Guides for communities of owners in Spain

What the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal (Spain's Horizontal Property Act) says about the day-to-day running of a community of owners, cited article by article, and how Vecinar handles it.

• App for communities of owners

  Community of owners app for Spain: incidents with photos, common area bookings, minutes, surveys and a unit register. For presidents and property managers.

• Change property manager

  How to change property manager under the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal: who calls the meeting, which majority you need and how to keep the community's documents.

• Duties of the community president

  What the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal says about the president of a community of owners: how they are chosen, how long they serve and their duties, with or without a manager.

• Community WhatsApp group

  The community's WhatsApp group: what the AEPD says about adding residents and sharing data, and whether WhatsApp votes are valid resolutions under the LPH.

• Community minutes book

  Minutes book of a community of owners: is it compulsory, what each set of minutes must include, how the Registro de la Propiedad stamps it and what to do if lost.

• Common area rules

  Rules for common areas and the pool in a community of owners: bylaws, house rules, how they are approved and what to do when someone breaks them.

• Special levy

  Special levies in a community of owners under the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal: who pays, which majority is needed, what happens if the unit is sold and how to claim it.

• Owners in arrears

  Owners in arrears: voting at the meeting, deterrent measures and the payment order procedure under the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal, with notice and debt certificate templates.

• Call the owners' meeting

  How to call an owners' meeting in Spain: who calls it, notice periods, what the notice must say and first and second call, with a downloadable Word template.

• Works in common areas

  Works in a community's common areas: which need no vote, which need a three-fifths majority and what each owner can do in their own unit, under the LPH.

• Garage spaces

  Garage spaces in a community of owners: how they appear in the title deed, how costs are shared and who sets the rules of use, under the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal.

• EV charger

  EV charger in a community of owners: art. 17.5 of the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal only requires prior notice for an individual space. Notice template included.

• Lift

  Lifts in a community of owners: the majority needed, when one is compulsory if a resident asks and what changes in art. 10.1.b LPH on 23 October 2026.

• ITE and IEE

  ITE and Building Assessment Report (IEE): what national law says and what Valencia, Catalonia, Madrid, Seville and Zaragoza require, with each official source.

• Proxy vote at the meeting

  How to give a proxy vote at the owners' meeting: a signed note is enough (art. 15.1 LPH). Co-ownership and usufruct cases, and a downloadable authorisation template.

• Meeting minutes template

  Owners' meeting minutes template with the content required by art. 19 of the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal: attendees, shares, resolutions and votes. Word download.

• What is Vecinar

  What Vecinar is: a web app for communities of owners in Spain. What it includes, what it costs (from €0.15 per unit a month), who owns the data and what it does not do.

• Vecinar or WhatsApp group

  Vecinar or a WhatsApp group for your community of owners: personal data, incidents, documents and votes, and when the group is enough.

• Community app or manager app

  The community's own app or the property manager's app: what the law says about the manager, who keeps the data when you switch and what to ask before signing up.

• Vecinar or TusVecinos

  Vecinar compared with TusVecinos, using their website as of 17/10/2026: price per unit, features, native or web app, payments, bookings and data ownership.