An apartment , also called an apartment , the use of one or another name depends on the Spanish-speaking regions in which it is located, it is a house, which can be small, medium or large, that integrates a building in which there are other houses similar .
Housing that integrates a horizontal property building where families live or offices operate
Typically, the apartments consist of a kitchen, a bathroom, a living / dining room, one or two bedrooms, and a balcony that is the main connection to the outside.
Anyway we must say that there are also apartments that have better comforts, more rooms, and other areas that precisely provide comfort and luxury to the home, such is the case of a laundry room, a service unit, which is the area where domestic staff are usually housed.
The main difference that apartments present with respect to other types of housing is the surface they occupy, usually much smaller than a house.
Economic benefits they offer
Apartment buildings, in most cases, offer an economical solution, since they allow the common use of vertical and horizontal areas , that is, for example, a land in a large city in which there is a significant demand for housing will be much better used as a destination for an apartment building than for a house, since the vertical construction , upwards, will allow several apartments in which more than one family can live , something that of course would not happen in the case that in that land you decide to build only one house.
On the other hand, the economic benefit of an apartment building is also reported to other areas, such is the case of water, drainage and electricity installations and the obtaining of services and common elements: boilers, incinerators, garages, storage rooms, utility rooms, laundry rooms, terraces, children's play areas, gyms, among others.
All these areas and common spaces provide entertainment and comfort to the inhabitants of an apartment building and also the expenses they generate are distributed among the co-owners / tenants, being paid through the famous expenses.
The expenses of the apartment are paid for expenses
The expenses include all common and extraordinary expenses that occur in an apartment building, such is the case of electricity, water, gas, telephone services, plus all those others that have to do with the maintenance of the building, such as payment of fire policies, maintenance of elevators, administration , cleaning and personnel expenses .
A manager who maintains the building and an administration that manages
Apartment buildings always have a manager or doorman, who normally lives in the building and who takes care of cleaning and intervening in everything related to the maintenance and well-being of the building.
Among its main tasks are the cleaning of the entire building, the common parts and the removal of waste.
For his work, of course, he receives a monthly salary paid by the owners / tenants through the aforementioned expenses.
Meanwhile, the buildings usually hire an administrator who is in charge of precisely managing the economic resources that come in from the collection of expenses to be used for the payment of services, the hired personnel and the rest of the suppliers.
Also, they should be in charge of intervening in any problem that arises between the inhabitants of the building, disputes over common spaces, breakages that involve several neighbors, problems of coexistence between them that normally have to do with the production of annoying noises or with the lack of respect in the use of common spaces.
It should be noted that in recent years the apartments have become an excellent investment for those who have savings and want to invest it in a business that provides them with a guaranteed income.