expensas

How it is used in Bolivia

The building's shared monthly fees, which keep its shared areas running: standard and very common in apartment buildings in Santa Cruz, and almost always asked about. What they cover (portero, cleaning, a water pump) varies a lot by building, so ask what is included instead of assuming.

In a rental it varies: one listing includes them in the rent, another reads 'Bs 150 aparte', so ask. They are not the servicios. In a sale they are almost always billed separately from the purchase price.

On almost every ficha they appear as a monthly figure, almost always in Bs and separate from the $us price: a normal recurring cost of apartment life, whatever mode you buy in, to keep straight when comparing fichas. Buyers often note them as a doubt about a casa en condominio or a departamento after a visit, alongside the folio real and the servicios.

The building's administración keeps this account per unit; after a sale it is updated to the new owner in the same post-firma round of paperwork.