Property fees are mandatory for one year.

Legal analysis: This is unreasonable. It should be paid monthly. However, the general property management company will collect it three months in advance for convenience.

Legal basis: Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of Property Service Charges states that if the property service charges are government-guided prices, the price department of the people's government with pricing power shall, jointly with the real estate administrative department, formulate the corresponding benchmark price and its floating range according to factors such as the grade standard of property management services, and publish them regularly. The specific charging standard is agreed by the owner and the property management enterprise in the property service contract according to the specified benchmark price and floating range. The property service charges that are regulated by the market shall be agreed by the owners and the property management enterprises in the property service contract. Article 8 Property management enterprises shall clearly mark their prices in accordance with the provisions of the competent pricing department of the government, and publicize relevant information such as service contents, service standards, charging items and charging standards in a prominent position within the property management area. Ninth owners and property management companies can agree on property service fees in the form of contract system or gratuity system. The contract responsibility system refers to the way that the owner pays a fixed property service fee to the property management enterprise, and the property management enterprise enjoys or bears the surplus or loss. The contract gratuity system refers to the method of charging property services by paying the contract gratuity to the property management enterprise according to the agreed proportion or amount from the property service funds received in advance, and the rest is used for the expenses agreed in the property service contract, and the balance or insufficient part is enjoyed or borne by the owner.