Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Wohnungsgrundbücher

English translation:

land register for commonhold flats

Added to glossary by Jon Fedler
Sep 16, 2011 07:20
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German term

Wohnungsgrundbücher

German to English Law/Patents Real Estate Wohnungsgrundbuch
K A U F V E R T R A G
mit Werkvertrag betreffend die Erstellung einer Eigentumswohnung

Der Verkäufer hat diesen Grundbesitz gemäß § 8 WEG in der Weise in Miteigentumsanteile aufgeteilt, dass mit jedem Miteigentumsanteil das Sondereigentum an einer bestimmten Wohnung oder an nicht zu Wohnzwecken dienenden Räumen verbunden ist. ...

Mit Anlegung der *Wohnungsgrundbücher* wird folgendes Wohnungseigentum gebildet:
100/1.000 Miteigentumsanteil am vorbezeichneten Grundbesitz,
verbunden mit dem Sondereigentum an allen Räumen der Wohnung im Dachgeschoss rechts nebst Loggia,
im Aufteilungsplan mit Nummer 14 bezeichnet.

Romain, Byrd and Thielecke's dictionary cites 'condominium register' but I need a UK English equivalent for condominium
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 land register for commonhold flats
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Sep 16, 2011 08:22: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Law/Patents"

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Discussion

AllegroTrans Sep 16, 2011:
Context needed We need to know which country this is from to know whether this is a separate land registry for co-ownership properties or simply a register kept by the owner of the collectivity of properties. Googling the term might help.

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land register for commonhold flats

Wohnungsgrundbuch
[english: land register for commonhold flats
http://www.immobilien-fachwissen.de/lexikon/lexikon.php?quer...

Commonhold is a recognition of the co-operation required between any community of owners living within a defined area while permitting the benefits of freehold title to each of the community proprietors. The core feature is that two or more freehold owners each have title to properties within the land registered as an estate in commonhold land. Each freeholder has a title to a commonhold unit and, therefore, exclusive permanent ownership of a specified piece of property while having the benefit of, and being subject to, enforceable community rules and regulations.
http://www.practicalconveyancing.co.uk/content/view/9319/111...

Commonhold: A new type of tenure created by the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act (2002). Commonhold allows for the freehold of ownership of the individual flat within a block and the shared ownership of the common parts.
http://www.mirzasolicitors.co.uk/service.php?id=5

Key words: flat, apartment, commonhold, ownership, possession, registration, Land Register,
Cadastre, case study
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:tQN5ahJGQNUJ:www.f...
Peer comment(s):

agree Nicola Wood
1 hr
Thank you Nicola, have a nice weekend
neutral AllegroTrans : a) how do you know these are flats? b) isn't "commonhold" a uniquely UK term that does not exist in German?
7 hrs
Please raad my refrences.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Leasehold or commonhold

I think this infomation from the UK Land Registry might help you.

Grundbuch is usually the land register, but for flats the normal forms of registration are Commonhold and Leasehold

See under practice / commonhold for more information
Peer comments on this reference comment:

neutral AllegroTrans : beware; these are term appropriate to UK and some other common law jurisdictions; they don't work for Germany
8 hrs
The asker specifically asked for UK English equivalents. I chose to enter this as a reference rather than an answer precisely because it is not directly applicable, but might be of use to the asker in finding an appropriate term
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Reference:

Condominium - definition

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the form of housing. For the international law describing a territory in which two sovereign powers have equal rights, see Condominium (international law).
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A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate (usually of an apartment house) is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights associated with the individual ownership and controlled by the association of owners that jointly represent ownership of the whole piece.

Colloquially, the term is often used to refer to the unit itself in place of the word "apartment". A condominium may be simply defined as an "apartment" that the resident "owns" as opposed to rents.

Condominium is the legal term used in the United States and in most provinces of Canada. In Australia and the Canadian province of British Columbia it is referred to as strata title. In Quebec the term "divided co-property" (French: co-propriété divisée) is used, although the colloquial name remains 'condominium'. In France the equivalent is called copropriété (co-ownership), usually managed by the syndic. In New Zealand an "apartment" refers to a unit that is owned, while a rented unit is referred to as a "flat". In South Africa, this form of ownership is called Sectional Title, with the owners constituting the Body Corporate.[1]
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