edificio de propiedad horizontal

English translation: Apartment block

20:49 Jun 11, 2004
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Spanish term or phrase: edificio de propiedad horizontal
I found "cooperatively owned apartment building" in the Kudoz Glossaries but I don't think it applies in this case.
The building I am writing about is not owned cooperatively, it is just a block of flats. However, I cannot use that term since the register is a bit more formal.
Silvia Calderón
Argentina
Local time: 21:02
English translation:Apartment block
Explanation:
Well, no matter the register, what you have is a block of flats. You might also say an apartment block, a mixed-use residential-commercial block (if also containing retail spaces), and so on. There is a Régimen (or Ley) de Propiedad Horizontal ("PH") that governs their construction and a Reglamento de PH governing their operation. The living spaces are usually co-ops, (comunidades), but not in this case, you told us.
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Scott Rasmussen (X)
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Summary of answers provided
5condominium building
Henry Hinds
5horizontal property building
Refugio
4building subject to a horizontal property regime
ggrozoma
4Apartment block
Scott Rasmussen (X)
3Apartment building
Jeff Steffin


  

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building subject to a horizontal property regime


Explanation:
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/HSB/00700/H...
If a building subject to a horizontal property regime contains three or more apartments intended for human habitation which are leased to tenants who are not owners of the apartments and



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Apartment block


Explanation:
Well, no matter the register, what you have is a block of flats. You might also say an apartment block, a mixed-use residential-commercial block (if also containing retail spaces), and so on. There is a Régimen (or Ley) de Propiedad Horizontal ("PH") that governs their construction and a Reglamento de PH governing their operation. The living spaces are usually co-ops, (comunidades), but not in this case, you told us.


    Reference: http://www.tuguialegal.com/complejos.htm
Scott Rasmussen (X)
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condominium building


Explanation:
Sometimes just called a "condominium" or a "condo".

Henry Hinds
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horizontal property building


Explanation:
This means that the apartments, or condominiums, are owned without rights to the underlying land.

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Apartment building


Explanation:
This strikes me as the most logical translation...

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