The houses in the old community have become dilapidated, so how should they be repaired?

In a commercial residential complex in Feidong District, Hefei, a dispute between the property owner and the owner over the renovation of the clubhouse attracted the attention of netizens.

The exterior of the community clubhouse is mottled and damaged, the glass tiles and insulation layer on the building fell off, causing internal water leakage, the tempered glass at the door head burst inexplicably, and the roof leaked, causing internal building materials to fall and injure people.... . Various signs make this building a dangerous building. The property management posted a warning on the outside of the house: Keep away. However, falling building debris still hit vehicles parked downstairs, but fortunately no one was hurt.

The person in charge of the property management said: Because the property rights of this clubhouse are unclear, there are no targeted funds for repairs. Relevant professional lawyers pointed out in a telephone interview: If the property rights belong to all owners, then the owners' committee needs to come forward to confirm and then use the maintenance fund for repairs. If it belongs to a developer, the property owner will fund the repairs.

A notice from the property management company was posted to the community, hoping that the owners would be enthusiastic and active in participating. However, the notice instead aroused strong dissatisfaction among the owners. The owners think that "when the property is used, it is not stated that the owner has the right to use it, but when it is repaired, the owner is remembered", "the service of this property company is very average" and other such complaints about the property.

People from the property company confirmed that from 2013 to now, this community has not even established a property committee. This sentence exposes a problem that the owners have ignored: In the past seven years, this community has not had a department to supervise the management of the property.

If an owners committee is established in this community, the owners committee will supervise the "special maintenance fund" in the property fees collected from the property, which means that this part of the money is used for special maintenance of the house. Moreover, the owners committee can also evaluate the daily service performance of the property company every year. If the majority of owners are not satisfied for a long time, they can propose replacement on behalf of the owners.

Houses are the most important investment in people's lives, but they often fall into a "trap" if they are not careful. Before paying the money, they are regarded as gods by the developers. After paying the money, problems arise. "grandson".

What’s more, just like the community mentioned above, under deliberate indifference, the owners are not allowed to establish an owners committee. Many owners do not know much about the role of the owners committee, and some even think it is of little significance. The actual situation is that the control power of the owners committee is limited.

In commercial residential communities, owners committees are established to coordinate disputes between owners and properties and accept daily feedback from owners on property management. What many commercial housing owners have learned is that, in fact, the main residential services after handover still depend on the formal services of the property company. Problems such as violent debt collection, rental of shared properties, and lack of guarantee of related greening often arise.

In the Nanning Tianyu City case exposed at this year’s March 15 party, the quality of the houses priced at 13,000 per square meter was not as good as the resettlement houses. The picture shows leaking balconies, bulging walls, and the design of the passage is not wide enough for furniture to enter... This kind of house has also successfully passed the inspection, and the establishment of the property owners committee is in name only.

The dissatisfaction of the owners broke out in a concentrated manner, causing this property to be held on the 3.15 party, exposing many problems in real estate transactions.

Not only small developers, but well-known domestic real estate companies also frequently experience substandard housing quality: leaks, cracks, unreasonable design locations of water, electricity, heating, and gas. Disputes such as quality issues of doors and windows arise in endlessly.

Reflecting on these disputes, the fundamental reasons are the imperfection of relevant legislation and the imperfect supervision mechanism. The relevant laws in our country are not yet complete compared with other advanced countries, and should be given corresponding attention and accelerated progress, so that people can buy houses with confidence and live comfortably. This road is still long.