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Tracey Brown
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Ways to increase income in your body corporate – Paddocks
By Paddocks Although a body corporate should not have “making a profit” as their primary function, it is notable that the trustees are tasked with doing...
What is “maintenance”?
While most members of bodies corporate are aware of the fact that the body corporate is responsible for the maintenance of the scheme’s common...
Appeal court rules against body corporate’s exorbitant interest rate
File photo: African News Agency (ANA) Cape Town – The Gardens Lodge Body Corporate has been found to have charged a complex unit owner a...
Do I have to buy extra common property to extend my section?
By Anton Kelly Owners in sectional title schemes are entitled, with the consent of the body corporate by special resolution, to extend the floor areas...
Sectional title schemes – Principles and resources
A sectional title body corporate is responsible for management and administration of its scheme. It must ensure that the provisions of the Sectional Titles Schemes...
LAYING DOWN THE RULES FOR UNRULY KIDS
Having recently sold their beautiful, spacious home in a leafy, quiet suburb, north of Johannesburg, Len Cohen and his wife Lisa are settling into their smaller,...
Prescription of levies
By Ané de Klerk One of the biggest headaches of community scheme management has to be dealing with the collection of arrear levies. Recovering money...
It will soon be a nightmare to get hold of a new title deed in SA – here’s what homeowners need to know
Department of Rural Development and Land Reform has announced changes to Regulation 68 of the Deeds Registries Act. According to Melissa Peneda, an associate at...
Who scolds sectional title tenants when they break the rules?
By Paddocks Finding a suitable tenant to rent investment units in sectional title is becoming increasingly difficult. Credit checks, phone calls to previous landlords and...
RISKY BUSINESS FOR HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS – Marina Constas BBM Law
Issue 1, February 2019 Do you know that Homeowners’ Association Directors who fail to comply with the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act 9 of 2011...
