Can you not pay the property fee if you don't care about the property?

You can't ignore the property without paying the property fee. Property fees should be collected from the date when the owner receives the notice of repossession, not from the date when the house is delivered as stipulated in the purchase contract. If the developer fails to notify the owner to repossess the building, so the repossession is delayed, the owner may refuse to pay the property fee during this period. If the property company does not sign a contract with the owner, the owner may refuse to pay the property fee. If the property management company requests to pay the energy cost generated by heating, central air conditioning and other power equipment, but it is not within the scope of the owner's payment, the owner may refuse to pay. If the quality of property service is too poor, the owner can temporarily refuse to pay the property fee, but there must be strong evidence to find a substantive solution. When the property provides services not agreed in the contract or agreed by the owner, the owner has the right to refuse to pay the property fee. If the property company raises the charging standard of property services without authorization, the owner may refuse to pay the part that is raised without authorization. If the house is not delivered due to quality problems, the property fee shall be paid by the developer. In the case that the property company does not have the original approval document of the price management department, the owner may refuse to pay the property fee.

Article 944 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC), the owner shall pay the property fee to the property service provider as agreed. If the property service provider has provided services in accordance with the agreement and relevant regulations, the owner shall not refuse to pay the property fee on the grounds that he has not accepted or does not need to accept the relevant property services. If the owner fails to pay the property fee within the time limit in violation of the agreement, the property service provider may urge him to pay it within a reasonable period of time; If the payment is not made within a reasonable period, the property service provider may bring a lawsuit or apply for arbitration. The property service provider shall not stop power supply, water supply, heat supply and gas supply to demand payment of property fees.

How about not paying the property fee?

Refusal to pay property fees exists in some special circumstances, such as refusal to pay property fees due to problems left by developers, refusal to pay property fees due to damage to private property, refusal to pay property fees for vacant houses or refusal to pay property fees without reason. Failure to pay property fees has different treatment methods under different circumstances. Property companies generally collect property fees through negotiation and some improvement measures for non-payment of property fees caused by problems left by developers, damage to private property and vacant houses. However, for the behavior of refusing to pay the property fee without reason, the property company will pay it within a time limit according to the property service contract. If it does not pay, it can directly sue and demand payment of late fees. However, the property company has no right to stop water and electricity or detain the owner's property certificate because the owner refuses to pay the property fee.