: What happens when you Buy or Own an Apartment/ Condo? Do you own the property/Land? What happens if the building needs renovation, or needs to be demolished?

Question

When you Own a house in lets say america you own the Land. You can renovate, rebuild the house do whatever you want because you own the land. But lets say you buy a condo in a city like NYC? You only own the apartment building? But what happens if the building needs to get completely demolished? Or a huge chunk needs to get renovated etc.? What happens to you or your apartment or condo?

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Answer 1

OP, I think you mean owning the whole building, right? It seems like many are assuming you meant an individual unit.

You are incorrect in assuming that you have to own the land to renovate the house. Same thing with a building. You can own the building, but not the land underneath it. If you own it, you can do whatever you want.