What is the purpose and function of property maintenance funds? What are the consequences of defaulting on property fees?

Many residential areas are managed by property companies, and owners need to pay property fees every month for the operation of the property. Many people have heard of the property maintenance fund, but they don't know what it is for. So what are the uses and functions of the property maintenance fund? The following small series introduces it in detail for everyone, hoping to help everyone.

I. What is the purpose and function of the property maintenance fund?

Public maintenance funds must be often heard in the real estate industry. The so-called public * * * maintenance fund is used for the maintenance of public equipment in the community, mainly used for the maintenance, renewal and transformation of residential * * * use parts and facilities after the warranty period expires. Residential * * * use parts include load-bearing walls, roofs and outdoor walls, hallways, staircases, corridors, etc.

Maintenance fund use:

1, general facilities

The public facilities in the community are all used by everyone. If it is used frequently and for a long time, these facilities will be easily damaged. General facilities include elevators, antennas, street lamps, lighting, fire-fighting facilities, green spaces, roads, ditches, pools, wells, non-operating parking garages, public cultural and sports facilities, garbage bins, garbage passages, septic tanks, smoke exhaust passages, pumps, water tanks, mailboxes, lightning protection devices, fire-fighting equipment, fire hydrants, drainage pipes and inspection wells.

2, general * * * with parts

The public part is easy to understand, that is, where everyone can go. Generally, it refers to the public area of the building, which everyone passes through every day, or is shared by two houses. General facilities include: basic structural parts such as foundation, load-bearing wall, column, beam, floor slab, roof and outdoor wall, public transportation parts such as corridors, stairs, foyer and lobby, and structural parts such as refuge floor, equipment floor or computer room.

3. Shaft part

The hoistway part is complicated, and there are many parts in the hoistway, which will age at any time, mainly including car frame, car replacement, control box (internal call) overload device, safety tongs, automatic door mechanism, car door safety contact plate replacement, door opening and closing motor guide rail replacement, deformed and damaged parts guide shoe replacement: traction wire rope replacement as a whole, counterweight guide shoe buffer replacement: buffer spring or piston replacement.

Second, how to collect the property maintenance fund?

According to the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Management of Maintenance Funds for Residential Facilities and Equipment jointly issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Finance:

(1) When selling commercial housing, the buyer and the sales unit shall sign a house maintenance fund payment agreement, and the buyer shall pay the house maintenance fund to the sales unit according to the proportion of 2-3% of the purchase price.

(2) The maintenance fund collected by the selling unit belongs to all owners and is not included in the residential sales income.

(3) The current deposit standards for the first-phase special maintenance funds are: 90 yuan /m2 for high-rise buildings (including multi-storey buildings with elevators) and 50 yuan /m2 for multi-storey buildings (including villas).

Third, the consequences of default on property fees.

If the owner is sued for not paying the property fee, the court will mediate. If the mediation fails, the owner will be sentenced to pay the property fee and refuse to perform. Property companies can apply for compulsory execution.

In practice, the owner will not immediately file a lawsuit against the owner because of the arrears of property fees. Generally speaking, litigation will be considered after the following steps:

1. If the owner defaults on the property fee, the property will generally be urged in time after it is discovered;

2. If the owner fails to pay again within a reasonable time, the property may notify the owners' committee to assist in collection;

3. If the owner still fails to pay within a reasonable time, the property will consider charging the property fee and claim compensation through litigation.