Essential tips for drafting employment contracts
By Anna Malczyk Most sectional title schemes will deal with employment contracts in one way or another. Employers and employees alike need to read and understand them to ensure good…
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Paddocks Press – January 2016
The January 2016 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
AGM Season
It’s that time of the financial year again, where preparation for the annual audit should soon be underway. Prescribed Management Rule (“PMR”) 51(2) of Annexure 8 of the Regulations to…
Managing agent contract termination – notice confusion
Sectional title schemes terminate their managing agent contracts from time to time, for various reasons: more competitive pricing for services by another agent, dissatisfaction with the service delivery or a…
Q&A – 2016 01
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! Should…
Paddocks Press – December 2015
The December 2015 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Visitors in Sectional Title Schemes
A visitor is not defined in the Sectional titles Act or prescribed rules. Paddocks Club member, Myburgh, has defined a visitor as “anybody not permanently resident in the scheme.” I…
Homeowners’ Associations – Building penalties
Buyers beware… Before purchasing an erf/plot/stand within a Homeowners’ Association (“HOA”), ensure that you have read and understood the provisions of the HOA’s Constitution or Memorandum of Incorporation. Many HOA’s…
Q&A – 2015 12
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! Servitude…
Paddocks Press – November 2015
The November 2015 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Substitution of the prescribed rules by the developer
The prescribed management and conduct rules contained in Annexure 8 and 9 of the Regulations made under the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (“the Act”) need not apply in…
How to allow owners to maintain common property
One of the functions of a sectional title body corporate is to maintain the common property, including common property machinery, plant (in the machinery context), fixtures and fittings. This provision…
Q&A – 2015 11
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! Electrical…
Paddocks Press article template
By Name and Surname Above the read more line copy (First paragraph) (more…)
Paddocks Press – October 2015
The October 2015 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Trustees – from nomination to termination
We have often been asked whether non-members of a scheme may be nominated and elected as trustees. Prescribed Management Rule (“PMR”) 5 provides that a trustee must not be required…
Use restrictions in sectional title schemes
Reasoning behind use restrictions Sectional title schemes are community schemes: communities of residents, retailers, business people or even manufacturers. The members joined the community because of its nature, so this…
Q&A – 2015 10
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! Use…
Paddocks Press – September 2015
The September 2015 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.
Unpacking geyser maintenance and cost responsibilities
There is an inevitability about the cost of geyser maintenance and replacement: the owner concerned is liable for anything the body corporate’s insurer does not pay! It’s useful to understand…
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