{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1217","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Considerable Repairs","number":"1217","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1217/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK IV - PROPERTY","title":"TITLE V - USUFRUCT AND OTHER RIGHTS IN REM","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Usufruct and Right of Occupation","section":"Section 1. - General Provisions","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Considerable repairs are repairs which entail an expense exceeding the average yearly income derived from the property to which the usufruct extends.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1217/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":338,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/338/?article=1217&paragraph=p1#article-1217-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"The usufructuary shall inform the owner where considerable repairs need be made for the preservation of the property. He shall not himself make such repair unless he rendered them necessary in particular by failing to maintain the property since the usufruct originated.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1217/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":338,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/338/?article=1217&paragraph=p2#article-1217-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"The owner shall not be bound to make considerable repairs on the property. Where the owner decides to make considerable repairs, the usufructuary shall accept the inconvenience arising therefrom. In making the repairs, the owner shall have regard to the interests and convenience of the usufructuary.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1217/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":338,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/338/?article=1217&paragraph=p3#article-1217-p3"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}