Why is there such a big difference between high-rise and multi-storey property fees in the same community (property fees do not include elevator fees)

To be clear, multi-storey usually refers to six floors, and such buildings often have no elevators. Small high-rise buildings usually refer to buildings with elevators on floors 6-9.

1. Usually, every unit of a small high-rise building will be equipped with an elevator, and some high-end houses will be equipped with multiple elevators in one unit. There are basically no elevators in multi-storey buildings, so the elevator fees (including maintenance fees and elevator operation fees) of small and high-rise buildings are more than those of multi-storey buildings in terms of service items.

2. Even if the cost of elevator is not calculated, tap water can only be delivered to home through secondary water supply for small high-rise buildings with more than 5 floors. However, multi-storey buildings only rely on tap water pipes to deliver water directly to households. In this way, there will be a secondary water supply fee on the property fee of small and high-rise buildings. The cost of secondary water supply includes the maintenance and operation cost of water pump, the disinfection cost of secondary water supply and the daily cleaning and treatment cost of water tank.

3. After the above two expenses are included in the property management fee, the property management fee for small and high-rise buildings is naturally higher than that for multi-storey buildings.

Now newly-built high-grade residential quarters often have elevators on the sixth floor, and the elevator fee will also be included in the property fee. If it is this kind of multi-storey residence, it is not much different from the property fee of small high-rise buildings, even a little more than that of small high-rise buildings. The same elevator cost, after all, the fewer households in the building, the higher the sharing cost.