Is the property bundling charge legal?

Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Property Service Disputes Article 3 If a property service enterprise fails to perform or fails to fully perform its maintenance, conservation, management and repair obligations as stipulated in the property service contract or determined by laws, regulations and relevant industry norms, the people's court shall support it if the owner requests the property service enterprise to bear the liabilities for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses. Article 5 Where a realty service enterprise violates the stipulations of the realty service contract or the provisions of laws, regulations and departmental rules, it expands the charging scope, raises the charging standard or charges repeatedly without authorization, and the owner raises a defense on the grounds of illegal charging, the people's court shall support it. The people's court shall support the owners' request to the realty service enterprise to refund the illegal fees charged by them. Therefore, according to the above judicial interpretation, if the owner can ask the property service enterprise to bear the liability for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses, and the owner defends the property on the grounds that the owner has not paid the management fee, the owner can plead again on the grounds that the property is illegally charged.

Legal objectivity:

"Regulations on Property Management" Article 42 The competent price department of the people's government at or above the county level shall, jointly with the competent real estate administrative department at the same level, strengthen the supervision of property service charges. Article 43 A realty service enterprise may, upon the entrustment of the owners, provide services beyond those stipulated in the realty service contract, and the service remuneration shall be agreed upon by both parties. Forty-fourth property management area, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communications, cable television and other units should charge the relevant fees to the end users. Where a realty service enterprise accepts the entrustment to collect the fees mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall not collect additional fees such as handling fees from the owners.