Henan Business Daily reporter Xu Ran text/photo
"I paid more than 90,000 decoration fees, and I have not started construction so far", "The rent will certainly not be given", "How to terminate the contract if it has not been renovated?" ”...... In recent days, more than 200 owners in the Zhengzhou owners' rights protection group of the "Big City Cottage" have been discussing fiercely.
They spent a lot of money to entrust their house to the "Big City Cottage" Zhengzhou branch to renovate and rent, but at present, the company is in arrears for several months of rent, and many owners have not started the renovation of their houses for several months.
Recently, the company has been exposed to negative news in many parts of the country, exacerbating the trust crisis of the owners.
Ayutthaya Cottage within Zhengzhou Branch
[The owner paid 130,000 yuan for the decoration fee to this company, the decoration did not start, and a penny rent was not received]
In March this year, Wang Yan (pseudonym), the owner of a small district in Zhengzhou, after listening to the introduction of a friend, felt that the reputation of the big city cottage was good, and the house was convenient to be managed, so he signed a custody agreement with the Zhengzhou branch of Shaanxi Dacheng Cottage Real Estate Management Co., Ltd.
After paying 130,000 yuan for decoration, he handed over a new house of 122 square meters to the company. At that time, the company promised her that the decoration would be completed within 3 months, and the fourth month began to return the decoration cost fee, 12,000 yuan per month, which was repaid in 10 months, and Wang Yan's rent of 2200 yuan per month would be paid.
Now, 1 month has passed, and Wang Yan's house has not done any decoration construction at all. The Henan Business Daily reporter learned that there are many owners who are similar to Wang Yan's situation.
Zhao Min (pseudonym), who is in Jiangsu, is currently in the expected stage of delivery, but she is still worried about her family's house. On December 8, 2020, Zhao Min signed an agreement with Ayutthaya Hut and paid 94,000 yuan for the renovation, and the decoration workers still did not enter the site after 4 months.
Some owners told reporters that at present, the owners who defend their rights are divided into three situations, namely, those who have received money but have not been renovated, those who have received money have been renovated in half, and the houses have been renovated, but they have not been rented out.
Ma Juan's house was half-installed but stopped working. "The walls have been painted, the floor has been laid, but the soft decoration of home appliances, bed curtains and so on has not moved", and the decoration of the entire room is currently stopped and cannot be rented.
Ayutthaya Cottage Zhengzhou Branch
【Big city cottage high fee low rent, too many routines】
The owners said that the big city cottage was "playing" with the old routine of high collection and low rent. In the contract signed by Ayutthaya Andyo and the owner, according to different locations, the owner promises to give them a rent of 15% to 40% above the market price and 100% of the decoration amount to them for rental operation.
The owner, Bai Yue (pseudonym), told the Henan Business Daily reporter that the monthly rent given to her by the Ayutthaya Hut was about 40% higher than the market average, and the high rent was the most important reason to attract her to hand over the house to the company for management.
Ma Juan's family has a house of more than 50 square meters, and the average monthly rent market is about 1500 to 2500 yuan, while the big city cottage promises to give the owner a monthly rent of 4500 yuan.
According to this model to attract customers, but the owners generally reflect that the quality of the decoration is poor, "too bad, I don't even want to take a photo", when it comes to the quality of decoration, Zhao Min seems very helpless.
Bai Yue also had the same feeling, "The quality of this decoration is about 300 yuan per square meter, but the decoration fee we paid is calculated at 900 yuan per square meter." ”
"However, before considering that the monthly rent was 40% higher than the market price, the cost could be recovered in two years, and we could earn some money after renting it out for 5 years or 8 years, and we were also dizzy," Bai Yue regretted very much.
Now, the owner reports that the big city cottage has given a solution, that is, to adjust the existing contract content and reduce the original agreed rent to the market level.
