My community has agreed to shut off the central heating. Do we have the right to know the deadline for this to happen?
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A recent ruling states that when a building's owners' association decides to shut down central heating and hot water services, a deadline for closure must be set and included in the meeting minutes. The shutdown requires co-owners to install individual systems in their homes and they need a reasonable amount of time to do so. The deadline determines when the community's fuel expenses will end and the distribution of fixed maintenance costs will change.
The agreement must be notified to absent owners, who have 30 days to express disagreement, and the deadline for physical closure must take this period into account.
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