By the Newsletter TeamName: Bridget BakkerWhere do you live: I live in Jukskei Park, RandburgOccupation: I am the Principal of an Estate Agency Starting out When I left school (which wasn’t so long ago) I thought it would be great to become a teacher. I studied for 6 months and then went on my first…
By Mike Addison The geyser has become one of the biggest challenges for insurers, underwriting managers and trustees wishing to manage their premiums. We are told that roughly 70% of all claims are geyser related – in other words, repairs, replacement and damage resulting from leaking or burst geysers. So, how does this affect the owner?…
By the Newsletter Team Before the University of Cape Town (Law@Work) Sectional Title Scheme Management Course (or any other course presented by Paddocks, for that matter), before Paddocks, there was the Sectional Title Handbook (now known as the Sectional Title Survival Manual). This publication is older than many of the members of the Paddocks team…
By the Newsletter TeamBorn-and-bred Capetonian Jennifer Paddock has gone from strength to strength in all aspects of her life in the past year. After several years of studying and doing her articles, she has just been admitted as a fully fledged attorney. She’s also had a big change in her personal life – she got…
By Biff Lewis The role of professional land surveyors in the development of sectional title schemes is essential. The land surveyor is primarily responsible for ensuring that the sectional title development complies with all statutory legislation and zoning scheme regulations, as well as for physically measuring the sections, drawing draft sectional plans and submitting these…
By Jennifer Paddock Levy stabilisation fund Q1: Could you advise me where in the Sectional Titles Act or who could assist me regarding L.S.F. (Levy Stablisation Fund)? My Mom’s retirement village wish to go this route and I am not happy regarding this matter as 60% were not purchased this way and the cost implications…
By Rob Paddock If you live in a sectional title scheme, you can give yourself a pat on the back. By choosing to live at a higher density, nine times out of ten you waste far less water per person than your average home in the suburbs. Why? Because suburban gardens consume as much as…
