What are we opposing?, When we oppose shared area, the community | printing month | shared area
Ms. Ji from Xi'an City purchased a commercial apartment in Rong'an Furong Yinyue Community in 2020 and found that the proportion of shared area exceeded 50% - the 69 square meter house on the purchase contract was found to be shared area at 37 square meters upon delivery. In response to the situation where the hallway is wide enough to drive and the usage area has significantly decreased, sales personnel are confident: there is no problem with public stalls, which comply with national regulations. The local housing and construction bureau stated that there is indeed no explicit regulation on the proportion of shared area by the state. The unreasonable "shared area" has once again attracted attention, and many netizens have once again called for the cancellation of shared area.
The system of shared area was first introduced into mainland China after being established in Hong Kong. The "Management Measures for the Sale of Commercial Housing" implemented in China since 2001 stipulate that the construction area of commercial housing is composed of the interior construction area and the shared construction area. That is to say, when people purchase commercial housing, in addition to paying for the actual usage area inside the home, they also need to pay for the building area that provides services for residential buildings, including elevators, corridors, equipment rooms, shared walls, community clubs, and other functions.
Over the past 20 years, the concept of "acquisition rate" has been understood by homebuyers along with the shared area. Due to the fact that the living supporting buildings included in the shared area are an important component of the community and to a certain extent affect the aesthetics and comfort of the community, the initially 15% -20% shared area was once accepted by the market. However, in recent years, some real estate developers have been continuously expanding the proportion of shared areas through spacious lobbies, corridors, and elevator lobbies in the process of upgrading housing quality. There are reports that the public sharing rate of some properties in Xi'an has reached 60%. With the increase in shared area, homebuyers not only pay higher unit prices in fact, but also pay corresponding property fees based on the area of the house, which undoubtedly exacerbates their dissatisfaction.
From the perspective of homebuyers, the unreasonable system of shared area should be abolished. As early as 10 years ago, the pioneering city of Hong Kong also made changes - starting from January 1, 2013, Hong Kong implemented new regulations on residential property sales, requiring real estate agents to provide useful area information of property units before selectively providing relevant building area data when promoting second-hand residential properties; Shortly thereafter, the provision of "useful area information" was extended to new developments.
But at the specific operational level, it is difficult to make substantial progress in canceling the shared area. On the one hand, due to the fact that previous sales of commercial housing have always been calculated based on building area, for properties that have already been sold, a large amount of re surveying and registration change work is involved; On the other hand, from the perspective of subsequent management in the community, the shared area system endows homebuyers with the rights and responsibilities of public areas, which is beneficial for the overall management and operation of the community. Once the shared area is cancelled and there is no corresponding division of rights and responsibilities for public areas, it will inevitably affect the investment and management of developers and property management companies in public areas, thereby affecting the living environment and overall quality of the community, and triggering new conflicts.
As the owner of a house, maintaining the overall comfort and cleanliness of the community is also a practical need for the owner. Therefore, including shared area in housing area is not entirely beneficial. The key to people's opposition to "shared area" lies in the proportion of "open blind box" shared areas and the powerlessness of homebuyers when "increased" shared area. In this regard, it is necessary for the housing and construction department to improve relevant regulations, set clear standards for the setting, measurement, verification, and subsequent equity recognition of shared areas, and ensure that shared areas are transparent and traceable. For example, during the stage of home buyers receiving and inspecting houses, can individuals invite professional third parties to recognize and verify the shared area based on the promised house acquisition rate during the developer's sales, to ensure that their "real gold and silver" when purchasing a house are implemented effectively; If there is a situation where the shared area exceeds the standard, can a convenient claim channel be added instead of allowing individuals to invest a lot of manpower, material resources, and time costs to argue with developers in court.
It is worth mentioning that once the "shared area" is publicly transparent, it is not only a "negative asset" that brings cost expenditures to owners, but also a "positive asset" that can generate sustained income. Considering that the shared area belongs to the common property of all owners, the operating income obtained from the shared area of the community, such as elevator advertising and club rent, will be supplemented as public income to the community's public maintenance fund account, shared by all owners, to ensure the daily maintenance, updating, and renovation of community facilities and equipment, and better support the long-term living quality of the community.
