Life in an Owners Association

Parte, Extending your home

Living together is more than a shared entrance and a mailbox in your name. It is the stairs you take every day, the neighbor you encounter, a building that is partly yours.

At Parte, we see things differently than most managers. We don't just manage; we ensure that your "Owners Association", apartment building feels like a place where you love to live.

On this page, we gather honest answers to the questions that every owner and resident has sooner or later. About rights, obligations, damage, rules, and all the minor and major matters that come with living together. No legal jargon, no half-answers. Just everything you need to feel at home, even beyond your front door.

Property Manager Glossary
The General Meeting
Renovating the Owners Association
SYNDICUS
Why changing Property Manager won’t resolve your file any faster
An ongoing file at your Owners Association that keeps dragging on. An insurance matter that just won't get resolved. Communication that is slower than you would like. As a co-owner, that is frustrating, and that frustration is completely understandable. In such a situation, you often hear the same reflex: "we'll change Property Manager, then we'll solve it." Unfortunately, it is rarely that simple.
pleasant residential area
COMMUNITY LIVING
How to foster respect between neighbors
How to foster respect between neighbors? 6 tips for a pleasant building.
COMMUNITY LIVING
Living in an apartment for the first time
You have found your apartment, the key is ready, and now the real adventure begins. Apartment living is wonderful: less maintenance, often a prime location, and shared amenities that you could never afford on your own. However, there are also rules of the game that you never encounter with a house.
Your Owners Association in top form through management with vision
schade na brand syndicus
INSURANCE
Is your apartment double-insured? How to avoid two premiums for one building
Is your apartment already insured through the co-ownership? Discover what your Owners Association's fire insurance covers, what you should insure yourself, and what your bank requires.
waterschade verzekering appartement
INSURANCE
Water damage caused by the upstairs neighbor, but the door remains closed
A leak at the upstairs neighbor's, but they won't let anyone in? Discover what your Property Manager must do, what they can do, and when the Justice of the Peace intervenes.
Preparing terrace plants for winter
TERRACE
Preparing terrace plants for winter: how to help them through the season
Your terrace is full of plants that you enjoyed all summer. But what should you do as soon as the nights get colder? With a few targeted measures, you give your plants a better chance of getting through the winter well.
SYNDICUS
The most expensive sentence in an apartment building
In an apartment building, delay can sometimes be literally expensive. What seems like a minor intervention today can grow into a major technical problem, an urgent repair, and a significant cost for the co-owners tomorrow. That is why good building management is not just a matter of solving problems. It is primarily about staying ahead of them. Because comparing a quote for work on an apartment building is about much more than just looking at the amount at the bottom of the page. The cheapest quote can perfectly be the best choice. But it can just as easily turn out to be the most expensive solution when materials, execution, guarantees, lifespan, or additional costs are not comparable.
Invest before it is too late
renovating apartment
SYNDICUS
Why the cheapest quote is not always the best
The differences are significant. And so the choice seems simple: as a co-owner, why would you pay more if the same work can be done for €18,000? Because comparing quotes for work on an apartment building is about much more than looking at the amount at the bottom of the page. The cheapest quote can perfectly well be the best choice. But it can just as easily turn out to be the most expensive solution when materials, execution, warranties, lifespan, or additional costs are not comparable.
The links of the Owners Association
SYNDICUS
The silent heroes of our apartment building
An apartment building sometimes seems to function on its own. The elevator arrives when you press the button, the garage door opens when you come home, the lights are on in the common areas, and the heating does what it is supposed to do.
Care today. Value tomorrow.
SYNDICUS
How the shares of your lot are calculated
When you buy an apartment, garage, or storage room in a co-ownership, you are not just buying a private space. You also become a co-owner of the common parts of the building. Therefore, shares in the common parts are linked to each private lot. These shares play an important role in the distribution of certain costs within the co-ownership.
SYNDICUS
What is a basic deed
Anyone who buys an apartment becomes not only the owner of their own home, but also a co-owner of the common parts of the building. To clearly establish who owns what and how the co-ownership is organized, a basic deed is drawn up.
In an apartment building, managing the common parts is no simple task. That is why a Property Manager is appointed. But what exactly does a Property Manager do in an apartment building? The Property Manager is responsible for the daily management, administration, and financial management of the co-ownership. He or she carries out the decisions of the Owners Association (Owners Association).