It is said that the developer will not be allowed to collect the gas account opening fee in violation of regulations. Is there any reason？

　　CCTV News:In September this year, the Nanxian Supervision Committee of the Nanxian Discipline Inspection Committee of Yiyang City, Hunan Province received reports from many people that the commercial house they bought in Lakeview New City was charged a gas account opening fee of 2,200 yuan by the developer in violation of regulations. In fact, Hunan Province has issued regulations in early 2017, and developers are not allowed to charge users a separate gas account opening fee. Then, why will the developers of Lakeview New Town continue to charge this fee?

　　The developer of Lakeview New Town is Nanxian Huida Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. There are 6 buildings in the first phase, which have been sold out, and 5 buildings in the second phase have been capped. From December 2017 to March 2019, every time the developer sells a set of commercial housing, it will charge 2,200 yuan to the buyers separately, and a total of 2,862,200 yuan will be charged to 1,301 buyers.

　　Hu Dan, financial officer of Nanxian Huida Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.:We don’t know that this is unacceptable. We don’t know that there is a document later, that is, it should be included in the development cost, because it was not included in the development cost before, and it can be collected outside, and then we will remit it.

　　However, as early as February 2017, before the sale of real estate, the Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the Measures for the Administration of Pipeline Gas Prices in Hunan Province, which stipulated that the installation fees of new commercial housing pipeline gas courtyard pipe network and indoor pipeline were included in the development and construction costs, and the commercial housing developers settled with the gas operating enterprises according to the regulations of the competent price department, and no longer charged separately to users.

　　Song Xianghua, member of the Standing Committee of Discipline Inspection Committee of Nanxian County, Yiyang City:According to our investigation, at least in the process of price filing, those managers should be aware of this policy, because they have already filed the relevant expenses of gas into the house price when filing; And according to our understanding, the price department also publicized this policy with them during the filing process.

　　Inadequate supervision leads to illegal charges by developers.

　　In January this year, Nanxian Real Estate Management Bureau, Development and Reform Bureau and other four departments jointly carried out special rectification of the real estate market order. However, in this inspection, the relevant departments did not carefully check and supervise the collection of water, electricity, gas and other fees for the property. After the problem was verified, the Supervision Committee of Nanxian Commission for Discipline Inspection ordered Nanxian Market Supervision Bureau to handle it according to law. At present, 1,100 buyers have received refunds, and the relevant person in charge of the price supervision department has also been dealt with.

　　During the investigation, the discipline inspection and supervision team found that during the sale of commercial housing, the developer had submitted a clearly marked book for the filing and filing of the sales price of commercial housing in Nanxian County to the relevant departments. The price list shows that the average selling price is 4,080 yuan per square meter, which includes the infrastructure for the sale of commercial housing, while the project collected and remitted by the developer does not include the gas account opening fee. However, through careful comparison, the discipline inspection and supervision team found that although the developer promised the relevant departments not to charge the gas fee, the Commercial House Sales Contract signed with the owner stipulated that the total price of the commercial house did not include the construction fee of the gas pipeline network facilities, which should be borne by the buyer.

　　Developers charge fees in violation of regulations. As the price supervision department, the original price inspection unit of Nanxian Development and Reform Bureau has been assigned to the County Market Supervision Administration, but problems have not been found in time in daily supervision.

　　Refunded 1,100 supervisors were dealt with.

　　On September 23, Nanxian Market Supervision Bureau issued a Notice of Ordering Refund to Hujing New Town developer Huida Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., ordering the company to refund the illegally charged gas account opening fee to the buyers. The reporter saw in the property office of Hujing New Town that a gas refund office has been set up here, and buyers can get a refund with their ID cards and purchase contracts.

　　Owner Cao Hui:When we took the house, the property said that the gas fee would not be available. We are in the countryside and have no pension. For us, 2200 is our living expenses for half a year.

　　In the special rectification work in January this year, the relevant personnel in charge of price supervision have been given administrative warning by the Supervision Committee of Nanxian Commission for Discipline Inspection for violating work discipline.