For the owner who cannot attend the meeting
The owners' meeting when you are away
A special levy was voted and you found out from the bill
The meeting is called in Spanish, held on a Tuesday in October and decides what you will pay. If you are away and do not appoint anyone, it is decided anyway: the law does not require your presence, only that you be notified — and 'notified' has a very generous definition.
What you get
- The notice translated into your language, item by item, with what each resolution costs you in euros.
- The proxy form, drafted the way your community requires it and ready to sign.
- Your vote carried to the meeting, following the written instructions you give us and no others.
- The minutes read and summarised: what was approved, by what majority, and what time limit you have to challenge it.
- A Spanish address formally notified to the secretary, so that notices arrive where you actually read them.
Why this matters now
Spain's Horizontal Property Act obliges every owner to give the community a Spanish address for notices. If none is given, notice is served at the flat itself; and if that fails too, it is enough to pin the notice on the community NOTICE BOARD: after three days it has full legal effect. Legally, you have been notified by a sheet of paper taped inside a lobby a thousand kilometres away from you.
What this service is NOT
We are not property administrators and not lawyers. We do not run the community, we do not keep its accounts and we do not challenge resolutions: challenging is a court procedure and needs a lawyer. We vote exactly what you tell us in writing and nothing else; if an unforeseen item comes up, we abstain and tell you, rather than deciding for you. And if your community does not accept proxies, we will say so before charging.
Questions about this service
Can somebody who is not an owner vote for me?
Yes. Representation at the meeting is done with a document signed by you, and requires neither a notary nor that the representative be a neighbour. It is the document that has to be right, and that is where most rejected proxies fail, at the door.
I owe back fees. Can I still vote?
No, and it is one of the harshest rules in the act: an owner who is not up to date may attend and speak but not vote. If that is your situation, the first problem is not the meeting, it is the debt — and we will say so even if it is not what you want to hear.
What if I disagree with what was approved?
There is a time limit to challenge it, a short one, and you will see it in our summary of the minutes. Challenging is a lawyer's job. Ours is that you find out in time that the limit exists, which is exactly what does not happen today.
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This page was last checked on 4 September 2026
Responsible for this content Sullivan Benedetto · Torrevieja (Alicante), España
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