The Two Body Corporate Funds
Sectional Title – the need to keep two separate body corporate funds Bodies Corporate must now keep 2 funds, a ‘reserve’ and an ‘administrative’ fund.
July 3, 2017
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PROPERTY LAW ARTICLES
Servitudes Can Affect the Value of a Property.
By Helen Grange hgrange@mweb.co.za When you’re hunting for a property, it’s important to ask the right questions, and one of them should be: ‘is
June 26, 2017
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Penalty for early cancellation of a residential lease
What rights does a landlord have if a tenant cancels the residential lease, before it ends? The tenant has the right to cancel the lease
March 7, 2017
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Unlawfully evicted?
Because the landlord has evicted you without first getting a court order, you need to bring what is called a “spoliation” application to be allowed
March 1, 2017
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Who pays for repairs to water leaks in my complex?
A client, who lives in a double-story sectional title complex, asked me: “My neighbour above me has a water leak in his bathroom. Water has
June 2, 2016
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Sectional title maintenance and improvement
Is your sectional title complex looking a bit tired? Maintenance The trustees of your body corporate need to maintain the complex (to keep it more
May 9, 2016
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When can a body corporate fine a tenant?
Can you please assist on tenants’ rights in terms of fines being issued by the Body Corporate? I am able to give you a brief
March 7, 2016
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My body corporate has disconnected my electricity!
Q Please can you kindly advise me on how I can challenge the body corporate to stop the process of disconnecting electricity. The electricity at
February 11, 2016
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Early cancellation of a residential lease
A client asked me: “If a tenant is forced to live in intolerable conditions and is forced to move, is it the tenant’s right to
October 23, 2015
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Things you may not know about residential leases
The relationship between a landlord and tenant is governed by the Rental Housing Act, 1999 (Act No. 50 of 1999), which provides that: A lease
August 31, 2015
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