2024-06-16 03:17:57
Sources consulted by EL DÍNAMO defined that the brand new obligations imposed by the Co-ownership Regulation have made this cost costlier, primarily with respect to the upkeep and certification of elevators and the hiring of personnel.
Los widespread bills They’re often a giant headache for individuals who dwell in an house or condominium, since their quantity has elevated in current months and it’s anticipated to proceed down that path.
Personnel funds, upkeep, consumption of primary providers and repairs are a part of the bills included on this month-to-month cost, which has registered a annual improve of seven% common within the Metropolitan Areaevaluating the primary quarter of 2024 with the identical interval final yr, in line with a report by Comunidad Feliz.
Based on the report of the administration platform, which is utilized by greater than 4 thousand condominiums and buildings within the nation, Widespread bills averaged $127 thousand within the capital.
What do they cowl and why are widespread bills growing?
“They’re the sum of all of the issues needed for a condominium to work.“He started explaining to THE DYNAMO Juan Carlos Latorre, president of the School of Directors (CGAI). The above, referring to the administrative bills (personnel), upkeep, restore, insurance coverage and use and consumption of primary providers which can be recorded in a constructing.
Of those bills, a lot of the quantity paid by the residents of a constructing is allotted to human capital, that’s, to the personnel who work in safety, upkeep and different duties that permit the operation of a constructing.
In relation so far, Latorre emphasised the improve in the price of salaries as a result of CPI and the gradual discount of the working day as a result of 40-hour Regulation.
Human assets (doormen, cleansing workers, and many others.) are usually not listed by CPI, though yearly you might have a clause the place workers on the finish of the yr have their salaries readjusted by CPI. Then again, for instance, the working day is now diminished to 40 hours, subsequently, it seems that now you will have extra labor to cowl the mandatory shifts in order that the door is at all times with folks. Due to this fact, the price will improve,” defined the president of the CGAI.
On this sense, he added that “within the human useful resource merchandise, which is essential, the situations of the market wages, The eventualities that needed to be lined matter, and many others.
Added to that is the expense for repairs and consumption of primary providerswhich is said to the “temporality”.
“In summer season Widespread bills go up since you grow old pool upkeep, as an alternative of as soon as a month, as you would do in winter, it’s being achieved twice every week. The identical in winternow we have the extra fee for the sizzling water, electrical energy, primary providers, and naturally gasoline“Detailed Valeria Morillo, content material supervisor for Comunidad Feliz a THE DYNAMO.
One other vital level concerning widespread bills is upkeep prices. “If the constructing held a upkeep contract with elevators each month, as a result of, amongst different issues, it’s an enforceable commonplace, it’s almost definitely that these upkeep contracts shall be annual and shall be readjust every year by CPI. So, in that exact merchandise, you’ll have a rise relying particularly on what the CPI says,” stated Latorre.
Persevering with alongside this line, Morillo maintained that “it’s attainable that the price of corporations sustaining widespread areas may also improve, for instance, The elevator firm often has its contracts in UFwhich isn’t a hard and fast charge and usually will increase on a smaller or bigger scale, however it’s growing.”
From the complete Metropolitan Area, solely two communes have registered a lower of widespread bills contemplating the primary quarter of 2024 in comparison with the identical interval final yr: Quilicura (-3.78%) and Lo Barnechea (-3.44%).
Whereas the communes which have elevated essentially the most in worth of this idea are: La Cisterna (15.11%), La Florida (14.16%), Huechuraba (11.95%) and Providencia (10.65%).
Elevator certification: who inspects and the best way to know if they’re in good situation
The fixed upkeep of the elevators and the certification of every one in every of them consumes a part of the widespread bills. Based on Regulation 20,296, the proprietor should certify your tools each two years in residential services and yearly in industrial buildings, with a certifier registered on the listing of the Ministry of Housing (Minvu) and show the certificates in a visual place.
This motion is crucial to ensure the right operation of the elevators and keep away from deadly accidents within the buildings, as occurred on Might 15 in Las Condes, when a employee from the Lodge Radisson Blu Plaza El Bosque Santiago fell into the construction the place he was transferring, whereas loaded and unloaded meals trays on the forklift.
Subsequently, the girl was transferred to the Los Andes Clinic, the place lastly handed away as a result of severity of his accidents, establishing his reason behind loss of life at a a number of crush trauma.
