Q Hi, I have these cracks in my walls that look like spider webs or something. I have heard that cracks are serious and because these cracks are on all the walls I am concerned my house is going to collapse. Please can you tell me
Q Hi, my parents are living in a retirement village in Durbanville, Cape Town. They have received a notice that they must pay, over and above their normal levy, the levy for the Community Schemes Ombud as well. This is a lot of money for retired people
Q My boundary wall has these huge cracks that run from the top to the bottom and I am scared it is going to fall over. What do I do? Please help. - Jenny A Dear Jenny, do your boundary walls look like the below photos? All the cracks
Deeds office transfers in 2014 and 2015 show that Cape Town's deeds office records around 30% of the number of transfers nationally. FNB’s October 2016 barometer showed that Cape Town house price growth was 10.5% per annum while the bank’s November 2016 house price index
In the past two to three years a number of new estate agencies, boasting low-commission or fixed-fee offerings, have threatened to disrupt the established South African estate agency model. Traditional agencies, such as Seeff, Pam Golding Properties, Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty and RE/MAX (to
Your landlord is an idiot – all your friends have heard you say this a million times. Some of your friends know that he hasn’t fixed the motor on the electric gate (something he promised to do in May), or that your bathroom floods every
Q When a sectional title unit is in the process of being transferred to a new owner after a sale, a levy clearance certificate has to be obtained from the body corporate. There is usually a fee to be paid to the body corporate for this
Q We have recently bought a full-title home in a complex of six houses (all full-title). The houses are built in three blocks of two houses, with each block sharing a common garage wall and a common roof. There is a common driveway of about 100m
Heating and cooling accounts for up to 50% to 70% of the energy used in an average home. Installing insulation in your house is the most practical and cost-effective way of making your home more energy efficient, keeping it warmer in winter and cooler in
Q Hi, my body corporate and trustees want me as chairman. We have a large complex of 37 units let to tenants and occupied by owners. I would like to know the legal ramifications of being chairman or a trustee. Can one be sued in one’s