Can the property service enterprise ask the owner to pay extra for water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communication, cable TV and other expenses?

A residential property management company stipulates that the residential owners entrust the property management company to collect water, electricity, gas, telephone and cable TV fees, and pay a certain percentage of the fees as "handling fees". The residential owners are quite dissatisfied with this. Then, does the property management company have the right to charge a "handling fee"?

The lawyer replied.

China's "Property Management Regulations" clearly stipulates that property service enterprises can collect water, electricity, electricity and other utilities, but they may not charge the owners extra fees. The provisions of the above-mentioned property management company are obviously in violation.

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property management regulations

Forty-fourth property management area, water supply, power supply, gas supply, heating, communications, cable television and other units should charge the relevant fees to the end users.

Where a realty service enterprise accepts the entrustment to collect the fees mentioned in the preceding paragraph, it shall not collect additional fees such as handling fees from the owners.