In April 2019, Wuxi issued the Guiding Opinions on the Construction of Livable Areas in Wuxi. It is planned to use 10 years to promote the construction of livable areas in old residential areas built before 2000, existing residential areas built after 2000 and newly built residential areas in accordance with different standards and content classifications.
Since then, the vigorous trend of old reform has blown to the large and small old residential areas in Wuxi.
Some communities have newly added fitness facilities, some have renovated their facades, some have increased landscape greening and parking spaces, and some have undergone age-appropriate renovations...
Among the many renovation projects, the loudest call is to install elevators.
In Wuxi, a large number of houses in the 1980s and 1990s and even earlier are old and broken without elevators, and the living groups in such communities are mainly elderly, and it is difficult to go up and down the stairs with inconvenient legs and feet, and it is imperative to install elevators.
According to the feedback of netizens, it seems that all the owners of the old community are waiting for an elevator.
If this wish has been around for a long time, why are there so few successful cases? Where is the difficulty in installing elevators in old residential areas?
First of all, the quality of the house meets the conditions for installing an elevator.
A reader once left a message in our background that his house could not install an elevator because the quality of the house was too poor and the spacing between the buildings was too close.
Article 8 of the Interim Measures for Adding Elevators to Existing Residences in Wuxi City issued by the Wuxi Municipal People's Government in June 2018 clearly mentions:
The additional elevator building design plan shall be issued by the design unit with corresponding qualifications, and conform to relevant norms and standards such as architectural design, structural safety, elevator rescue channels, fire safety and special equipment.
Secondly, the consent of 100% of the owners of the unit must be obtained.
Why one hundred percent, not the legendary "two-thirds"?
I found a clear answer in the state media:
According to the relevant policies, the intention to add an elevator to an existing residence shall be agreed by the owner of the building or the exclusive part of the unit of the house accounting for more than two-thirds of the total area of the building and more than two-thirds of the total number of people.
At the same time, there are four situations in which the relevant owners must be consulted:
1. The elevator occupies the special part of the owner or is directly attached to the external wall of the special part;
2. Due to the addition of elevators to block the space within the vertical range of the owner's doors and windows;
3. The sunshine time is significantly shortened due to the addition of elevators;
4. After the addition of the elevator, the function of the passage that must be passed through is weakened, and there is no other passage to pass.
Under normal circumstances, most of the people who put forward the need to install elevators are high-rise residents, and the votes against them are often low-rise owners, for these owners the elevator is dispensable, and after installation, it may affect lighting and ventilation, and there is no benefit.
Whether it is a high-rise or low-rise household, everyone is a stakeholder, so in the actual operation process, it is still necessary to follow the 100% principle.
Source: Wuxi Bo Bao
A reader once told us that he had worn out his mouth in order to install the elevator, but some owners still had a tough attitude and resolute opposition, and finally died without a problem.
The biggest pain point and difficulty in installing elevators lies in the communication and negotiation between neighbors.
When encountering young people living in high-rise buildings, they should exercise every day when climbing up and down the stairs, and the demand for elevators is not so strong, but when they think of the cost of installation and maintenance in the later stage, they decisively refuse.
Some owners firmly believe that the installation of elevators in old houses may affect the quality of the house, there will be safety hazards, and they are not willing to cooperate.
When it is difficult to coordinate multiple interests and achieve equal interests, it is often difficult to continue to promote the installation of elevators.
Finally, there is also the issue of the cost of installing the elevator and the allocation of the cost of post-maintenance.
At present, the current subsidy policy in Wuxi is mainly aimed at the existing residential buildings built before 2000 (except commercial housing).
The specific subsidy amount is: 100,000 yuan / unit for residential buildings with seven floors and above, 90,000 yuan / unit for six floors, 80,000 yuan / unit for five floors, and 70,000 yuan / unit for four floors.
At the same time, the public can use the provident fund to pay for the installation of elevators.
So, how to allocate expenses between floors and floors?
The "Interim Measures for Adding Elevators to Existing Residences in Wuxi City" stipulates that the owners can share the funds according to the floor, area and other factors, and the specific allocation ratio is determined by all the owners who contribute through consultation.
Taking Wuxi's first old community to install elevators, Yuexiu Garden, as an example, the first to third floors belong to low-rise residents, do not use elevators, and do not bear construction costs, and residents on the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th floors contribute 40,000, 50,000, 60,000 and 70,000 respectively.
Involving the contribution of each household, the difficulty of installing elevators is undoubtedly "a higher level".
The resulting "capital-generation plus ladder" seems to have a higher degree of recognition.
The so-called "capital plus ladder" is to build the elevator by the jia ti company "on behalf of the capital", the residents do not pay the construction fee, from the date of use, and then pay the use fee to the jia ti company, the period is 15 years.
At present, this model has landed in the five-star community of Qinyuan New Village, and 12 elevators have been put into use.
The owner only needs to spend up to 778 yuan per year to achieve "elevator freedom" and does not need to bear the maintenance costs in the later stage.
With the deepening of the transformation of old residential areas, the process, mode and service of installing elevators are constantly being optimized.
In Shanghai, in order to popularize the installation of elevators and provide services for owners, some communities have set up an elevator installation consultation room by the community to introduce the process, micro-knowledge, relevant suggestions and other contents of the installation of elevators to the owners, and answer the common policies, financial subsidies, apportionment calculations and other closely related issues involved in the process of installing elevators.
In Hangzhou, a street set up the country's first elevator installation studio led by the people's congress deputies to provide policy publicity, guide the community and the street to carry out public opinion coordination, build a communication platform, provide legal advice, and help resolve the contradictions and disputes caused by the ladder.
Although the policy of installing elevators is difficult, it has realized the value evolution of the old community.
In addition to providing real convenience for owners, there is also a hidden benefit that cannot be ignored -
The installation of elevators has improved the problems of old and small stagnation and circulation to a certain extent.
The same is the old residential area, after all, the buildings with elevators are a minority, this part of the housing into the second-hand market is easier to sell, the price is relatively firm, especially high-rise residences.
In the second-hand housing market dominated by pure demand, the biggest advantage of the old and broken is that it is economical, and if there is an elevator bonus, the cost-effective advantage will be further enlarged.
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