Is it legal to collect decoration deposit for residential property in Guangzhou?

1. First of all, it is suggested to check the property contract to see if there is an agreement in this regard. If there is an agreement, I think it belongs to the disposition of the rights of the parties.

2. If there is no agreement, then according to Article 53 of the Property Management Regulations: "If the owner needs to decorate the house, he shall inform the property service enterprise in advance. The realty service enterprise shall inform the owner of the prohibited acts and precautions in the house decoration ". Therefore, the owner's decoration of his own house is an act of exercising ownership. As long as the decoration part does not involve * * * or the public part has no obligation to pay the decoration deposit, it is only necessary to inform the property service enterprise in advance.

2. If * * * is involved, according to Article 76 of the Property Law "

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(five) to raise and use funds for the maintenance of buildings and their ancillary facilities;

(six) the renovation of buildings and their ancillary facilities;

(seven) other major matters related to the management of * * * and * * *.

Decisions on matters specified in items 5 and 6 of the preceding paragraph shall be subject to the consent of the owners whose exclusive parts account for more than two-thirds of the total building area and more than two-thirds of the total number of people. Decisions on other matters specified in the preceding paragraph shall be subject to the consent of the owners whose exclusive parts account for more than half of the total building area and more than half of the total number of people. "This time should be decided by the owners' meeting, not the property.