The difference between property management fees and special maintenance funds lies in their nature and characteristics. What are the similarities and differences?

1. Property fees and special maintenance funds are different in nature.

Property management fees are used to pay the fees for the property management company to manage residential projects, including personnel salaries, equipment and facilities maintenance fees, public energy expenditure, cleaning and greening fees, etc. It belongs to daily expenses.

Special maintenance fund, as its name implies, belongs to a fund. The special fund can be used for investment in construction projects, and the profits from investment will generally roll into the fund.

2. Different managers

The property fee is paid by the owner to the property company, which is responsible for its own use.

The special maintenance funds are managed by the owners' committee and managed by the government housing management department before the establishment of the industry committee.

3, the use of different ways

Property fees are used for daily property management, and property companies make their own decisions. Under the current contract mode of property fees, whether the property fees meet the needs of property management is the loss risk borne by the property enterprises themselves.

Special maintenance funds are used for the renovation of houses or equipment and facilities. The use of special maintenance funds must be approved by the owners' committee and earmarked under the supervision of the housing management department. Insufficient use of special maintenance funds shall be paid by all owners.

4. Different collection methods.

Property fees shall be collected from the owners by the property companies themselves.

Special maintenance funds shall be collected by the developer together with the house payment when the owner purchases the house.

Property fees and special maintenance funds are similar in that they serve the normal use of construction projects and preserve and increase the value, which is the guarantee for all owners to use the property normally and for a long time.