Who will pay for the elevator replacement?

According to the relevant provisions of the Regulations on Safety Supervision of Special Equipment, if the owner did not agree on the elevator replacement fee with the property management company when purchasing the property, the elevator replacement fee shall be borne by all the owners.

According to Article 35 of the Property Management Regulations, the owners of residential properties, non-residential properties in residential quarters or non-residential properties connected with a single residential building structure shall pay special maintenance funds in accordance with relevant state regulations. Special maintenance funds shall be owned by the owners, and shall be used exclusively for the maintenance, renewal and transformation of property parts and facilities after the expiration of the property warranty period, and shall not be used for other purposes.

Article 79 of the Property Law stipulates that the maintenance funds of buildings and their ancillary facilities shall be owned by the owners. With the consent of the owner, it can be used for the maintenance of elevators, water tanks and other parts.

The relevant person in charge of the Special Equipment Department of the Quality Supervision Bureau said that the property rights of residential elevators should belong to all owners, and the maintenance and replacement costs of elevators should also be shared by property owners. Property can only be entrusted with maintenance management, and the maintenance fee can be appropriately extracted from the property fee. But once the elevator needs to be overhauled or replaced, it will ultimately be shared by the owners.