Is it illegal not to pay the residential property fee?

Legal analysis: In real life, there are many reasons why owners refuse to pay property fees, such as stolen vehicles and poor awareness of property services, but as long as the property has fulfilled its corresponding obligations, there is no legal basis for owners to refuse to pay property fees on this ground. If many people don't pay the property fee for a long time, the property will sue the owner who didn't pay the fee and ask the owner to bear the liquidated damages. The final result is often to make up the property fee. Under normal circumstances, even if the service of the property itself is not good, the law will tend to the property side because there is no substantive evidence in the hands of the owner. As for the place where the property is not in place, I suggest you use a camera, mobile phone, etc. Collect evidence in an emergency. It is a basic contractual obligation of the owner to pay the property management fee according to the agreement, and it is a breach of contract not to pay the property management fee without sufficient defense reasons. However, the owner may refuse to pay the property fee under the following circumstances:

1, the service quality provided by the property management company can't meet the standards agreed in the contract;

2, the property company without authorization to expand the scope of charges, raise fees, repeated charges;

3. The property management company increases the charging items without the consent of the owner. If the services provided by the property management company fail to meet the standards stipulated in the contract, the service quality is not in place. There is a problem that the service quality does not match the charging price. Obviously, the property company is in breach of contract at this time. Owners can directly negotiate with the property company through the owners' committee, and even hire other property companies to manage the community according to the contract.

Legal basis: Article 577 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC). If one party fails to perform its contractual obligations or fails to meet the contract obligations, it shall bear the liabilities for breach of contract such as continuing to perform, taking remedial measures or compensating for losses.