Is it necessary to pay property fees if the house is vacant and not renovated?

At present, there is no unified national standard for the payment of vacant housing property fees, which is formulated by all localities themselves. Specific documents can be inquired from the local housing management department. The provincial price department shall, jointly with the provincial construction administrative department, formulate the benchmark price of property service charges in the whole province. The competent price department of the city divided into districts (Yangling Demonstration Zone) shall, jointly with the construction administrative department at the same level, formulate the floating range according to the benchmark price and local conditions, and the owner and the realty service enterprise shall stipulate the specific charging standard in the realty service contract according to the specified benchmark price and floating range. If the property service charges at market-adjusted prices and the services provided by the property service enterprises according to the entrustment of the owners exceed the stipulations in the property service contract, the charging standards shall be agreed by both the owners and the property service enterprises.

Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Property Management

Forty-second owners should pay the property service fee in accordance with the provisions of the property service contract. If the owner and the user of the property agree that the user of the property shall pay the property service fee, the owner shall bear joint and several liability from the agreement. Property that has been completed but has not been sold or handed over to the property buyer shall be paid by the construction unit.

Sixty-seventh in violation of the property service contract, the owners failed to pay the property service fee, the owners' committee shall urge them to pay within a time limit; If it fails to pay within the time limit, the realty service enterprise may bring a lawsuit to the people's court.