The community where my colleague Xiao Wang's house is located was built in 09, and they are all standard multi-storey buildings with no elevators.
The floor where they are located is five floors, and going up and down the stairs every day has become the biggest problem for their family.
But the good news soon came, the government and the property wanted to add elevators to the community, Xiao Wang believes that this will inevitably improve the living conditions.
However, what the family did not expect was that this policy was not promoted in the community, because many residents in the community did not agree to install elevators.
This is a very good policy for the residents of the community, and some governments will even "pay out of their own pockets".
Why do you get so many objections to install elevators for these users for free?
1. Whose interests are moved by the installation of elevators?
For the renovation of old communities, installing elevators is a cost-effective way to greatly improve the quality of life of residents in the community.
Even though this method is less expensive than demolition, the cost is still a lot of money.
This requires communication with the owners of the community first, and more than 2/3 of the residents must agree before the elevator can be installed in the community.
If this step cannot be completed, everything will be in vain. Therefore, in order to install elevators, many communities have set up elevator installation committees to do the ideological work of neighbors.
Then there is the technical preparation, first of all, you need to find the design team to design, plan the appropriate location, elevator shape design and elevator power supply line.
Wait until the design team's proposal has been evaluated before the elevator can be installed.
Once that's all that happens, it's time to think about funding. Most communities need to raise their own funds for the installation of elevators.
However, in recent years, governments across the country have been committed to the renovation of old communities, so the installation of elevators will be subsidized by the government, which is the bulk of the elevator installation costs.
In the end, it is distributed to each household, and the cost of installing the elevator can be said to be very small.
However, many people are reluctant to install elevators, whose interests are moved? It is not possible to say whose interests are involved, which involves many considerations of residents.
Second, the reason for the reluctance to install the elevator
1. A lot of low floors feel unfair
Many low-rise residents naturally think that it is very unfair to themselves when faced with the project of installing elevators.
Because the installation of the elevator requires the residents of the whole community to raise money, and all residents need to share the cost.
In this way, the residents of the lower floors will feel that they use the elevator very little, so why should they pay the same amount of money as the residents of the upper floors.
For these residents living on the lower floors, the elevator has only slightly improved their living standards, but it is not as significant as the residents on the upper floors, and they can do without the elevator at all. Not to mention the users on the first floor, some may only have three or four steps, and some don't even need to go up and down the stairs.
2. Elevator maintenance fees and increased property fees
Compared with the high-rise in recent years, the property fees of these old communities will be relatively cheaper, generally around 0.5 yuan, and the property fees that need to be paid in a month are not much.
But once the elevator is installed, the property fee will inevitably increase, because it costs money to use the elevator, and the electricity cost required for the operation of the elevator is also borne by the owner.
For low-rise owners, they don't need elevators, and their monthly expenses on strata fees are only a handful, but once the elevators are installed, they may have to increase the strata fees exponentially.
In addition to the daily use of the elevator, the follow-up elevator maintenance and repair costs still need to be borne by the owners, after all, it is these owners who use the elevator, and they can only pay for the subsequent continued use of the elevator.
Many owners are worried that after the installation of the elevator, the elevator will need to be crowdfunded to repair the elevator as soon as there is a little problem, and the gains outweigh the losses.
3. The newly installed elevator is not beautiful
Many people think that after the installation of the elevator, the elevator and the building do not look like "the same root and origin", which will affect the beauty of the whole building.
Because the elevator generally needs to remove the wall and glass in front of the stairway, and install an elevator in this place.
This elevator belongs to the elevator that "connects" to this building, which looks very abrupt and does not look "ugly" like those units that are originally equipped with elevators.
The additional elevator will block part of the unit door, which is unacceptable to many people. Especially when moving things to the basement, it is very inconvenient, and there is no way to put your electric car and bicycle in the basement.
summary
In general, the installation of elevators in old communities is a good policy for the benefit of the country and the people. Because the residents of the old community in the past are now older, and the installation of elevators is undoubtedly more convenient for them to go up and down the stairs.
The installation of elevators in old communities is a trend, but most people have more concerns and think that the installation of elevators may affect their normal life and damage their interests.
But the government and the property are looking at all of this, and they are also looking for ways to make it profitable for everyone and benefit every resident of the old community.