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Can you be held responsible for a previous owner’s unpaid bills?
Property Advice

Can you be held responsible for a previous owner’s unpaid bills?

Find out what your rights are if a municipality threatens to cut off your electricity because the previous owner of the property didn't pay his bills.

2015 Standard Residential Property Lease for Sectional Title or Share Block
Property Advice

2015 Standard Residential Property Lease for Sectional Title or Share Block

Here's a free lease agreement for you to download. This document is Consumer Protection Act (CPA) compliant and is for Sectional Title property - ie, homes in a complex or block of flats.

Gas installation regulations home-owners should know
Property Advice

Gas installation regulations home-owners should know

The rapidly increasing cost of electricity has resulted in a growth in popularity among many South African home-owners to utilise gas installations in their homes.

Cape Town CBD residential market boom
News

Cape Town CBD residential market boom

2014 was a record year for residential sales in Cape Town’s CBD, with properties to the value of R856 million changing hands.

Criminality in complexes – and how to deal with it
Property Advice

Criminality in complexes – and how to deal with it

Moving to a secure, gated complex does not mean that you will be totally safe from crime. Find out how you can make your complex safer.

'Hive-living' is becoming popular due to high prices
Property Advice

'Hive-living' is becoming popular due to high prices

What is 'hive-living' and how is it beneficial for those who are battling to enter the property market?

Sectional Title Schemes
Property Advice

Sectional Title Schemes

The roles of the different parties concerned, as well as rules, levies, building alterations and more about how sectional title schemes work.

Finding the right solution for poor flat owners
News

Finding the right solution for poor flat owners

Thousands of poor people who were sold discounted council flats could lose them because they cannot afford the levy payments.

The power of body corporates
Property Advice

The power of body corporates

Body corporate rules can prevent sectional title owners from renovating their property to their own taste.