Living on a complex

[fifi]

 http://www.janetanscombe.com/living-on-a-complex-in-tenerife

[woe10]

These stand out Fifi:

Q:  At what age is a child able to use a smimming pool unaccompanied?

A: The law specifies that niños must be accompanied, and these are defined by Spanish law as 13 or under.

Q: The President keeps telling my children off just for playing. They must be allowed to play, surely? Isn't the President harrassing us?

A: Unfortunately, the fact is that children are generally not allowed to play in a complex. Obviously, if the children are quiet it's likely that no-one will complain, but the children have no actual rights to play. From the point of view of a complex, those who are disturbed by children are the ones being harassed, not you. Remember that the principal functions of a complex are basically the management of the community and communal areas, and usually, there is no designated play area. Complexes in Spain are not child friendly, which is why so many children in Spanish areas tend to play in play parks.

Q: How do you get people to keep quiet and behave properly? Is this a duty that the President performs?

A: If the nuisance is just to one or two neighbours, it is up to those neighbours to sort it out directly as an issue between neighbours, because each owner is a part of the community. If the disturbance is greater than this, though, then the president should be contacted with a view to organizing police involvement. The fact is, though, that all owners form the community, and it is up to the community as an entity to enforce decent behaviour. This means that any owner can, and should, enforce standards, and is entitled by law to do so – indeed expected by law to do so. The President is not the "complex police", but a legal figurehead.

[fifi]

There are a few interesting points listed allright Woe.

I found this one interesting....

The law requires any pet, however, to be kept on a lead in communal areas. This applies to cats as much as dogs.In a nutshell: it does not matter at all whether a community has rules about animals because the issue is covered by Spanish Law.