Is it reasonable for the property to charge elevator maintenance fees?

Legal analysis: reasonable. Generally speaking, the elevator is the property of the owner, the management and maintenance of the elevator belongs to the escrow, and the elevator belongs to the special facilities and equipment. Maintenance needs to be carried out by a professional elevator maintenance company. The monthly elevator fee is for elevator maintenance, and the elevator battery is shared with the owner. The above two expenses do not include elevator maintenance fees and elevator parts replacement fees. Therefore, it is reasonable to allocate the elevator maintenance fee to the owner.

Legal basis: Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 281 The maintenance fund of a building and its ancillary facilities belongs to the owner. With the consent of the owner, it can be used for local maintenance, renewal and transformation of elevators, roofs, external walls and barrier-free facilities. The collection and use of maintenance funds for buildings and their ancillary facilities shall be announced regularly.

In case of emergency, if the building and its ancillary facilities need to be repaired, the owners' assembly or the owners' committee may apply for the maintenance funds of the building and its ancillary facilities according to law.

Article 282 The income obtained by the construction unit, the realty service enterprise or other managers from the * * * part of the owner, after deducting reasonable expenses, shall be owned by the owner.

Article 283 Where the parties have agreed on matters such as cost sharing and income distribution of the house and its ancillary facilities, such agreement shall prevail; If there is no agreement or the agreement is unclear, it shall be determined according to the proportion of the owner's exclusive area.

Article 284 The owner may manage the building and its ancillary facilities by himself, or entrust the management to the property service enterprise or other managers.

The owner has the right to replace the realty service enterprise or other managers selected by the construction unit according to law.

Article 285 A realty service enterprise or other manager shall accept the entrustment of the owner, manage the buildings and their ancillary facilities within the building division in accordance with the stipulations of the realty service contract in Part III of this Law, accept the supervision of the owner, and promptly answer the owner's inquiries about realty service.

Property service enterprises or other managers shall implement emergency measures and other management measures implemented by the government according to law, and actively cooperate with relevant work.