                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ALTERATIONS WITHIN UNITS (§ 55.1-1931)

A. Except to the extent prohibited, restricted, or limited by the condominium
instruments, any unit owner may make any improvements or alterations within his
unit that do not impair the structural integrity of any structure or otherwise
lessen the support of any portion of the condominium. However, no unit owner
shall do anything that would change the exterior appearance of his unit or of
any other portion of the condominium except to such extent and subject to such
conditions as the condominium instruments may specify.

B. If a unit owner acquires an adjoining unit, or an adjoining part of an
adjoining unit, then such unit owner shall have the right to remove all or any
part of any intervening partition or to create doorways or other apertures in
such unit, notwithstanding the fact that such partition may in whole or in part
be a common element, so long as no portion of any bearing wall or bearing column
is weakened or removed and no portion of any common element other than that
partition is damaged, destroyed, or endangered. Such creation of doorways or
other apertures shall not be deemed an alteration of boundaries within the
meaning of &#xA7; 55.1-1932.

HISTORY: 1974, c. 416, § 55-79.68; 2019, c. 712.