The owner of the house should pay the house maintenance fund before handing over the house. The first phase of housing maintenance funds, housing owners can be directly deposited in the housing special maintenance funds related accounts, but also can entrust local real estate development enterprises to pay maintenance funds on their behalf. Where a local real estate development enterprise is entrusted to pay maintenance funds, the real estate development enterprise shall, within 30 days from the date of receiving the housing maintenance funds, deposit the housing special maintenance funds paid by it into the housing special maintenance fund account.

Article 7 of the Measures for the Administration of Special Maintenance Funds for Residential Buildings: The owners of commercial residential buildings and non-residential buildings shall deposit special maintenance funds for residential buildings according to the construction area of their own properties, and the amount of the first-phase special maintenance funds for residential buildings shall be 5% to 8% of the cost per square meter of local residential construction and installation projects. The competent construction departments of the people's governments of municipalities directly under the central government, cities and counties shall, according to local conditions, reasonably determine and announce the amount of the first-phase special maintenance funds for residential buildings per square meter of construction area, and make timely adjustments.