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Of Pools and Pitches

I remember begging my parents to install a swimming pool in our back garden. During hot summer months my brother and I would go out into the garden and plot where the best place to fit a pool would be. We never got our swimming ...
Property Advice
Shaun Wewege
12 Jan 2012

Home owners’ vs bond insurance

Home owners’ insurance This insurance covers the structures and buildings against eventualities such as fire and flood. If you take a home loan through a bank when purchasing your home, they will insist that you take out home ...
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Home Front
12 Jan 2012

Tap into the Powers of Rooibos Tea

If starting the new year on a calm and healthy foot is intended, maybe take a look into the latest research on the significant health benefits of Rooibos tea. This indigenous, zero caffeine beverage of two flavours – the ...
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Anna-Marie Smith
11 Jan 2012

Liquefied Petroleum Gas - Uses for the Homeowner

The push to lower municipal power bills has lead homeowners to look at alternative sources of energy. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is a practical, cost-effective solution to our energy conundrum as it can be used for cooking, ...
Property Advice
Shaun Wewege
11 Jan 2012

Curb “bad tenant” behaviour

As property investment is on the rise again after a long dip in the market, investors should be aware that, once they take the plunge, they are exposed to certain dangers. Investing in ...
Property Advice
Cathy Nolan
11 Jan 2012

Onus on landlords in eviction cases

Buy-to-rent property, although slow due to the economic downturn, has lost none of its appeal for investors. But those who go this route have to familiarise themselves with a body of legislation that has grown up to protect both ...
Property Advice
Cathy Nolan
11 Jan 2012

The law on shutting off electricity for tenants

Landlords who take the law into their own hands by terminating the electrical supply to a tenant’s property could well come to regret the decision.
Property Advice
Alan Levy
11 Jan 2012

Protection from unruly tenants

The proposed new Community Schemes Ombud Service Bill protects the rights of landlords to “good administration” in respect of scheme finances and facilities. The Bill oversees the administration of disputes in the sectional title ...
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Propell
11 Jan 2012

Recourse for landlords

The Rental Housing Tribunal’s (RHT’s) observation of a number of issues that arise repeatedly can be addressed and possibly avoided through increased knowledge and skill in the industry. Although absolutely essential, written ...
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Cathy Nolan
11 Jan 2012

Sectional title tenants have recourse in disputes

When large numbers of people live in close confines, there are bound to be disagreements on noise levels, exclusive use areas, extensions to sections, building and garden maintenance, pets, satellite dishes, illegal structures, ...
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Propell
11 Jan 2012