Maintenance Plan for a Danish Andelsboligforening: 15 Years

A Danish andelsboligforening (housing cooperative) must, before it enters into an agreement to buy a property, have a maintenance plan of at least 15 years. In an association founded on 1 July 2018 or later the board must also see that the property is maintained in line with the plan last presented at the general meeting, that the plan covers at least 15 years, and that it is updated at least every 5 years. This is in the Act on housing cooperatives and other housing communities (here called andelsboligforeningsloven), § 3 b and § 6 c. The quotations are the text of the Act, taken from Retsinformation on 7 November 2026 (consolidated Act no. 1281 of 28 August 2020, with later amendments). We offer no ready-made template here; we go through what the law requires of the plan and what it does not say.

Who does the Act apply to?

The Act has a wide scope:

«Denne lov finder anvendelse på ejendomme til helårsbeboelse med flere end 2 beboelseslejligheder.» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 1)

The subject here is the provisions on the maintenance plan, though. Read the rest of the Act and the association's articles if you are unsure whether something applies to you.

The plan before the purchase: § 3 b

The requirement for a plan comes in even before the association buys the property:

«Inden indgåelse af en aftale om en andelsboligforenings erhvervelse af en ejendom skal der foreligge en vedligeholdelsesplan for ejendommen for en periode på mindst 15 år regnet fra tidspunktet for erhvervelsen af ejendommen.» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 3 b, stk. 1)

The words are "before an agreement is entered into". The plan must thus be ready before the agreement on the purchase is made, and it must run at least 15 years from the acquisition. The Act gives the minister the power to set the details:

«Boligministeren kan fastsætte nærmere regler om indholdet af og proceduren for udarbejdelsen af en vedligeholdelsesplan og om efterfølgende opdatering af denne.» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 3 b, stk. 2)

We do not go into what any executive order says about the content of the plan. We could not confirm whether the 2018 executive order we found still applies in that form, and so we do not use it here.

The board's duties: § 6 c

The board has a general task about maintenance:

«Bestyrelsen i en andelsboligforening varetager den daglige ledelse af foreningen, udfører generalforsamlingens beslutninger og påser som minimum, at» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 6 c, stk. 1)

One of the points in the list reads:

«andelsboligforeningens ejendom vedligeholdes forsvarligt i overensstemmelse med foreningens budgetter og generalforsamlingens beslutninger» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 6 c, stk. 1, nr. 5)

The board must thus see that the property is maintained properly. That applies to all associations covered by the Act, whenever they were founded.

15 years and every 5 years: § 6 c, stk. 2

The precise rule on the length and updating of the plan is here:

«For en andelsboligforening stiftet den 1. juli 2018 eller senere skal bestyrelsen endvidere påse, at andelsboligforeningens ejendom vedligeholdes i overensstemmelse med den vedligeholdelsesplan, der senest har været forelagt på foreningens generalforsamling.» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 6 c, stk. 2)

«Bestyrelsen skal tillige påse, at vedligeholdelsesplanen dækker en periode på mindst 15 år og opdateres mindst hvert 5. år.» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 6 c, stk. 2)

Three things are here: the property must be maintained in line with the plan last presented to the general meeting; the plan must run at least 15 years ahead; and it must be updated at least every 5 years. It is the board that must see to it. Note the words "presented at the association's general meeting": the Act points to the general meeting as the place where the plan is presented.

What if the association was founded before 1 July 2018?

Stk. 2 is written for associations founded on 1 July 2018 or later. By its wording it does not cover older associations. What applies to them beyond the board's general duty in stk. 1, nr. 5, we cannot say from the text of the Act we have read. Keep an eye on the association's own articles and the general meeting's decisions, and ask an adviser if the association is older. A plan can be useful in an older association too, without the Act requiring it in the form stk. 2 describes.

The form with key figures

The Act has a duty that is often mentioned together with the plan:

«Bestyrelsen skal på den årlige generalforsamling fremlægge et skema med centrale nøgleoplysninger om foreningen.» (Andelsboligforeningsloven § 6 c, stk. 3)

Which information the form must contain depends on detailed rules we have not read. Whether the form is the same document as a form used when a share is sold, we have not examined, and we make no statement on it.

What the Act does not say

It is easy to read more into the Act than it says. From the text of the Act we have read you cannot conclude that:

• the plan must have a particular form or structure,
• the general meeting must approve the plan with a particular majority,
• an association founded before 1 July 2018 has exactly the same duties as a newer association under stk. 2.

Some of these questions may be answered in detailed rules or in the association's articles. That is why we recommend reading both.

How a board can go about it

1. Find out when the association was founded, and read the articles.
2. List the building parts: roof, facades, windows, installations, lift, common areas and grounds.
3. Note the age, the latest work and the expected remaining life of each part, with an estimate of timing and price.
4. Present the plan at the general meeting, and note in the minutes that it was presented.
5. Set a calendar reminder for an update at the latest every 5 years, and keep all versions together.

What Unitify does

The maintenance plan is written by the association, its adviser or administrator; Unitify does not write it for you. What we help with is the work around it: an equipment register with service history, requests and fault reports per property, charges and payments per apartment, and notices to members in the resident app. AI suggests service tasks and intervals per piece of equipment from the manufacturers' manuals, and a person approves them; it does not draft a building-wide plan. Documents, such as the plan and the material for the general meeting, sit in one place. The app interface is in English for now and is set up for each project; there is no Danish interface yet. Unitify does not connect to any public register or system.

If you sit on a board or manage several associations, you can start free on Unitify's page for Denmark. You can also read about the maintenance plan in an ejerforening.

Sources: Consolidated Act on housing cooperatives and other housing communities (LBK no. 1281 of 28 August 2020), Retsinformation, with later amendments up to and including Act no. 1641 of 16 December 2025; checked 7 November 2026. Check the current wording and the association's articles before relying on the text. This is not legal advice.