&gt; flat in a shitty community in Spain.<p>What happened? I had an apartment abroad for about a decade, paid annually for security for the building and underground garage (this is Africa btw), cleaning and concierge and it was great. I always wondered what&#x27;d happen if things went sour in the association of homeowners but at the same time I could hardly conceive issues and never heard of problems from friends, either. A lot of issues of the commons never seemed to pop-up.