Q Good day, our trustees have decided to increase our levies by 20% per annum. If you are an owner but not one of the trustees, do you have a say in the increase of levies? A In terms of Management Rule 21 (b) the trustees may only increase
Q Hi, we are currently paying a monthly levy of R1,263 to the body corporate and a monthly fee of R1,200 to the homeowners association (HOA). What amount of CSOS levy should we be paying per month? - Indira A Hi Indira, the CSOS levies would be R14 on
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Fanie and Louise are a retired couple living in Witbank, Mpumalanga – a city in which they met, fell in love and raised their two children. They bought their first (and current) family home in 1997 – a year when interest rates were sitting at more
There can be some confusion when it comes to who is responsible for which elements of maintenance on a rental property. “Some aspects fall on the landlord and some on the tenants – it isn’t automatically all up to the landlord, and there is no
While packing is a major element when it comes to moving, there is much more that needs to be taken into account when changing your address. According to Adrian Goslett, regional director and CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, there will be a few legal
It’s a story on SMMEs so I feel compelled to start it off by mentioning the well-known stat – small businesses are responsible for between 65% and 70% of the jobs created in South Africa annually, so they are vitally important engines of economic growth. But
Buying a home has always been a laborious, protracted process that required hours of wading through countless interchangeable property photos then finding the time required for multiple viewings, but the reality is this is becoming increasingly incongruous in our fast-paced modern world where instant gratification
It takes, on average, 12 weeks for a property to be transferred into your name. This means that, depending on when your own home was sold or your lease expired, you run the risk of being “homeless” for a couple of months. Seemingly the most obvious