By Auren Freitas dos Santos In my experience, some of the most costly and antagonistic disputes have involved sectional title schemes consisting of less than four members. The reason why…
advisoryMay 3, 2022
By Auren Freitas dos Santos Originally published on www.paddocks.co.za It has been almost six years since the Community Schemes Ombud Service Act (“the CSOS Act”) came into operation and by…
advisoryApril 6, 2022
By Ané de Klerk Part and parcel of owning a property in a sectional title scheme is having to adopt a mindset of “what is best for the community” rather…
advisoryApril 6, 2022
By Auren Freitas dos Santos The primary function of the reserve fund established and maintained in terms of section 3(1)(b) of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act is to be…
advisoryMarch 2, 2022
By Ané de Klerk Recovering money from people can certainly be challenging. It is therefore not surprising that trustees and managing agents alike prefer to add contributions and charges payable…
advisoryMarch 2, 2022
By Auren Freitas dos Santos The Property Practitioners Act (“the PPA”) and the Property Practitioners Regulations (“the PPA Regulations”) officially came into operation on the 1st of February 2022. The…
advisoryFebruary 16, 2022
By Ané de Klerk When leasing a new apartment, tenants already have a long list of things to attend to (and worry about). With the demand for apartments in certain…
advisoryFebruary 2, 2022
By Auren Freitas dos Santos On 2 December 2021, the Community Schemes Ombud Service published important amendments to the Practice Directive on Dispute Resolution Process of 2019 aimed at increasing…
advisoryFebruary 2, 2022
By Auren Freitas dos Santos This is a question which is often overlooked by trustees and owners alike. It is usually assumed that once the members of the body corporate…
advisoryJanuary 5, 2022
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