The ownership of the external walls of residential areas belongs to all owners. Personal exclusive part does not include the external wall of the community, and individual residents do not have the ownership of the external wall closely related to their exclusive part. The external walls of residential quarters belong to all owners of the quarters.

Legal basis:

According to Article 274 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the roads within the building division are owned by the owners, except those belonging to urban roads. The green space within the building division belongs to the owner, except for urban public green space or express personal green space. Other public places, public facilities and property services within the building division are owned by the owner.

Article 284 The owner may manage the building and its ancillary facilities by himself, or entrust the management to the property service enterprise or other managers.

Generally, whether the residential exterior wall is maintained by the property or the owner's, because the exterior wall belongs to the public, it belongs to the maintenance scope of the property. However, if the external wall is damaged artificially, it should be repaired by the saboteur and bear the corresponding loss responsibility. If the saboteur can't repair it, the property can be repaired and the saboteur will bear the corresponding expenses.

How to confirm the person responsible for external wall seepage 1? If it is a newly purchased first-hand house that has not passed the shelf life, then the developer should bear the corresponding responsibility for the seepage of the external wall. Under normal circumstances, the warranty period of the new house is 5 years, and the starting time is the delivery date. In this case, users can trouble the property to ask the developer for maintenance and take responsibility. If developers don't take responsibility, they can seek legal help and safeguard their rights and interests.

2. If the warranty period of the house has expired and the external wall leaks due to poor property management, then the property management company needs to bear the corresponding responsibilities.

3. If the house naturally ages, resulting in water seepage on the external wall, the property management company can withdraw public maintenance funds to repair the water seepage on the external wall. Of course, the withdrawal of maintenance funds must be approved by at least two-thirds of the owners.

4. If the external wall leaks because of the owner's illegal decoration, it belongs to the owner's personal behavior, and it is necessary to compensate the corresponding expenses separately and undertake the maintenance work.