Community Administration Services

Introduction

Playas del Almanzora S.L. has acted as an Administrator of Communities for over 15 years, gaining a great breadth of experience in their operation. In Spain, there can be a number of different types of Community body, depending on the complexity of the project or development, where you have your home. The examples given below are all have their place in the running of a very complex project such as Desert Springs. On the other hand, within the village of Villaricos, you may be part of a single Community of Owners of an individual building or complex only.

The Individual Communities of Property Owners

Each building complex or group of properties with a common element has an individual (sub) Community formed under the Law of Horizontal Property. These Communities are responsible, amongst other matters, for the common elements of buildings, the grounds and the facilities used by the owners jointly. The Communities objectives include maintenance of the properties, and their value, and the promotion of good relations between owners. Each owner will have a share in his Community. At Desert Springs, the Communities themselves will be managed by the Association, see below, acting as Administrator.

The ‘Mancomunidad’

At Desert Springs there is also a Mancomunidad, an Overall Community of the Common Lands and Boundaries. Within the Resort there are a growing number of areas of land, water features, private roads, facilities and services, such as the security service for the community and private areas, that are for the private benefit of all the owners and communities at Desert Springs, rather than for the public at large. These include notional strips of land between the golf and most groups of property, provided for the purpose of common control of boundaries and visual appearance and/or for service accesses, etc. Such land and services are held and controlled by the Mancomunidad. Owners are represented on this body by the Presidents of their individual Communities. The Mancomunidad is also administered by the Association.

The Urban Conservation Entity

At Desert Springs, the main drainage, the security of public areas, a small length of road, the public open spaces, and other ‘public’ services at Desert Springs, are looked after by the Conservation Entity, a formal administrative body acting on behalf of the local council. Formed by a General Assembly of all property owners, each has a proportional share. It is directed by a Board, including a representative of the Town Hall, and is to be administered by the Association, see below.

The Association for the Common Administration, Well Being and Harmony of Desert Springs.

This Association at Desert Springs aims to rationalise the administration and reduce the costs of the very many individual sub-Communities, the overall Community, the Urban Conservation Entity, and other such organisations in Desert Springs. It does so by providing common administration for all of them; thus enabling consistency of treatment and co-ordination and the avoidance of the multiplication of costs and conflicting decisions. All these bodies, including any owners, not being a member of a Sub-community, participate in the Association, either directly or via their Communities and the Entity, the Presidents of which will manage the Association.

The Association will therefore be appointed and will act as the Administrator of the sub-Communities, the Mancomunidad and the Entity. It will also provide a forum for debate and initiation of action concerning matters that are not properly “Community business”. Its objectives therefore include regulating and supporting the life of Desert Springs and safeguarding its collective interests.