What to recheck about apartment aidat on the closing day
Aidat is one of the figures most likely to change between early due diligence and the day title is transferred. A monthly charge may have fallen due, management may have posted a late item, owners may have approved a special contribution, or a temporary operating project may have been replaced by an approved one. The closing-day review therefore asks for a dated position for the exact apartment instead of recycling a statement obtained weeks earlier.
Obtain a current unit statement with a clear cut-off
Ask the manager or authorized management office for the latest account statement for the independent unit and record the date and time to which it is current. Compare the opening balance, charges since the last review and payments credited to the account. If the seller made a payment shortly before closing, match the receipt to the management ledger rather than assuming that a bank transfer has already been posted.
Separate ordinary aidat from extraordinary contributions, arrears, late-payment items and prepaid credits. A zero ordinary monthly balance does not prove that a special project assessment is absent. Equally, a debit shown in the ledger may relate to a charge whose due date or contractual allocation still needs to be clarified between buyer and seller.
Check whether the legal basis changed after the earlier review
Article 20 of Condominium Law No. 634 provides the basic rules for sharing common expenses, while the management plan has binding importance under Article 28. The actual monthly figure should also be traced to the current operating project and relevant owners' decisions. The 22 May 2026 reform under Law No. 7579 made the owners' assembly central to approval of the operating project and regulates the temporary project that may be prepared where no approved project exists. Closing staff should therefore ask whether a new project or resolution was issued after the last document pack was reviewed.
If the amount changed, obtain the resolution or operating-project document that supports the new figure. Do not treat a last-minute message from the seller or management as sufficient when the change affects the buyer's recurring cost.
Recheck special assessments and projects already approved
Review recent owners' resolutions for facade, roof, lift, structural, mechanical or other extraordinary works. Identify the total contribution for the unit, paid installments and remaining payment dates. An obligation can be economically relevant to the buyer even when the next installment falls after title transfer. The sale contract should say how such pre-approved costs are allocated between the parties.
Fix the settlement between buyer and seller at the transfer cut-off
Use the management ledger and the commercial agreement together. If the seller prepaid beyond closing, record the credit and any agreed reimbursement. If a charge belongs to the seller under the contract but management will collect it from the person who owns the apartment later, arrange a clear settlement mechanism instead of leaving the buyer to pursue the seller after completion.
Keep the final evidence with the closing file
Retain the closing-day unit statement, the latest operating project, recent owners' resolutions, the seller's last payment evidence and the contract clause that allocates pre- and post-closing amounts. Note any disputed charge separately. A management statement is evidence of the account at a particular date; it is not a promise that future aidat will never change.
The closing-day objective is narrow but important: confirm what the exact unit owes at the decision moment, identify already-created future obligations, and make sure the contract allocates them consciously. That prevents a buyer from receiving the keys with an account position that differs materially from the one used to price the transaction.