Developers are not allowed to pay relevant taxes or sign property management documents as a prerequisite for pre-purchasers to inspect pre-sale commercial housing. The Municipal Construction Committee made it clear yesterday that another "overlord practice" in the Beijing property market that harms the rights and interests of home buyers will be broken.

Yesterday, the Municipal Construction Committee announced several regulations on room inspection before handover of pre-sale commercial housing in Beijing: From January 1, 2008, after the pre-sale commercial housing has passed the completion acceptance and before going through the handover procedures, the developer should organize pre-purchasers

When inspecting the purchased pre-sale commercial housing, payment of relevant taxes and fees or signing of property management documents shall not be required as a prerequisite for the pre-purchaser to inspect the pre-sold commercial housing.

An unwritten "custom" in the Beijing real estate market for many years is that when moving in, buyers must first pay property fees, deed taxes, public maintenance funds and other related taxes, and even sign a property management contract before they can get the keys.

Home inspection.

Under this "custom", for many years, off-plan home buyers have often finally looked forward to handing over their homes, but they have to pay a large amount of taxes and fees when moving in before they can get the keys and see the new home.

And because many home buyers think "I haven't seen my house yet, the contract between me and the developer has not been fulfilled, and the developer has not handed over the house to me, how can I pay the property fees, heating fees, etc. first?"

People often have disputes with the check-in staff because of this, and the emotions generated will amplify the quality problems during the subsequent home inspections, causing more disputes; in addition, in some properties, the developers have made mistakes that the buyers found during the inspection.

Quality problems are not repaired in a timely manner, and the "pay first, then receive the room" policy has increasingly become the trigger for disputes over occupancy in the Beijing property market.

Several regulations announced by the Municipal Construction Committee yesterday are aimed at the above contradictions.

The document specifically emphasizes that "real estate development companies shall not require payment of relevant taxes or signing of property management documents as a prerequisite for pre-purchasers to inspect pre-sale commercial housing."

According to the provisions of this document, starting from January 1, 2008, after the completion and acceptance of the pre-sale commercial housing, and before going through the handover procedures, the real estate development enterprise shall organize the pre-sale purchaser to inspect the purchased pre-sale commercial housing, and shall do so within 7 days of the inspection.

Recently, pre-purchasers were notified in writing of the time and place for inspection procedures and the certificates and documents that pre-purchasers should bring.

If the pre-orderer is unable to attend the inspection in person for some reason, he or she may issue a written authorization document to authorize others or other organizations to handle the inspection.

As for the problems found by home buyers during the inspection of the house, the document stipulates that the developer should deal with them in a timely manner in accordance with the handling methods agreed in the pre-sale contract.

For developers who fail to implement the above regulations, the Municipal Construction Committee has also clarified punishment measures, stipulating that municipal and district and county construction committees strengthen supervision and management, order real estate development companies that violate the regulations to make corrections, record them in the municipal construction industry credit information system, and can restrict such developers.

Online signing of projects related to real estate development enterprises; if the circumstances are serious, the validity period of its "Provisional Qualification Certificate" will not be extended, or the qualification upgrade of the real estate development enterprise will be restricted.

"Three weapons" to reduce occupancy disputes Zheng Weige, director of the Project Quality Management Department of the Municipal Construction Committee, emphasized that in order to ensure the quality of the house, reduce occupancy disputes and safeguard the rights and interests of all parties, especially the interests of home buyers, the Municipal Construction Committee has done a lot in this regard

Work less.

In addition to the promulgation of several regulations on the delivery of pre-sale commercial residential buildings in Beijing, two regulations have been implemented before: the "residential household acceptance" policy was officially implemented on January 1, 2006. More than a year after the introduction of this policy, projects have been

With the strong support and active cooperation of all parties involved, the implementation has been relatively stable. The Municipal Construction Committee has also organized special inspections for the acceptance of residential units. At the same time, in order to avoid the problem of incomplete supporting facilities and inconvenient living after the owners move in, in March this year

Starting from the 1st, residential community projects that handle land transfer contracts have begun to implement the policy of simultaneous delivery of housing and supporting facilities.

Li Wenjie, the general manager of Centaline Real Estate North China who has been an agent for the sales of several Beijing real estate projects, has witnessed many occupancy disputes over the years. He believes that the three regulations of "household acceptance", "support synchronization" and "owner inspection of the house in advance" will effectively solve the current problems.

Addressing occupancy disputes in the Beijing property market and safeguarding the interests of all parties.