Do owners have to pay property fees if they don't live in the community?

In recent years, more and more people buy houses. Many people spend all their wealth in order to buy a house, just to have a house of their own in the city. However, it is common for many people not to live in the community for various reasons after buying a house. Then, do owners still need to pay property fees if they don't live in the community?

In recent years, there are more and more contradictions between owners and property. Many owners complain that the attitude of property service is not good and the property fee is too expensive. Some owners also said that vacant houses should not pay property fees. The theory of these owners is that because their houses have been vacant for a long time, everyone has not enjoyed the corresponding property services, so they should not pay property fees.

However, according to the provisions of the Civil Code, if the property service provider has provided services in accordance with the relevant regulations and agreements, then the owner should pay the property fee in accordance with the provisions of the property service contract, and the owner cannot refuse to pay the property fee on the grounds that he has not accepted the property-related services. In other words, even if the house is vacant for a long time, the owner cannot refuse to pay the property fee.

After the house is vacant, the owner still has to pay the property fee for the following three reasons:

1, property management needs cost. Property services are not aimed at a person or a building, but at the whole community. The daily maintenance of the property requires a lot of costs, and this cost will not stop because a family temporarily does not live. For example, even if one or two owners don't live, the garbage in the corridor still needs to be cleaned, the door of the community still needs security, and the elevator still needs to be repaired, so every owner needs to pay the property fee.

2. Property services will not be suspended because of the owners. Property services can ensure the normal living order of owners and provide them with a more comfortable living environment, so property services will not be suspended because individual owners do not live, so it is inevitable to pay property fees.

3. Property services are public. Owners will hand over the public space in the community to property management, so the property is public, and the property service can make everyone's quality of life higher, which means that the property is facing all owners. As long as most owners enjoy the property service, even if individual owners do not enjoy the owner service, they need to pay the property fee, so as to ensure the daily operation of the community.

As can be seen from the above, even if the owner does not live in the community, he still needs to pay the property fee, and the owner cannot refuse to pay the property fee on the grounds that he has not accepted the property-related services.