If the house is unoccupied, do you pay the property management fee?

Legal analysis: Under normal circumstances, the house is unoccupied, and the property provides corresponding management services according to the contract. Owners can't use it as an excuse for not paying property fees.

Legal basis: Regulations on Property Management

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The term "property management" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to the activities of owners and property service enterprises to maintain, conserve and manage houses, supporting facilities, equipment and related sites by hiring property service enterprises to maintain environmental sanitation and related order in the property management area.

Article 41

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.

The Supreme People's Court's Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Property Service Disputes.

Article 6

If the owner refuses to pay the property fee without justifiable reasons or fails to pay the property fee within a reasonable period after being urged in writing, and the property service enterprise requests the owner to pay the property fee, the people's court shall support it. Property service enterprises have provided services in accordance with the contract and relevant regulations, and the people's court will not support the owners' defense on the grounds that they do not enjoy or need to accept relevant property services.