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10 Things To Think About Before You Start House Hunting
When you decide to start looking for a property, you’ll be overwhelmed by the different property types, locations, prices and conditions. By using this checklist from Kevin Mountjoy, national sales manager atooba, South Africa’s ...
10 Things To Think About Before You Start House Hunting
When you decide to start looking for a property, you’ll be overwhelmed by the different property types, locations, prices and conditions. By using this checklist from Kevin Mountjoy, national sales manager at ooba, South ...
Buy To Let Investors Slacking in Maintenance
While buy to let is a welcome trend, it can lead to problems, says Bill Rawson, Chairman of the Rawson Property Group.
Sectional Title - What You're Really Buying
If you’re house hunting, and you’re considering buying an apartment or unit in a complex, chances are you’ll be buying a sectional title, rather than a freehold property. “It’s important to understand the obligations that come ...
Budget for the unexpected
As Benjamin Franklin once said, the only things certain in life are death and taxes - what he forgot to mention explicitly was Eskom and rates.
The Tenant-landlord-body corporate triangle
Many, many sectional titles units are bought as investments and the sections occupied by tenants – I wonder what the proportion is? Normally, the lease of a property gives rise to two relationships: the relationship between the ...
Sectional titles - know the rules
Many security-minded South African homeowners have taken to living in sectional title homes due to the certain level of safety that this type of property provides.
The role of a trustee is not a full time job
There are many articles available regarding the roles of a trustee and almost all of them follow the same advice regarding management of levies, finances and the operations of the scheme ...
Create an emergency exit
Why would you need an emergency exit at home? Creating an emergency exit in your home is hardly likely to be at the top of your ‘to do’ list, but it makes sense when you read about disasters that happen to other people. Fire, ...
Your sectional title buying checklist
As owning a sectional title unit over a freestanding home is becoming more and more popular due to the rising costs of maintaining properties and the added security sectional title often offer ...