HOA or Managing Company: What is better?

The housing code is allowed several forms of home management.

Classic - transferring the management of all cases to the control company. But in some cases, residents are advisable to take care of house control into their hands. Therefore, we decided to answer an urgent question: is it necessary at all the HOA? As well as about the concept and distinguishing signs of the partnership of the owners of housing.

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Homeowners Association is a non-profit organization that is created by the owners of apartments to manage the house. The authority organization and method of its creation are enshrined in Article 135 of the Housing Code.

If you say simple, then HOA performs the same functions as the management company:

monitors the state of the house;
hires personnel to care for the territory;
concludes contracts with contractors for repair and other works;
collects rent;
pays taxes;
calculated with utility services.

Management Company - This is a commercial organization, a legal entity that all services for the maintenance and maintenance of the house provides for a reimbuled basis. They are divided into three varieties:

managers who do not directly care for the house, and hire subcontractors for this;
operational, which directly fulfill the maintenance services;
hybrid, or operational managers that contain the house and provide utilities.

Thus, in the form between HOA and the Criminal Code there is no difference - they both follow the content of the house and ensure that the tenants pay all the services in time. But between there are some differences in the organization. Then how does the management company differ from the HOA?

First consider what pluses has HOA:

the possibility of choosing an exploiting company from the list of proven;
the ability to change the supplier of utility and other services if its work or rates are not satisfied with the tenants;
great freedom at the disposal of funds, for example, tenants may not wait for the planned repair of the house, but to produce it, as soon as the means will accumulate;
freedom in the arrangement of the entrance, for example, you can change the counters to save resources, establish lighting with motion sensors, etc.;
the ability to install protection, video cameras in the entrance and other means of protection;
additional revenues from premises that are leased for commercial needs (shops, offices, etc.).

At the same time, such a form of organization has certain minuses:

we will have to independently keep an accounting department: it makes a calculation of rent, to ensure fundrauls, pay for the work of contractors and suppliers of utilities, taxes, contributions, pencils, etc.;
the rent is usually in the HOA higher, as you have to pay for additional services;
in the event of contradictions and disputes with the authorities and contractors, you will have to independently defend our rightness in court or contact professional lawyers;
difficulties in the arrangement of the local area, the need to interact with many services.

Managing companies are engaged in the provision of services for the operation of the house professionally, therefore, dignity The Criminal Code is associated directly with this factor:

good material and technical base, the ability to respond in a timely manner into the freelancer;
relations with contractors and subcontractors are established, so there will be no problems with the provision of utilities;
all possible calculations assumes accounting of the Criminal Code;
the staff work professional lawyers who quickly respond to changes in legislation and will be able to defend the interests of residents in court relying on their experience and practice.

However, the Criminal Code has obvious disadvantages:

the full inability to control the costs of funds is possible for theft and abuse from the Criminal Code;
opaque rate of accrual of rent;
changes in the management policy of the house most often occur without the knowledge of residents;
the home content is an order of magnitude worse, since one employee (or team team) usually serves several objects;
all additional income go to the ownership of the Criminal Code (for rent, placement advertising, etc.)

There is no unambiguous answer to this question. Depending on the specific situation, residents may approach independent management or "write off" of all concerns on a third-party company.

The advantages of HOA before the management company are obvious if:

the house is small, and its content does not require specific knowledge and creating a large working group;
the tenants know each other well and trust the neighbors, there are grounds that everyone will be conscientious to fulfill their obligations to pay utilities;
most of the tenants are owners of apartments, if there are employers of social housing, then problems with the administration will arise;
the house lives the active chairman, ready to take on all the care of home management (because this TPC is a non-profit organization, the salary does not rely on him, therefore, everything will be at a voluntary basis);
the house has rooms for rent, or advertising blocks are placed on the walls, which allows HOA to get an additional income.

If the tenants do not want to take over the excessive care for hiring and the selection of operational companies, engage in the redistribution of funds, or if there are many housing employers in the house or ordinary tenants, then this house is best to trust a professional CC.

As an option - you can form a HOA and hire the Criminal Code for the implementation of the main work.

Other forms of residents of residents: What is better?

Housing and communal services is an organization that directly serves the infrastructure of the house. Its responsibilities include:

supply of hot and cold water;
heating;
providing drainage (sewage);
electricity conduct;
cleaning of the house territory and entrances;
organization of garbage cleaning;
lift maintenance.

In fact, housing and communal services (housing department, ZhReu, etc.) is one of the forms of the Criminal Code. Most often, the HOA hire any housing utilities for the service of the house, and the board itself is engaged in the control of its activities. So the question is that better housing and communal services or HOA is not entirely correct, since organizations are engaged in various activities.

Hskh is a housing and construction cooperative. It is usually formed at the construction stage of houses, and subsequently transformed into the HOA. However, this form of management can be maintained indefinitely and after the completion of construction. The minimum number of members of the ECSK - 5, the maximum - by the number of apartments in the house.

At the stage of construction at home and at first, after entering it into operation, the best form of management will be the housing department. The main purpose of such an organization is to complete the construction of the house and make sure that there are no shortcomings in its design.

All incomes received by the ECC are distributed between its members. Oszh income remains in the organization and can be spent on home improvement.
Powers of the HOME for maintenance of the house less, Chet HOA.
The Board of the HSSC may consist of 5 people who take all solutions without regardless of the rest. Making decisions in HOA is possible only when receiving more than 50% of the votes of all residents at home.

TSN - This is a real estate owner partnership. In fact, it is the same as the HOA, but legal entities may be included in the TSN. As part of the HOA, only individuals can be, i.e. tenants.

So, if legal entities are working in the house on a permanent basis - for example, there are shops or offices on the first floor, it is more convenient to create TSN.

In this case, there will be fewer problems when distributing fees for utilities, when collecting funds for rent, when settling any conflicts, etc.

HOA and Criminal Code have many differences:

The size. HOA usually serves one house. On the "Balance" of the Criminal Code many different objects. Consequently, the Board of HOA can focus on the problems of a particular home, while the Criminal Code will shift the responsibility for one house on the shoulders of the tenants of the other.
Management form. Tszh manages collectively. The Chairman is an expressive opinion of the majority, all of its decisions should be supported by the General Assembly Protocol. In the Criminal Code, everything is solved alone by the director of the organization.
The method of spending funds. HOA is independently disposed of received money: how much earned, so much and can be spent on improving the house. The tools of the Criminal Code are folded into the overall boiler.
Control. Chairman and members of the Board of HOA, there is control by the Audit Commission and the Public Assembly. The activities of the Criminal Code can only check the prosecutor's office, all information on it is closed.

Thus, the choice of home management form depends on the tenants themselves. If there is a desire and the ability to independently solve your problems and directly control the house, then you can also create a HOA. If there are many housing tenants in the house, or if there are no active tenants, then it remains only to trust the Criminal Code.