Can I refuse to pay the property fee if the property is not maintained?

1. It is reasonable for you to ask the property department for maintenance.

2. If the property is not maintained, there is insufficient basis for you to refuse to pay the property fee. Because you signed a property management agreement with the property management company, stipulating their respective rights and obligations, unless the agreement clearly stipulates that you can refuse to pay the property fee as a defense when the property management company breaches the contract, you can't refuse to pay the property fee without authorization.

If the property management company sues for refusing to pay the property fee, it is very likely that you will lose the case. I have done many such cases, and there are many on the Internet.

4. In this case, the property company can also be sued, and even the property company can be changed through the owners' committee.

5. If the property company has sued, counterclaim is also a good means of litigation, and most of the final situation will be resolved through mediation.

As for you saying that the owner lost the case and was detained, this possibility should be small. Because the failure to pay the property fee itself is a civil dispute, one party only needs to fulfill its obligations (pay the property fee) according to the judgment result after losing the case. Only when the case reaches the execution stage and the owner refuses to execute it, will you be detained as you said.