Do you have to pay property fees for houses that have not been closed?

If you don't accept the house, you have to pay the property fee. Although the owner has not taken over the house, the preliminary property service work has actually started, and the preliminary property service agreement has also come into effect. The charging standard of the owner's vacant house property fee will generally be reflected in the preliminary property service agreement. So even if you don't accept the house, you have to pay the property fee.

legal ground

Article 41 of the Regulations on Property Management

The owner shall 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.

Article 42

The price departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, jointly with the real estate administrative departments at the same level, strengthen the supervision of property service charges.