Responsibility to maintain and repair foundations and boundary walls in a sectional title scheme
This article will briefly consider the definitions of common property vis-à-vis sections in terms of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8 of 2011 in order to establish who must maintain what in sectional title scheme developments. Many residential developments in South Africa are established in terms of South Africa’s sectional title scheme legislation. Residents […]
Make the most of your rental property
Make the most of your rental property Investing in a property can be one of the best decisions you make. It is also one of the investments you need to consider most carefully to make sure you continue reaping its benefits when the market shifts. The key to an informed purchase and continuing […]
Court interference in a contractual relationship
When two or more parties enter into a contractual agreement knowingly and free from duress, the terms of the agreement must be upheld by each signatory. However, it must be noted when the contract is entered into under pacta sunt servanda, which means “agreements must be kept”, principles of fairness, good faith and reasonableness don’t […]
Slow paying tenants? What you should do.
With the property market being so hard hit by the current economic crisis it is imperative for all of us to count every last cent. Property owners and landlords, especially those who bought second or third properties for purposes of letting them out, often have problems with tenants who pay to little or who do […]
Hersiening van direkteure se besluite
Vorige artikel het gehandel oor die “informele” besluite geneem deur direkteure, en is die optrede en besluite deur direkteure wat as “informele” besluite deur direkteure beskou kan word, behandel. Die presedente geskep deur die howe is bespreek, welke presedente oorweeg word wanneer die afdwingbaarheid en geldigheid van sodanige “toestemmings” deur die howe beslis moet word. […]