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I think they're talking about how it's usually forbidden to install an exterior unit that blows towards the windows of a neighbour or a visible unit on the faça

• FirmwareBurner 1y ago
  The law is for the facade of all buildings not just historical ones. You aren't allowed to alter it since it's common property, not your own.
  • detaro 1y ago
    You need the owners permission. In the specific case of a building where different people own different apartments, that's the owners assembly for the outside. That's not the same as it being forbidden by regulations, and not particularly specific to European countries. Fairly sure if you own a condo in the US they'll also have their own rules about what you are allowed to do to parts of the building outside your unit and a voting process for exceptions and changing it. And obviously ownership law like that has nothing to do with "greenwashing propaganda". Some areas can have local restrictions facade design, but that's neither universal nor something that can't be mitigated.
  • seszett 1y ago
    That's not true at all. Individual or terraced houses are not "common property" and owners are free to install what they want. Apartments buildings with multiple owners are governed by a "syndic" that is comparable to American HOAs (as far as I understand HOAs) and they can put restrictions on AC installations if a majority of owners agree. Usually the most annoying part is that you need to wait a couple of weeks for permission to drill through the exterior wall (which is common property obviously).