Legal analysis: the time is uncertain. Accurately speaking, this fee can only be used after the warranty period of the public areas and facilities in the community expires. Because there are many public facilities in the community, their warranty periods are different, some are 1 year, some are 3 years, and some are 5 years.

Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Residential Special Maintenance Funds

Eighteenth residential special maintenance funds should be earmarked for residential * * * parts, * * facilities and equipment maintenance and renovation after the expiration of the warranty period, and shall not be used for other purposes.

Nineteenth residential special maintenance funds should be used in accordance with the principles of convenience, openness and transparency, and the beneficiaries and the burden subjects should be the same.