Apartment Management: Duties and Responsibilities

Apartment management is an important task, which includes such responsibilities as organizing the joint life of apartment residents, ensuring the maintenance and safety of the building, fulfilling legal obligations.

According to the Law on Condominium, it is mandatory to elect a manager in apartments with 8 or more independent sections.

1. Basic Tasks

• Maintenance and Cleaning of Common Areas: The manager is responsible
  for ensuring the regular cleaning and maintenance of the common areas of the apartment, such as stairs, elevator, parking, garden.
• Invoice and Expense Tracking: Payments of common use expenses such as
  electricity, water, natural gas are the responsibility of the manager. At the same time, these expenses should be divided fairly between the apartments.
• Collection of Duties: Collecting dues
  each month and documenting where these monies are spent is one of the principal jobs of the manager.
• Official Documents and Bookkeeping Attitude: It is up to the manager
  to keep and store documents such as apartment decision book, income-expense ledger. In addition, these records must be auditable.
• Organizing General Assembly Meetings: It is the responsibility
  of the manager to organize general meetings attended by apartment residents at least once a year and implement the decisions taken.

2. Legal and Legal Responsibilities

• Compliance with Condominium Law: The administrator must carry out all transactions in accordance with the Law on Condominium.

• Tax and CSR Obligations: If staff such as janitors, security are employed, the CSR notifications and tax operations of these persons are the responsibility of the manager.

• Enforcement Proceedings: If it is necessary to initiate enforcement proceedings against floor owners who do not pay their dues, the administrator can organize it.

3. Characteristics a Good Manager Must Have

• Communication Skills: Must be able to build healthy relationships with floor residents.

• Honesty and Transparency: Expenses must be clear and documented.

• Organizational Ability: Must be able to organize tasks in a timely manner, such as meetings, maintenance, repairs.

• Legal Information: Must have jurisdiction over basic legal regulations.