2023-12-26 06:30:04
Exterior insulation of a building, in Rennes, in 2019. DAMIEN MEYER / AFP
The co-owners of this small old building, in the Marais district of Paris, left their annual general meeting (AG) on September 27 without fully understanding what they had voted for, or why. At the end of the meeting, the trustee cautiously approached the chapter of thermal renovation and the obligations provided for by the Climate and Resilience Law of 2021.
The minutes show that a collective energy performance diagnosis (DPE) was included on the agenda. “But the trustee told us: “I recommend that you vote against”testifies Alexandre (first name has been changed), one of the owners, member of the union council. He explained to us that we should not bother with that, to avoid incurring costs while the subject remains very vague. And that we would talk about it again at the next AGMs. » The owners voted against, half relieved to have escaped an expense, half disconcerted not to follow in the footsteps of the renovation and the fight against global warming.
The trustee, both legal representative and responsible for managing the co-ownership, is nevertheless supposed to play a central role in the major project of energy renovation of the housing stock. “We are at the heart of the process, to inform, explain the laws, advise, guideassures Danielle Dubrac, who chairs the Union of Real Estate Unions. And it’s great to be ambassadors for decarbonization, it’s more interesting than managing elevator breakdowns. »
An attitude of “following”
Number of others However, co-owners have observed the opposite at the scale of their building. Anne-Sophie Harnisch, owner in the capital and architect, has the feeling of having been alone, with the union council, in carrying out the renovation project for her building. “In 2018, it was I who went to get the grant to carry out the energy audit, then I consulted project managers, and, with neighbors, we took care of visits from the architect and audit experts. The trustee was not resistantshe says, but he did not play his advisory role; he was soft, while we had to be hyperdynamic. »
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In a study published in October on “Contemporary changes in co-ownership trustees”, the Paris Region Institute confirms that, if national players like Nexity or Foncia “are generally very invested with public authorities on the subject of energy renovation”the reality is quite different on the ground. “The majority attitude of trustees, observed the report, would rather be that of followership. »
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