When is the residential property management fee paid?

The property service fee shall be paid by the property developer before the property is actually delivered to the buyer for possession, and shall be paid jointly by the owner and the buyer after the actual delivery. Under normal circumstances, the property management service fee is paid monthly. Therefore, in real life, the property management service fee is generally paid in the second month after the buyer actually receives the house. Property management fee is actually a property management company providing property management services for property users or users according to the property management service contract signed with the owners. Property management users or the fees that users should pay according to the property management service contract are called property management fees. There are many items of property management fees, generally including the maintenance fees of public properties and supporting facilities, as well as the fees of external walls, stairs, walkways, elevators (escalators), air conditioning systems and fire fighting systems.

legal ground

Article 944 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), the owner shall pay the property fee to the property service provider as agreed. If the property service provider has provided services in accordance with the agreement and relevant regulations, the owner shall not refuse to pay the property fee on the grounds that he has not accepted or does not need to accept the relevant property services. If the owner fails to pay the property fee within the time limit in violation of the agreement, the property service provider may urge him to pay it within a reasonable period of time; If the payment is not made within a reasonable period, the property service provider may bring a lawsuit or apply for arbitration. The property service provider shall not stop power supply, water supply, heat supply and gas supply to demand payment of property fees.