The owner is discussing a solution with the person in charge
【Zhengzhou branch 4 months to change 3 responsible persons, how can this make people trust? 】
Shaanxi Dacheng Cottage Real Estate Management Co., Ltd. Zhengzhou Branch is located in Zhengzhou Yunfeng Block B, Henan Business Daily reporter rushed to the scene, many owners are in the hall to keep the company staff, seeking a solution.
The person in charge of the Zhengzhou branch of dacheng hut, surnamed Yang, explained to the Henan Business Daily reporter that in response to the problems currently faced by customers, Shaanxi Dacheng Hut Real Estate Management Company has given follow-up problem solutions.
The first option is to adjust the content of the existing contract and reduce the original rent to the market rent signed with the tenant for the remaining contract period. The second option was to terminate the contract peacefully, but the owners had to wait 50 working days for the refund of the renovation money.
However, many owners on site show great distrust of the solution. Bai Yue said, "It has been 4 months since I came to talk about the solution, and there are 3 people in charge in the middle, all of whom have just negotiated a plan with this person, and they can't find it." ”
After the termination of the contract, it takes 50 working days to get the money back, and the owners generally feel that the cycle is too long and afraid that the company will run away. At the same time, the same problems have occurred in branches in various provinces, which has also exacerbated the distrust of the owners.
Apology letter to the owner of Ayutthaya Cottage
It is understood that the branches of Changsha, Dalian, Nanjing and other places in the big city are in the same situation, for which the person in charge surnamed Yang said that the company will not run away, and the Shaanxi Headquarters has issued an apology to explain the company's fund distribution and promise to solve the problem.
The apology statement said that at present, the account of The Cottage Has been opened and the bank credit has been completed, but April 10 is a non-working day, and the original planned payment date has been postponed accordingly. The specific payment time is based on the next day after the bank payment arrives, during which time the funds are still being raised through other means, and the rent is paid to the landlord in batches every day.
Termination and renewal of contracts
[Behind the outbreak of the big city hut problem is the problem of "high collection and low rent" and "long collection and short payment"】
It is worth noting that behind the outbreak of the problem of huts in the big city is the problem of "high collection and low rent" and "long collection and short payment" in a large number of listings.
The excessive pursuit of scale in the long-term rental apartment industry has led to problems such as "high income and low rent" and "long rent and short payment" in the process of rapid expansion, which delays the outbreak of cash flow risk by playing the time difference. Operating enterprises that do not have positive cash flow have potential risks, and the model of long-term cash flow that cannot be normalized is the concentration of risk.
In fact, various departments have begun to realize the market risks currently faced by long-term rental apartments, and issued a new policy for the supervision of housing rental funds to restrict the behavior of rental enterprises.
The Housing Lease Regulations (Draft for Solicitation of Comments) issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development particularly emphasize that if a housing rental enterprise has high-risk business behaviors such as paying the rent of the housing rights holder higher than that of the lessee, and collecting the rent of the lessee longer than the period of paying the rent of the housing rights holder, the real estate management department shall include it in the list of abnormal operations, and strengthen the supervision of the operation of rent, deposit use and so on.
So how can homeowners and tenants avoid falling into a similar whirlpool? Qin Ming, a lawyer at Beijing Jingshi (Zhengzhou) Law Firm and director of the Commercial Criminal Legal Affairs Department, reminded that when the homeowner signs a contract with the custody company and the tenant rents a house, he should have a reasonable psychological expectation, and if the rental price is too high or too low than the market price, he should be cautious and not cause unnecessary losses in order to take advantage of the small advantage.
Secondly, when choosing an intermediary company, it is also necessary to choose an intermediary agency with standardized operation and strong strength as much as possible; when signing a contract, it is necessary to carefully review the text of various agreements, sign it carefully and keep it properly. In the event of a dispute, the homeowner and tenant may complain to the competent administrative department to defend their rights, or file a civil lawsuit with the people's court.
(Editor: Liu Mengge, Lv Ruitian)