Can I live without paying the property fee?

You can't live without paying the property fee.

The consequences of refusing to pay property fees are as follows:

1. interruption of property services: the property management company may suspend or terminate the provision of property services to the owners who refuse to pay the property fees, such as power failure, water cut-off, gas cut-off, heating stop, etc. This will directly affect the living conditions and quality of life of the owners;

2. Late payment fee: Property fees usually have a fixed payment period, and overdue owners need to pay a certain late payment fee, which will increase the economic burden of the owners;

3. Reduce personal credit: refusing to pay property fees will affect personal credit records. Long-term arrears may be included in the public credit blacklist, affecting personal credit rating;

4. Legal proceedings: The property management company can recover the arrears and late fees from the owners who refuse to pay the property fees through legal means, and even bring the owners to court for litigation.

The process of paying property fees is as follows:

1, check the property fee bill. Property companies usually send property fee bills to owners at some time every year, and owners can check the bill information through the property company official website or related apps;

2. Check the billing information. After receiving the property fee bill, the owner should first check whether the bill information is accurate, including the fees payable, the payment period and the payment method.

3. Select the payment method. Property fees can be paid in many ways, such as online banking, mobile banking, Alipay, WeChat payment, POS credit card and so on. Owners can choose the most convenient payment method according to their actual situation;

4. Pay the fee. According to the selected payment method, pay according to the payment account number or QR code on the bill, and after payment, you will generally receive a payment success notice sent by the system;

5. Save the payment voucher. After the payment is successful, the owner should keep the payment voucher for future inquiry and verification;

6. Query the payment record. Owners can check their payment records through official website, a property management company, or related apps to check the payment situation.

To sum up, the owner shall pay the property management fee as agreed in the contract. If the service of the property management company is defective, the owner may refuse to pay part of the property fee after providing relevant evidence.

Legal basis:

Article 944 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)

The owner shall pay the property fee to the property service provider as agreed. If the property service provider has provided services in accordance with the agreement and relevant regulations, the owner shall not refuse to pay the property fee on the grounds that he has not accepted or does not need to accept the relevant property services.