Paddocks Press – April 2015
The April 2015 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Meet Zerlinda van der Merwe
In this video tutorial we introduce you to Zerlinda van der Merwe, who we have welcomed to the Paddocks team as a Specialist Community Schemes Consultant. Article reference: Paddocks Press: Volume 10, Issue 3, Page 1. As a Community Member of Paddocks Club not only do you receive a Video Tutorial weekly, you also have…
Special Levy Provision Time Line
Have trustees always had the right to call for a special levy? The provisions empowering the trustees of sectional title schemes to raise a special levy have come and gone from the Sectional Titles Act and the prescribed rules. Recently we were asked whether, because of those comings and goings, there had ever been a…
Rules – Are they Constitutional?
Various types of rules regulate and affect many areas of life in a sectional title scheme. Aside from the model Management and Conduct rules prescribed in Annexures 8 and 9 of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986, other non-prescribed rules are adopted by either the developer initially or later by the members of the…
Governance Documentation in Homeowners’ Associations
A homeowners’ association (HOA) is a legal body in which the individual properties are exclusively owned, while the communal infrastructure and facilities are owned by the association. This communal property can include boundary walls, security entrances, club houses and can also include the roads and bulk infrastructure services for water and electricity supply. Each owner…
Q&A – 2015 04
By The Paddocks Club Team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum. We want to show you what is available to our Community members! Responsibility for excess payment for broken window Member’s question: Good day We would just like to get clearance. Should the units windows be broken, by big…
Many Voting digitally in a body corporate
By Gareth Quin Gathering consensus among homeowners has long been a difficult process for any communal residential environment. The nature of multiple owners living in an apartment block or gated estate is that decisions are difficult and making everyone happy is never an easy task.