From supermarket to apartment

If it is a community of owners, you will probably have to submit an application to change the type of use there as well. You mainly want to use the property for residential purposes and not for commercial purposes, right? Both the municipality and the community of owners (depending on the ownership agreement) could put a spoke in the wheel. Not every tenant is thrilled when someone is tinkering with vintage cars in the yard that will probably cause a lot of noise when tuning the engines and so on,...

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Of course, I will also speak to the municipality, since I will be living in a commercial property, which is permitted as a manager's apartment.

I don't see this as being permitted prematurely at all; after all, you are _not_ registering a business. First of all, a change of use must be approved. Only then does the troublesome issue of the property owner arise; whether they agree to continue "enduring noise" on Sundays is a completely different matter. It will likely be difficult to do one without neglecting the other ;)

If the hurdle of the municipality is overcome, it depends in my opinion also on how long the owners have had to manage _without_ income from the lower floor; how high the rent is, how long the lease is supposed to run, measures against leaking oil, fire protection, possibly regulations for dismantling after the lease ends, etc. ...

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Thanks so far for the hints. It is getting more and more complicated, also with the bank because I want to convert it, but since 2/3 is still left as a hall they would probably classify it as commercial. I will discuss the conversion with the municipal building authority.

As for the co-owners, something funny and at the same time disadvantageous has emerged: I would have a 70% share in the property, so I can outvote everyone. Now I also have the latest meeting minutes. The current owner has used his voting right to allocate the general costs 1:1 to the 4 parties, things like janitor, garbage, general electricity, etc. But they sued it back in court.

I have to say, the ground floor probably makes up 30% of the total area of the whole house, if at all, rather less. But I am supposed to bear 70% of the general costs? I don’t like that at all. That also explains the high costs of about €500 per month for general costs and reserves.

can overrule everyone with it

Not all decisions can be made by majority vote; structural changes must be decided unanimously. But: Yes, you can block any decision.