Responsibility division of external wall maintenance in residential quarters

The division of responsibilities for residential exterior wall maintenance is as follows:

1. There is no property service enterprise in the community. In the community where there is no property service enterprise, it belongs to the community managed by the owners' committee, which is responsible for the property management of public areas and equipment in the community. For public buildings and equipment such as external walls of buildings in the residential area, the owners' committee shall do regular maintenance and repair, and the maintenance costs shall be borne by the special maintenance funds of the residential area and extracted from the building sub-account in the special maintenance fund account;

2. The community has hired a property service enterprise. If there is a property service enterprise in the community, the property service enterprise shall be responsible for the relevant property work of public buildings and equipment such as the external walls of buildings in the community. The main responsibility of a property service enterprise is to do a good job in the property management of public areas, buildings and equipment in the property service area, and to manage property matters in the community. If the realty service enterprise fails to perform its duties seriously, the owners may sue the realty service enterprise according to the realty service contract, or authorize the owners' committee to sue.

Legal basis:

Article 1252 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)

If buildings, structures or other facilities collapse and cause damage to others, the construction unit and the construction unit shall bear joint and several liability, except that the construction unit and the construction unit can prove that there are no quality defects. After the construction unit and the construction unit make compensation, if there are other responsible persons, they have the right to recover from other responsible persons.

If buildings, structures or other facilities collapse due to the owner, manager, user or a third party, the owner, manager, user or a third party shall bear the tort liability.