8577 shared roof

hi all,
a lot of houses in abruzzo are in medieval villages where one roof on the top floor can be beneficial to a few other resident or owners but does anyone know the regulations?also what about people below not keeping their property up to scratch and therefore affecting the house above?thank you anyone.
nigelgh l'aquila

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Property Sales/Rental Advice

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 14:07

My Italian neighbour told me everyone who shares a roof also shares responsibility in law for its maintenance.
pam

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 04:10

[quote=nigelgh;80453]hi all,
a lot of houses in abruzzo are in medieval villages where one roof on the top floor can be beneficial to a few other resident or owners but does anyone know the regulations?also what about people below not keeping their property up to scratch and therefore affecting the house above?thank you anyone.
nigelgh l'aquila[/quote]

Yes, this happens in many places in Italy and it can be a problem, because, as Alma points out, the owners share in the responsibility of keeping the roof in good condition.... and not everyone may feel responsible for it. We did not buy a property we liked a lot in Boveglio (LU) because of this. It had been advertised as a "terratetto"; however, when we inspected it the house was "incastrata", it shared some roof areas with other property owners and one of them was totally neglecting his share... Consequently, we decided to buy elsewhere and we made sure that we were buying a true "terratetto". The roof is a most important element in any house and if it is not properly maintained.... the whole house can go in a matter of a few months.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 01/23/2008 - 04:57

It is very common, and there are precise formulae for working out how much each 'house' needs to pay towards the roof repair/replacement. Your geometra will work it all out, based on the catastal rendita of the accommodation covered by the roof. For example, the owner of a cantina or fondo will pay less than the owner of a room of the same size.

The geometra will notify every owner involved (basically they are obliged to agree, so long as the work is necessary and the contract figure in line with expectations).

If an owner cannot be traced it becomes more tricky, but in theory the work can go ahead and 'legally', at some time in the future, the money can be retrieved from a new owner or on the reappearance of the missing one. (It is probably wiser to consider this unlikely).

If your accommodation is being 'damaged' by lack of action by a neighbour there are clauses in the Codice Civile which can be invoked to get the work done, again your geometra will be able to handle all of this.