,13550,15269,15270,13547],"class_list":["post-104127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiracion","category-lifestyle","tag-balcones","tag-balcony-renovation","tag-balcony-renovation-permits","tag-building-regulations","tag-buy","tag-buy-in-spain","tag-foreign","tag-hoa-permission","tag-home-improvement","tag-housing-doubts","tag-housing-experts-in-spain","tag-housing-purchase-market-spain","tag-live-in-spain","tag-neighbour-approval","tag-property-law","tag-real-estate-market"],"modified_by":"Patricia Andr\u00e9s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104127","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=104127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fotocasa.es\/fotocasa-life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}