Why are body corporate levies so high? On the 3 May 2021, Auren Freitas dos Santos - founder of The Advisory - featured as the guest speaker on the Private…
We are proud to announce that Ané de Klerk, a Director of The Advisory, will be presenting the three principal Paddocks UCT online short courses as of April 2021.…
Originally published on Paddocks The Protection of Personal Information Act (more commonly known as POPI Act) came into operation on 1 July 2020. A grace period of 1 year has…
Originally published on Paddocksblog.com By Auren Freitas dos Santos One of the most important functions of a body corporate is to insure the scheme’s buildings. This function requires the body…
Originally published on Paddocksblog.com By Auren Freitas dos Santos We deal with a number of disputes relating to exclusive use areas in sectional title schemes. The majority of disputes involve…
Originally published on Paddocks By Ané de Klerk I often get asked whether a chairperson is able to exercise his casting vote at the body corporate’s Annual General Meeting. This…
Originally published on Paddocks By Ané de Klerk Over the past year, in light of the national lockdown and subsequent Alert Levels, many bodies corporate have expressed their desire to…
Originally published on Paddocks By Ané de Klerk I presented a workshop during which I discussed with those in attendance the requirement and importance of having members of bodies corporate…
Originally published on Paddocks By Ané de Klerk When tenants complain to the body corporate about the incredibly noisy and disruptive neighbours living in the apartment next door, they are…
Originally published on Paddocksblog.com By Auren Freitas dos Santos Are you wondering what steps you could take to protect yourself from going down with the sinking ship that is your…