propriedade horizontal
Published 8 November 2026, 19:36
propriedade horizontal (division of a building into separate flats)
An arrangement under which a building is legally divided into separate flats and units (frações autónomas): each has its own number in the register, its own owner and its own share of the building's common parts. If a building has not been divided in this way, you cannot sell a single flat in it — only the whole building or shares in it.
Where you come across it. The land registry extract and caderneta predial for a flat; condomínio documents; buying a home.
The rule on a tenant buying their share of an undivided building (paragraph 8 of article 1091.º) does not apply: the Constitutional Court struck it down with general binding force in ruling n.º 299/2020, retroactively from 30 October 2018.
Official website: diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/decreto-lei/1966-34509075