Prescribed Management Rule (“PMR”) 70 provides a remedy for the body corporate where an owner either fails to repair or maintain their section, or fails to adequately maintain and keep any area of common property to which they have exclusive use rights in a clean
As the weekend rolls around you may feel the urge to get busy around the home, finally finish that DIY paint job you’ve been putting off. To finish the job off nicely you need to be absolutely sure that you’ve prepped the surface correctly. Thanks to
South Africans have been faced with extreme weather this past week. Today, as the sun peeks through in Gauteng, Helen Heenan Interiors reminds us why yellow is a great colour with which to decorate. “I read somewhere recently that ‘It's impossible to see yellow and not
The Randburg Square complex, which includes a 35,000m² shopping centre and a multi-storey car park, is getting an urban revival with the 12-storey office block being repurposed into 180 luxury, loft-style apartments. The precinct itself is also being upgraded through the joint efforts of the city
Being a victim of crime is incredibly traumatic, but being able to identify everything about your attacker and the attack can ultimately help the police catch the perpetrators – this will ultimately reduce crime in South Africa by preventing them from being repeat offenders. Observation is a term
The former black townships, under the Apartheid era classification, witnessed the fastest house price inflation in Q2 2016. “The higher average house price growth of the townships in recent times appears to continue to reflect greater residential supply constraints relative to demand, compared with the former
Some 50 units, which include top-floor penthouses and first-floor garden units, have already been sold at Infinité in Bedfordview, Johannesburg. This before the development’s official launch in August. Demand is being fuelled by the uniqueness of the development, right pricing and sought-after amenities such as Eastgate
Cape Town boasts the strongest residential sales market in South Africa, with significantly higher property values as well as the lions’ share of the country’s most expensive streets and wealthiest suburbs. The city, however, lags dismally in one significant aspect: the fact that it has
One day you wake up and realise that the two-bedroom townhouse you’ve been renting is just too small. The baby needs grass to play on and the-then small rescue pup is actually just way too big to live indoors. You need to cancel your lease
With the requirements of modern living becoming more demanding daily time has become an even more precious commodity. This is especially true for young parents who need to divide their time between work and precious moments with children, each other and the elusive “me-time” Tanya Kovarsky,