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Tracey Brown
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Changing the rules in a Sectional Title Scheme – Berry Everitt, CEO of the Chas Everitt International property group.
If the owners in a specific Sectional Title scheme want to make new “house rules” for their scheme, it’s very important that they follow the...

Sectional title levies versus freehold cost of ownership
When buying into a sectional title development, monthly levies and potential special levies are often deterring factors that could put off potential investors. Gerhard van...

Water Consumption – Source: Paddocks Dr Carryn Melissa Durham
The Current drought (or water crisis) in Cape Town has been an issue in other provinces in South Africa over the past few years. We...

Coral Island Body Corporate v Hoge – More Questions Than Answers by Graham Paddock
In the Coral Island Body Corporate v Hoge case, the body corporate employed advocates and attorneys in a High Court action against an owner, when...

Coral Island Body Corporate v Hoge (22991/2017) [2019] ZAWCHC 58 (23 May 2019)
Republic of South Africa IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE DIVISION, CAPE TOWN) Case No: 22991/2017 Before: The Hon. Mr Justice Binns-Ward...

Resolutions in sectional title schemes – Part 1
There is often confusion about what level of body corporate consensus is required for certain decisions. Some years ago, Jennifer Paddock assembled a list of resolutions taken...

Body corporate meetings – Part 3
There are 3 different types of meetings in sectional title schemes, namely trustee meetings, dealt with in the first part of this series of...

Body corporate meetings – Part 2
There are 3 different types of meetings in sectional title schemes, namely trustee meetings, dealt with in the first part of this series of...

Body corporate meetings – Part 1 – Paddocks
There are 3 different types of meetings in sectional title schemes, namely trustee meetings, annual general meetings, and all other general meetings, which...

How many trustees should we have?
Thinking Inside the Box By Ané de Klerk Finding good samaritans to selflessly offer their time to serve their body corporate as trustees can be...