Don't you agree that you can install an elevator on the first floor of the old community?

According to the relevant regulations, if the first floor does not agree to install the elevator, it cannot be installed compulsorily. The installation of elevators in old buildings must be agreed by all owners, and one owner can't install them without consent.

Residents who don't agree to install elevators are often residents on the first floor, because installing elevators will have an impact on the first floor, such as the noise generated when elevators are used and the lighting will be affected. These are all problems that need to be considered and solved in practice.

How to apply for installing elevators in old buildings?

1, you can apply for residential quarters, buildings or units.

Installation of elevators can be applied to residential quarters, buildings or units. To apply for a community as a unit, the applicant shall be the owners' committee of the community; Where an application is filed in a building or unit, the applicant shall be the owner of the building or unit. If installing elevators in different units does not affect the structural safety and safe evacuation of other units in this building, an application can be made on a unit basis.

The applicant shall undertake the obligation of the construction unit to install elevators in existing houses as stipulated by laws and regulations. The applicant may collectively entrust two or more owners' representatives, property management enterprises or elevator construction and installation enterprises as agents to organize the implementation of project declaration, equipment procurement, construction and installation.

2. The application requires the consent of "two or more 2/3" owners.

The application for elevator installation shall be submitted after the owner whose exclusive part accounts for more than two-thirds of the total construction area and accounts for more than two-thirds of the total number of households agrees and signs an agreement. The total area and total number of elevators installed in different units are calculated independently according to the housing area of this unit. If the installation of the elevator intends to occupy the exclusive part of the owner, it shall also obtain the consent of the owner of the exclusive part.

3. The proportion of installation investment shall be determined by the owner through voluntary negotiation.

The agreement on elevator installation shall include the principal-agent matters, construction contents and cost budget, maintenance plan and cost budget, and related cost raising and allocation scheme.

The investment proportion of construction, installation and maintenance costs shall be determined by the applicant owners through voluntary negotiation. The owners of the ground floor houses whose ventilation, lighting or traffic conditions are affected by the installation of elevators, other owners may give certain economic compensation through negotiation.