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Request the removal of objects cluttering the common areas
Removal of bulky items
Your contact information
Contact information for the owner of the objects
Has... (place), the ... (date),
Subject: Congestion of common areas
Dear (or Sir),"
I am the owner of lot n°... (specify) of the co-ownership, and I realized that, for some time, you have been depositing bulky objects in the common areas of the building, namely: ... (specify the objects and the common part concerned).
I inform you that many occupants are very bothered by this clutter ... (specify the nature of the discomfort).
After contacting you several times to ask you to remedy this situation, I was able to see that no change had taken place to date.
[Add, if your condominium by-law so provides:]
I would like to remind you that the co-ownership by-law of the building, in its article ... , prohibits the congestion of the common areas.
I would therefore like to ask you, once again, to remove the objects in question stored ... (indicate the common part concerned).
In the absence of intervention on your part, I will be obliged to inform the syndic of the existing situation.
Please accept, Madam (or Sir), the expression of my distinguished greetings.
Signature
Contact information for the owner of the objects
Has... (place), the ... (date),
Subject: Congestion of common areas
Dear (or Sir),"
I am the owner of lot n°... (specify) of the co-ownership, and I realized that, for some time, you have been depositing bulky objects in the common areas of the building, namely: ... (specify the objects and the common part concerned).
I inform you that many occupants are very bothered by this clutter ... (specify the nature of the discomfort).
After contacting you several times to ask you to remedy this situation, I was able to see that no change had taken place to date.
[Add, if your condominium by-law so provides:]
I would like to remind you that the co-ownership by-law of the building, in its article ... , prohibits the congestion of the common areas.
I would therefore like to ask you, once again, to remove the objects in question stored ... (indicate the common part concerned).
In the absence of intervention on your part, I will be obliged to inform the syndic of the existing situation.
Please accept, Madam (or Sir), the expression of my distinguished greetings.
Signature
Good to know
The law of 10 July 1965 on co-ownership recalls that the parts of buildings and land used for the use or utility of all co-owners or several of them are common. The common areas are in principle determined in the co-ownership regulations. In the absence of a specific mention in this act or in the event of a contradiction between the co-ownership regulations and the descriptive state of division, it is necessary to refer to article 3 of the 1965 law which lists the presumed common parts. To learn more read our article
Misuse of common areas is often the cause of conflicts between co-owners. This can be a congestion of the common areas (strollers and bicycles constantly in the entrance), a monopolization of one of the common areas.
Misuse of common areas is often the cause of conflicts between co-owners. This can be a congestion of the common areas (strollers and bicycles constantly in the entrance), a monopolization of one of the common areas.
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