Home owners

Constantly evolving regulations, a fluctuating market, ever-changing neighbourhoods… the property market is a constantly-moving industry that requires expert insight and knowledge. Private Property provides the latest news and advice on everything property related for all sides of the spectrum. In our one-stop Property Advice portal, you can find:

Buying Advice Selling Advice Tenant Advice Landlord Advice Finance Home owners Property Guides
Property Advice

Buy-to-let property investors can't be slack with maintenance

In recent months there has been a marked increase in the number of people buying into multiple unit developments - as investments.

Property Advice

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 ...

Property Advice

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 ...

Property Advice

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.

Property Advice

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 ...

Property Advice

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.

Property Advice

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 ...

Property Advice

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.

Property Advice

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 ...