The Law for management of storey property was adopted first by the administration of Bulgaria’s Burgas. It’s application begins today.

In respect to that a small book, printed in 2 000 copies, will be distributed among all house managers of buildings with many apartments. The books contain explanations about the basics of the new law. Citizens that want to familiarize themselves with the contents of the book can receive a copy in the office of the ombudsman Tanio Atanasov or in the territorial departments of the municipality of Burgas.

The mayor Dimitar Nikolov stated that the application of the Law for management of storey property will define the regulations and give carte-blanche to the municipality of Burgas to begin improvements of the civil buildings of the city. Much of the current issues of the municipality administration are related to problems within larger civil buildings and co-operative living.

Most of the citizens of Burgas live in large civil buildings, like blocks of flats. The municipality has nearly 1300 such buildings registered.

Most of these buildings in Bulgaria’s Burgas are old and worn, some even potentially dangerous. Despite that, many people refuse to assist in their restoration, even though complete renovation can only take place with everyone’s help. On top of that, some real estate owners take actions that harm the real estate of their neighbors. The mayor and the ombudsman were resolute that in this case, the responsibility should be solely the violator’s – not shared between neighbors.

The law will allow the municipality of Burgas to get involved with urgent repairs. Afterwards, the invested money will be collected from the real estate owners.

The mayor of Burgas also announced his intention to suggest to the local parliament an increase of the taxation for garbage for the careless real estate owners that throw away their refuse in prohibited places – through the window or in the lawn in front of the block of flats, for example.