How to calculate legal monthly maintenance for gated community (villa and apartments)?

The structure of the maintenance charge differs from one society to another and from state to state. The maintenance charges range anywhere between Rs. 2 to Rs. 25 per SFT or maybe even higher depending on the city, locality and the status of the apartment.

Ideally, maintenance costs are charged per square meter of the unit or apartment. Fees for services such as cleaning, garbage collection, use of equipment, repair and maintenance of common facilities such as elevators are shared equally among all unit residents. However, utility costs (water and electricity) are billed according to individual usage.

But the law doesn’t concern itself with the issues of fair levying of charges as per the size of the residence and the utility of services. However, since the co-operative is a collaborative effort, every resident’s grievance or discomfort is duly noted and rightly resolved by the use of different calculation systems. A few of them are given below:

charges based on per square feet 

equal fee

Hybrid fee;

The charges can be categorically divided as shown below:

Service charges, parking charges, non occupancy charges, sinking fund, property tax, insurance charges, lease/rent charges, 

Other charges as decided by the governing body of the society as and when needed.