Is it legal to pay property fees before the house moves in?

If the house has not moved in, you have to pay the property fee. Whether it is legal or not needs to be analyzed from many aspects. If the developer has successfully delivered the house to the owner, but the owner has not renovated it, it is of course legal to pay a certain property management fee in this case. If the developer fails to deliver the house to the owner as scheduled, resulting in the owner unable to decorate and move in, then the owner does not need to pay the property fee at this time. If the owner is forced to pay, it is naturally illegal.

It is normal for a community to ask for property fees, as is the case in many local communities. Although people have been struggling to pay the property fee, if the owner has got the house in the community, even if he does not live or decorate it, he still needs to pay the property fee. The community property fee mainly refers to the public service charge of the community, such as public facilities, greening management, security or cleaning in the community, which requires the owners to pay a certain fee.

China's laws also have relevant provisions, indicating that owners need to pay community property fees in accordance with relevant agreements, and cannot refuse to pay community property fees on the grounds that they do not need to accept relevant property services or do not accept them. In other words, even if the house has not moved in, to a certain extent, it is normal to pay property fees.

Another situation is that the house has not moved in yet, because of the developer's reasons, the owner can't get the house decoration. If so, the owner may not pay the property fee. In some communities, the practice of owners not paying property fees is to cut off power and water. In fact, even if the owner does not pay the property fee, it is only a breach of contract. The property has no right to take measures to cut off electricity and water for the owner's residence. In short, the question of whether the house has not moved in, whether it is necessary to pay property fees, or need to be judged according to their own actual situation.