Contemplating the earlier, Cristian Jans, of Certainty Chilean elevator certification firm, defined to THE DYNAMO The legislation requires that elevators, hoists, escalators, mini-loads, or any tools that strikes folks or masses from one degree to a different have to be licensed.
“Customers ought to take note of the up-to-date upkeep and certification, basic cleanliness, that the doorways run with out obstruction, that there aren’t any unusual noises or unusual lateral actions, that it has good lighting, that the emergency alarm, the intercom, and primarily emergency gentle,” he defined.
Relating to the price of certification and the way it impacts widespread bills, he identified that “it varies relying on the scale of the tools to be reviewed, what number of stops it has, clearly if there are a number of groups in the identical constructing, the worth per workforce will be lowered. However the biggest price isn’t that, since It is going to rely upon what’s discovered, as a result of if the tools has very severe faults, it’s left stopped and never working.”
“Moreover, is the price of repairs or fines that the Native Police Court docket can difficulty by summons from municipal inspection, for not having the certification updated”he added.
Taking the above into consideration, if a constructing’s elevator doesn’t meet the necessities, it’s left with out certification and the constructing is uncovered “to a passing municipal inspectorwho leaves a summons to the Native Police Court docket, which sanctions fines of as much as 150 UF or closure of the workforce“Jans stated.
The rise in obligations that cowl widespread bills
Juan Carlos Latorrepresident of the CGAI, defined that the rise in widespread bills can be as a result of improve in obligations by legislation.
“It has modified so much. Now there are a variety of issues, for instance, solely the problem of elevators is one. Earlier than you c“You used to rent the maintainer and now you need to rent upkeep and certification,” He began saying.
Relating to the necessities for hiring personnel, “earlier than you employed anybody who got here from the road and who might act as a goalkeeper. Now, you might be required to finish a OS10 course. And if not, they provide you fines which can be from hell,” he added.
“Quite a few monumental obligations have appeared which were included into spending. That’s the reason spending has additionally been growing just lately. There are lots of new issues which can be implicit that should be achieved and the legislation makes the operation of the communities extra difficult,” he summarized.
Added to this, Latorre added the issue safety. “It has been very influential. Mainly, you handle a constructing, they gave it to you want this with a grill on the aspect, and it seems that later they begin stealing. Now we have to place an electrical fence, a digital camera on the fence and in all places. All of this influences spending,” she stated.
The rise in widespread bills can even translate into the improve in delinquencies by the residents of the buildings.
“Delinquencies have elevated so much and sadly we don’t see any downward development. Properly, as now we have been speaking about, now we have inflation points and this may at all times have an effect on, not solely the fee of widespread bills, but in addition the problem, as a result of though wage readjustments happen, they don’t are inclined to go 100% on par with inflation, or they don’t cowl all these wants that a mean household wants,” Valeria Morillo assured EL DÍNAMO.
“Widespread bills turn out to be a second precedence and since it isn’t like they’re going to evict you for not paying for one month, It tends to be one thing that’s postponed, remembering what it’s because the third month that the administration is allowed to chop off electrical energy and telecommunications. So that’s often the primary cause for late funds,” he defined.
One other vital level to bear in mind about late debt has to do with the belief and transparency on the a part of the administration. “Now we have spoken with residents who typically don’t pay their widespread bills, not as a result of they don’t have the means, however as a result of They do not see how that cash is used each month of their neighborhood, as a result of out of the blue the hallways are soiled, the elevator hasn’t labored for a month, and many others.,” Morillo stated.
In that sense, the content material supervisor for Comunidad Feliz stated that “it’s at all times good to clarify what the cash collected on the finish of the month is getting used for.”
What occurs if I do not pay widespread bills?
Based on what the legislation says, each co-owner is obliged to contribute to the financial obligations of the condominium, together with widespread bills, even when she or he doesn’t use it.
Nonetheless, the delay or non-payment of widespread bills can provide rise to completely different sanctionsstarting from the assortment of curiosity and finestill the cutoff of primary providers.
“The one measures stipulated throughout the Co-Possession Regulation and moral measures is the reducing of electrical energy and telecommunications, solely after three months. There are administrations and committees that select to not permit residents to make use of widespread areas if they’re delinquent,” Morillo defined.
Along with this, Juan Ignacio Bretón, chief lawyer at Property Companions, burdened to THE DYNAMO“in additional excessive circumstances, within the judicial assortment of the identical, the seizure of the unit will be requested to proceed to the public sale and that the neighborhood be paid with the outcomes of the public sale.”