What is the main purpose of property fees?

1. Maintenance and maintenance of property: building management (regular and planned maintenance of buildings to keep them in good working condition and prolong their service life). Equipment management (water supply, power supply, natural gas, public lighting, elevators, communications, etc.). Facilities management (roads, street lamps, water supply facilities, power supply pipe network, drainage pipes, secondary pressurization facilities, domestic sewage treatment facilities, park landscape facilities, etc.). ).

2. Special property management: public security management (public security prevention within the regional scope, inquiry and registration of outsiders, night patrol and maintenance of public security order). Clean management (garbage, various wastes, sewage, rainwater, etc.). It should be cleared regularly within the regional scope). Greening management (pruning and leaf cutting, weeding and killing, irrigation and drainage, etc.). ).

3, fire management (establish a part-time fire team, equipped with fire equipment, and management of fire equipment and facilities).

4. Vehicle traffic management (vehicle parking, passage cleaning, card issuing management of vehicles entering and leaving the community, and keeping the regional traffic roads unblocked).

5. Handling of emergencies (emergency plan for trapped elevator personnel, emergency plan for power failure, emergency plan for stealing bandits and police).

6. Construction of community culture (festival gala, various fun competitions, tourism, etc.). ).

7. Featured services: featured services and convenience services.

Property fee refers to the fees charged by property owners and users who entrust property management units to carry out daily maintenance, repair, renovation and other services for houses, buildings and equipment, public facilities, greening, sanitation, transportation, public security, environment and other facilities related to residents' lives in residential areas.

Under normal circumstances, we signed a property service contract in the process of buying a house. As an owner living in a residential area and enjoying property services, it is natural to pay property fees.

To sum up, but the specific analysis of specific issues, sometimes the property fee can not be paid, for example, the house is delivered on time due to the developer's reasons, and the property fee generated at this time should not be borne by the buyers, but by the developers. There are also cases of illegal collection of property fees. If the property company collects property fees in violation of regulations, the owner can refuse to pay the excessive property fees, but it should be noted that the owner cannot refuse to pay reasonable fees.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 944

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.

If the owner fails to pay the property fee within the time limit in violation of the agreement, the property service provider may urge him to pay it within a reasonable period of time; If the payment is not made within a reasonable period, the property service provider may bring a lawsuit or apply for arbitration.

The property service provider shall not stop power supply, water supply, heat supply and gas supply to demand payment of property fees.