by thetravlebug » Fri Aug 12, 2011 3:40 pm
New here as looking to possibly buy a resale in the complex but this topic caught my eye as we have the opposite problem in the complex where we live for the summer. We specifically bought there because it appeared to allow dogs (no signs, we rented a place there and had our dog with us, we viewed apartments there with our dog, went to the bar with our dog....nothing ever said, so went and bought there). After we had, the management approached us to say dogs were not allowed. And they then put up a sign. However, I asked my lawyer and a second lawyer what the position was. He confirmed that the dog restriction must be written into the internal rules for the complex, which are to be openly displayed on all the buildings. If this is not done any ban is illegal under Bulgarian law. There is nothing written in the rules for our complex except that it is forbidden to feed strays in the common areas. Since we bought we have seen a number of others with dogs there anyway. Of course our dogs go nowhere near the pools, and are either always chained up next to our apartment if we are sat outside with them or are inside our apartment. They are walked off the complex and all the complex staff now know them well, as do many of the regular visitors there.
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