Which aspect is typically not included in common area maintenance costs?

Common area maintenance costs typically encompass essential services related to maintaining the shared spaces of a property or community. These costs are generally associated with ensuring that there are clean and well-functioning facilities for all users, which includes cleaning and maintenance of shared facilities, insurance for common areas, and utilities for those spaces.

Advertising expenses, however, fall outside the scope of common area maintenance costs. Such expenses are aimed at promoting the property or community rather than maintaining it. They do not contribute to the upkeep or operation of shared areas used by residents or tenants, thus making advertising an unrelated item when it comes to the costs typically allocated to maintaining common areas. This distinction clarifies why advertising is not included in the breakdown of typical common area maintenance expenses.