Ms. Lee informed jin yun that in april 2023 she rented a 23 square metre house in beijing's shigeki hills in april 2024 until august 2024, when she was told that a deduction of $3177 for air conditioners was required。
Ms. Lee indicated that the air conditioner was for heating, as informed by the rental platform. " a 23 square metre room for a year's heating fee of $3177, is it standard? Ms. Lee questioned this。
Rental contracts
The cost clause is hidden in the annex notes
Ms. Lee explained that in april 2023 she had chosen her own apartment closer to her unit on the app because of the need to rent a place to work in beijing。
" the house is located in the mountains of rockstone, and it is more satisfactory to see it and pays rent on the spot. " ms. Lee states that she rents approximately 23 square metres of the house, rents over 4300, and charges 10 per cent of the service per month for her apartment. For the first time, ms. Lee paid a three-month rent and a one-month deposit。
Upon payment of the rent, ms. Lee entered into a rental contract on her own account as app, which shows that the leaser of the property was fanno housing rental co. Ltd. In beijing and housing rental co. Ltd. In beijing was the service provider for the management of the house。
As reported by jin yun journalists, the total contract is 15 pages, in the annex to page 14, under the " remarks " form of the house delivery list, which states: " the costs associated with renting the house (including, but not limited to, telephone, television usage, heating, if any, and air conditioning) that are not specified in the contract are borne by b itself."
Deduction:
Rmb 3177 for " air conditioning "
From april 2023 to august 2024, ms. Lee paid rent and utilities on schedule during the rent period. " electricity is not paid directly to the power company, but is paid on the app. According to ms. Lee, she rented for 16 months and paid a total of 2,700 yuan for electricity。
In august 2024, ms. Lee did not renew the lease. As a deposit for rent paid in advance of one month, ms. Lee waited for the deposit to be refunded。
On the same month, ms. Lee received a settlement agreement for the rental of houses by the housing rental company ltd. (beijing), in which she found an air conditioner fee of $3177 to be deducted。
" i pay electricity every month. What's the air conditioner? What is the fee for this? "mrs. Lee said she found her own company to ask, " i was told that this air conditioner is for heating, that there is no heating tablet in the apartment, and that heating is via the central air conditioning
According to ms. Lee, in interviews with self-employed staff before renting the house, the other party only mentioned that the tenants bore the costs of water, electricity, gas, etc., and did not mention air-conditioning costs, which were not clearly stated in the contract text. " it is true that i did not see a few words of air conditioner charges placed on the tenant at the end of the annex, but 23 square metres of room, 3000 per year of heating, on what basis? Ms. Lee expressed doubts about the rates。
What is " air conditioning "
What is " air conditioning " ? The tenant has paid the electricity fee, why " air conditioning "
With regard to ms. Li's comments, the journalist contacted fanno housing rental limited in beijing, where staff members described the company as commissioning external rental and management, and ms. Lee referred to " air conditioners " as heating and refrigeration costs, " as commercial houses, heating and cooling are central air conditioners, and the tenants' monthly payments for electricity are only for ordinary electricity such as lighting, plugs, etc., and do not include heating and cooling. According to the staff member, each tenant is charged two seasons per year for heating and cooling, calculated on the basis of 23 square metres of room rented by ms. Lee, at a cost of more than 1900 per quarter. Since ms. Lee lived from april 2023 until the following year, in august, the company received only $1600 for a one-season heating fee. As to the reasons for charging ms. Lee with air conditioner charges of $3177, the staff member did not know。
Journalists tried to contact their own housing rental company ltd. (beijing), and journalists called the official customer service, who claimed to report to the authorities, but as of the time of the cut-off, no response had been received. Since then, journalists have contacted the legal staff of the company, claiming that they did not accept the interview and did not provide telephone calls from the relevant company departments。
The tenant sued himself
In november 2025, ms. Li sued her own housing rental company, ltd. (beijing) and the beijing fanno housing rental company, ltd., to the beijing city ishiyama court, requesting the two defendants to refund the deposit and interest on her house and to provide a list of the electricity bills she was required to pay during the lease period and to refund the extra fees charged。
According to ms. Lee's representative, zhou ming jian, a lawyer in beijing, the operator must not charge any unspecified fees and needs to guarantee the consumer's right to know if ms. Lee's " air conditioner fee " was not clearly informed when the contract was signed。
The director of the well-known lawyer, henan zedhiya, paid for air conditioners as heated and cooling expenses, but the contract's agreement that " air conditioners were borne by the tenant " was hidden in the notes to the annex to the contract, was not placed in the core terms, nor was it made clear to the tenant, by means of thicker and verbal tips, that the notice obligation was breached; and the contract did not specify the nature and basis of the " air conditioner fee " and the consumer was not informed in advance of the specific calculation criteria for the " air conditioner fee " , which was not in accordance with the clear-coded pricing principle。
Before the deadline, the journalist was informed that ms. Lee and her family had agreed to withdraw the complaint。
(jin yun news)
