With the high rental prices, being clear about the expenses paid for the house is essential for the majority when deciding whether or not to stay with a house. This is one of the topics that usually generate in relation to rental expenses, together with Who takes over the repairs of the appliancess. What additional expenses, in addition to the rent, can the owner charge to the tenant?
The lawyer Alberto Sánchez, a specialist in the right of leases and creator of content in ‘Legally’, has clarified in a video in social networks what the Law of Urban Leases (Lau) on this issue establishes.
Sánchez explains it directly: “The owner can charge the tenant, in addition to the rent, the IBI, the neighborhood community and the garbage rate. Article 20 of the Urban Lease Law makes it worthy clearly and allows the owner to collect all these concepts to the tenant.”
It must be reflected in the contract and broken down the amounts
It must be borne in mind that, although it is collected by the law, the expenses of which the tenant has to take charge must be clearly reflected in the contract, according to Sánchez, but I could not be reflected in any way.
The lawyer emphasizes that the payment obligation is only valid if the contract includes the exact amount of those expenses in the last year. “It is not simply worth saying in the contract, ‘hey, the tenant has to pay the IBI, right?
Sanchez recalls that these conditions “apply for housing rental contracts signed since March 2019”. In addition, in the event that the house is located in a tensioning area, the regulations require additional requirements that limit the expenses that can be transferred to the tenant.