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Find out if the building has an owners' committee

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Owners in a jointly owned building can have a formal voice through an owners' committee. ADREC explains that a committee is formed once at least 30% of units in a development are registered to multiple owners, with 5 to 9 members chosen by owners' vote. It reviews service charge budgets, monitors service delivery and links owners with the community management company. Before you buy, ask the community management company whether a committee exists, how to contact it and what it is working on now. If minutes or updates are shared with owners, read the latest ones. For example, a committee in an Al Reem Island tower may be following up a lift upgrade. Its current issues show you what living there involves beyond the viewing. Prepared by Masterpiece Property. AI-generated illustration, not a photograph of an actual property or project.

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