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Prevent Your Home Gym from Becoming a Clotheshorse

We’ve all uttered these words at some point. “I need to get in shape.” With time at a premium, health club fees rising and many of us being a bit unsure or intimidated by thought of going to gym with the muscle-bound beefcakes ...

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Capetonians Grab a Slice of the High Season Pie

World Tourism Month in September once again signalled the reasons why, when Cape residents say they are getting their houses in order for the peak season, they mean business. In so doing, they derive optimum returns from the ...

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How to identify a sound property investment

Written by Linda Erasmus, CEO of Fine & Country International Realty SA. Republished with the kind permission of BizCommunity. Logic and intensive research will make investment in property a lot easier than it seems. Buyers ...

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Divorce orders and immovable property

Numerous Court Orders are being granted daily merely stating “Division of the Joint Estate”. The consequence of this order is that the property must be sold and the proceeds divided between the parties, alternatively one of the ...

Refunding a rental deposit
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Refunding a rental deposit

The Rental Housing Act stipulates how the rental deposit should be dealt with on termination of the lease agreement. It is required that an exit inspection be arranged within seven days after the tenant vacated the rental ...

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Sectional Title Act

We have realised over the past few weeks that there seems to be some confusion surrounding the use of the Sectional Titles Act and the prescribed management rules. Firstly, the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act, although ...

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Selling Tips - Pricing and Presentation

Pricing and presentation are the two most important aspects sellers should consider when putting their homes on the market.

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Selling tips - pricing and presentation

Pricing and presentation are the two most important aspects sellers should consider when putting their homes on the market.

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Braai The Beloved Country

Say what you will about us South Africans but we do know how to host a decent braai. With National Heritage Day having been hijacked by clever marketing people and re-branded as Braai Day, we thought we’d hop on the bandwagon ...