Is it reasonable not to use elevators during property renovation?

Mr. Yin: I am the owner of Building 7, Century Chaoyang Community, Chaoyang Street. In July this year 1, after we got the house key, we planned to decorate it. However, the property management company has charged us the elevator use fee for three months during the renovation period. I would like to ask, is it reasonable to collect elevator use fees during renovation?

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Reporter: Mr. Yin said that they had paid a series of expenses when they took the key to the new house, such as decoration deposit, electricity fee, property fee, elevator fee and so on. At present, the property will be charged three months' elevator use fee during the renovation period, otherwise no elevator use certificate will be issued to the decoration workers. This fee is charged according to the building area of the house, 500 yuan for less than 80m2, 700 yuan for 80 m2 to 100 m2, and higher for more than 100 m2. Moreover, the elevators in Building No.5, Building No.6 and Building No.7 are in poor operation, and many owners have encountered the situation of falling directly from the third floor to the negative 1 floor.

On Mr. Yin's question, the reporter first consulted the staff of Taiyuan Price Bureau. The other party said that there is no uniform provision for elevator fees, which should be decided by the property company and the owner through consultation according to the elevator operating cost. Subsequently, the reporter consulted the staff of Taiyuan Real Estate Management Bureau and learned that most of the property departments in the urban area charge elevator fees and elevator use fees during renovation.

In this regard, the reporter also contacted Anye Property Company, which is responsible for the property of Century Chaoyang Community. The person in charge of the company said that their staff already knew that there was a safety problem in the elevator and had contacted the manufacturer of the elevator and asked them to solve it as soon as possible. For the elevator use fee during the renovation, he said that they were adjusted according to the basic situation of the property industry in Taiyuan and the specific situation of the community. In order to ensure the normal decoration of the owners, they installed cameras in the elevators in Buildings 5, 6 and 7. In order to protect the normal operation of the elevator during the decoration, the protective plate of the elevator was not removed. During the renovation period, the daily operation of elevators is also very large, and all three elevators should run continuously. "Moving building materials back and forth in the elevator will also cause some damage to the elevator, and the property company has also invested considerable funds in maintenance. Therefore, it is in line with the relevant regulations for the company to charge the owner a certain elevator management fee. " The person in charge said that they also sent a household registration book to the owner, saying that the renovation time after occupancy was four months, and later it was set to pay the elevator use fee for three months, in order to shorten the renovation time of the owner as much as possible and not affect the normal rest of the owner who had already stayed.