Can I not pay the property fee if I don't stay?

If you don't stay, you have to pay the property fee.

If you don't live in an empty house, you have to pay property fees. If you don't live in a house, you have to pay the property fee. The payment time of the property fee is stipulated, starting from the time when the owner closes the house and turns over the key. If you haven't moved in since you bought the house, according to the regulations, you still have to pay the property fee, but you can apply to the property for reducing the property fee, but you can only apply if you haven't moved in for more than six months and belong to a new house. The application requires written proof.

The obligation of the owner to pay the property management fee directly comes from the agreement in the property management contract. Property management companies perform their obligations in accordance with the contract, and the service provided is a public service. The management cost of a community will not be reduced because one or several people don't live here. Although individual owners do not actually live in the residential area, the daily management work of cleaning, security, greening, repair and maintenance of houses and public facilities and equipment in the residential area has been carried out by property management companies, and the workload and expenses have not been reduced.

To sum up, the owner should 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.

Legal basis:

property management regulations

Article 34

The owners' committee shall conclude a written realty service contract with the realty service enterprise selected by the owners' congress. Property service contracts shall stipulate property management matters, service quality, service fees, rights and obligations of both parties, management and use of special maintenance funds, property management premises, contract term, liability for breach of contract, etc.