Condominium Declaration: When Repairing the Common Elements … Require Extra Agreements and Protection

The statute which governs condominiums states that a declaration must include, among other things, the number of units in a condo, including how they are designated, their location, the approximate number of rooms, and the overall size. It also requires a description of the common elements.

What do I mean by common elements? To put it as simply as possible, when you purchase an apartment, you get a deed for your unit together with a percentage of common interest. In the most practical sense, your percentage of common interest is really your interest in the common elements – the hallways, the elevators, the lobbies, the foundations, the underlying structures of the building, and whatever else your particular documents deem a common element (often, including the amenities space). The "unit" is, with variations, the physical space that you live in, your apartment.