Is it illegal for the property fee to exceed 1 yuan?

It is not illegal for the property fee to exceed 1 yuan. Usually, the charging standard of the first-class property fee is RMB 1.00 per square meter, including taxes. 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 related to residents' lives in residential areas, such as housing construction and its equipment, public facilities, greening, sanitation, transportation, public security and environment.

The housing management department is responsible for the preliminary examination and approval of the pre-property fee charging standard. The property charging standard approved by the housing management department shall be agreed by the property company and the developer in the preliminary property management contract. And in the property agreement, housing sales contract publicity. At the same time, the property company should put on record the local price management department above the charging standard approved by the Housing Authority, and obtain the notice of filing. In some areas, you have to apply for a license to collect fees. The formal property management fee shall be determined through consultation between the owners' committee and the property company, or through property bidding, and shall be voted by the owners' meeting.

Legal basis: Article 40 of the Regulations on Property Management.

Property service charges should follow the principles of rationality, openness and adaptability between fees and service levels, and distinguish the nature and characteristics of different properties. The owners and the realty service enterprise shall, according to the charging standards for realty service formulated by the competent price department of the State Council in conjunction with the administrative department of construction of the State Council, stipulate in the realty service contract.