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Urbaneta blog posts about osmd.
Our 1974 elevator broke on a Saturday with two people inside. Five months and €61,200 later, here's what a Soviet panelka elevator replacement actually costs in Latvia and Estonia — real quotes, funding options, and the vote that almost didn't pass.
Nobody on our board could say where the monthly fee actually went. So I pulled a year of bank statements and built the breakdown. Heating and the elevator ate half the budget. Here's the full split.
Elected to your apartment association board in Latvia? A practical, firsthand guide to the law, meetings, budgeting, property managers, and the mistakes that cost buildings money.
A practical framework for annual budget planning in apartment associations and HOAs: start with actuals, separate recurring from capital costs, build the reserve on purpose, and involve owners before the meeting.
