It is a mandatory review that all multifamily housing buildings must pass. The objective is to institute a periodic monitoring system for the state of residential buildings, putting into practice a procedure to verify the duty of the owners to conserve and rehabilitate their properties.
The technical inspection of buildings is used to determine the certificate of aptitude for a home.
It is a system of periodic control of housing buildings in order to verify the duty of the owners to conserve and rehabilitate their properties.
An examination of the common elements of the building, the structure and the envelope (facades and covers).
They must through a mandatory technical inspection:
In a maximum of 10 years the certificate of aptitude must be renewed.
All buildings must undergo a new technical inspection and submit the report to the Administration before the expiration of the certificate of aptitude.
Depending on the age of the building, the maximum deadlines planned to request the corresponding Housing Certificate from the Agència de l’Habitatge de Catalunya are the following:
| Previous to | to 31/12/2012 |
| Between 1931 and 1950 | to 31/12/2013 |
| Between 1951 and 1960 | to 31/12/2014 |
| Between 1961 and 1970 | to 31/12/2015 |
| From 1971 | Until the year the building is 45 years old |
The technical inspection of the buildings of houses must be carried out by an architect.
