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A apartment, also called Department, the use of one or another denomination depends on the Spanish-speaking regions in which it is found, it is a housing, which can be small, medium or large, that integrates a building in which there are other similar houses.

Housing that integrates a horizontal property building where families live or offices operate

Typically, the apartments consist of a kitchen, a bathroom, a living / dining room, one or two bedrooms, and a balcony that is the main connection to the outside.

Anyway we must say that there are also apartments that have better comforts, more rooms, and other areas that precisely provide comfort and luxury to the home, such is the case of a laundry room, a service unit, which is the area where staff are usually housed domestic.

The main difference that apartments present with respect to other types of housing is the surface they occupy, usually much smaller than a house.

Economic benefits they offer

Apartment buildings, in most cases, offer an economical solution, since they allow the

common use of vertical and horizontal areas, that is, for example, a piece of land in a large city in which there is a significant demand housing will be much better used as a destination for an apartment building than for a house, Since the building vertical, upwards, it will allow to make several apartments in which more than one family, something that of course would not happen in the event that on that land you decide to build only one house.

On the other hand, the economic benefit of an apartment building is also reported to other areas, such as the water, drainage and electricity installations and the obtaining services and common elements: boilers, incinerators, garages, storage rooms, utility rooms, laundry rooms, terraces, children's play areas, gyms, among others.

All these areas and common spaces provide entertainment and comfort to the inhabitants of a building of apartments and also the expenses they generate are distributed among the co-owners / tenants, being paid through the famous expenses.

The expenses of the apartment are paid for expenses

The expenses include all common and extraordinary expenses that occur in a building of apartments, such is the case of electricity, water, gas, telephone services, plus all those others that have to see with him maintenance of the building, such as payment of fire policies, maintenance of elevators, expenses of administration, cleaning and staff.

A manager who maintains the building and an administration that manages

Apartment buildings always have a caretaker or doorman, who usually lives in the building and that takes care of cleaning and intervening in everything related to the maintenance and well-being of the edifice.

Among his main tasks are the cleaning of the entire building, the common parts and the removal of waste.

For his work, of course, he receives a monthly salary paid by the owners / tenants through the aforementioned expenses.

Meanwhile, buildings usually hire a administrator who is in charge of precisely manage the economic resources that come in from the collection of expenses to be used to pay for services, hired personnel and the rest of the providers.

Also, they should be in charge of intervening in any problem that arises between the inhabitants of the building, disputes over common spaces, breakages involving several neighbors, problems of coexistence among these that normally have to do with the production of annoying noises or with the lack of I respect in the use of common spaces.

It should be noted that in recent years the apartments have become an excellent investment for those people who have savings and want to invest it in a business that earns them an income insured.

Themes in Apartment