A written demand matters when a co-owner excludes you from personal use. Establish access, your share and evidence of the amount claimed.
Where only some co-owners personally use a Bulgarian property, Article 31(2) of the Ownership Act provides compensation for the benefit denied to the others from the date of a written demand. Owning a share and living elsewhere do not automatically establish a claim for retrospective rent.
Keys, access, allocation of rooms and existing agreements all matter. A genuine opportunity to use the property consistently with your rights may affect the claim if you decline it. A merely formal offer of unusable space does not necessarily resolve the issue.
The written demand should identify its recipient, the property and the claim. Evidence of receipt matters as much as the wording. A notarial notice is one possible method of service, not the only permissible document title.
Assess the share, period and use actually denied. An advertisement for an expensive neighbouring apartment does not itself prove rental value. Document the property's condition and usable area.
If you want practical access, an arrangement or judicial allocation of use may be needed in addition to a monetary claim. Where an outside tenant occupies the property, accounting for rent actually collected is a separate question.
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