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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 ...
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Shaun Wewege
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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
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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
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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, ...
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Shaun Wewege
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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 ...
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Cathy Nolan
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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 ...
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Cathy Nolan
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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.
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Alan Levy
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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
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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
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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
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11 Jan 2012