The main reason for the establishment of the special maintenance fund is that the property has a certain warranty period, for example, the leakage-proof warranty period for rooms and external wall surfaces is 5 years, and the electrical pipelines, water supply and drainage pipelines, and equipment installations are for 2 years, and so on. During the property warranty period, the construction unit is responsible for property repair and maintenance; when the property warranty period expires, the responsibility for property repair and maintenance is transferred from the warranty unit to the property owner.
In the case of dispersed owners, if there is no residential special maintenance funds, in a short period of time to the owners to raise property *** with parts of the *** with the facilities and equipment maintenance or renewal, remodeling costs are very difficult. Residential special maintenance funds for the establishment of the property in a timely manner to get repair and maintenance provides the basic conditions. It can be said that the special maintenance funds equivalent to housing "medical and pension insurance premiums", is conducive to improving and maintaining the rate of housing integrity, extend the service life of the house, to achieve the purpose of property safety.