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Win a copy of the Sectional Title Survival Manual! Paddocks is giving away 5 copies of the Sectional Title Survival Manual and 5 copies of the Deeltitel Oorlewingsgids to Paddocks Press readers.
GetSmarter, Paddocks’ sister training company, specialises in online training. GetSmarter has five new courses in the second half of 2010:
Paddocks course calendar for 2010 Click here to see the course calendar for the second half of 2010.
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July 2010 (Volume 5, Issue 7)
Dear Paddocks Press Fan,
Graham
The challenges of sectional title in the low-cost sector
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A look at the factors affecting low-cost housing
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There are certain challenges common to all sectional title owners, irrespective of their social or financial status. Management, maintenance, co-operative environment, levies and rules all require some level of understanding, acknowledgement and commitment to make a scheme functional and efficient.
It is affordability that determines a poor person’s ability to maintain security of tenure in a sectional title scheme.
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The KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act
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A look at the proposed legislative
amendments
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Recent proposed legislative amendments to the KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act are set to impact on how sectional title developers, owners and bodies corporate undertake certain actions.
The KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act No. 6 of 2008 came in to force on 1 May 2010. This Act is commonly referred to as simply the “PDA”. Recent amendments have been published for comment that have a direct impact on sectional title. (reading time: ±2 min)
Monthly student
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Tracey du Plessis
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Tracey du Plessis, a portfolio manager at Constantia Sectional Title Management and veteran Paddocks student, came upon her sectional title career by chance – and after 18 months, she’s loving it. Tracey took some time out to share a bit about herself. (reading time: ±1 min)
Disqualifications from voting
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A look at owner and trustee meetings
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Owner meetings
The right to vote is one of the normal consequences of membership of an association. An owner of a unit in a sectional title scheme is automatically a member of the body corporate and will usually have the right to vote at all of its general meetings either personally, by proxy or through another legally recognised representative.
However... (reading time: ±1 min)
Energy efficient light
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Maintenance
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The problem with a "normal light bulb" is that the heat it generates wastes a lot of electricity. Heat is not light, and the purpose of the light bulb is to produce light, so all of the energy spent creating heat is wasted. As a result, incandescent bulbs are very inefficient.
But there is an alternative! (reading time: ±2 mins)
Q&A with Jennifer
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Monthly Q&A
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This month, we cover the following topics in our Q&A section:
• AGM meetings notes
• Nominations and proxies
• No one wants to be a trustee (reading time: ± 1min)
Upcoming training courses
Sectional Title Bookkeeping course (now online)
Registrations close: 06 August 2010
Gain an in-depth understanding of the legal, financial and administrative aspects of sectional title bookkeeping.
Click here for further details on this
course.
Home Owners’ Association Management course
Registrations close: 27 August 2010
Learn the legal aspects of home owners’ association (HOA) management.
Click
here for further details on this
course.
