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Case Law Update: The Willow Waters Home Owners Association Case

11 years ago

The Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) recently handed down an important judgment in regard to the nature of a homeowners association’s right to prevent transfer when an owner is insolvent…

Responsibilities in regard to exclusive use areas in sectional title schemes

11 years ago

Exclusive use is an interesting term. It is often assumed that if one “owns” an exclusive use area (“EUA”), one automatically has the sole right to use it and must…

Mending Fences

11 years ago

A recent Durban High Court case Marguerite Anne Catherine de la Harpe v Body Corporate of Bella Toscana (judgement delivered by Chetty J on 28 October 2014) dealt with the…

Q&A – 2015 01

11 years ago

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! Trustee…

Paddocks Press – December 2014

11 years ago

The December 2014 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.

Updating your HOA’s Memorandum of Incorporation

11 years ago

The Companies Act, 71 of 2008 (“the Act”) has been in operation since 1 May 2011. It provides for a two–year grace period for existing companies to update their governance…

Make sure your section is adequately insured

11 years ago

Many people redecorate or renovate their properties, particularly when they first acquire them. Renovations may significantly increase the value of the property so the question is, what can owners, who…

Carryn’s Christmas Special

11 years ago

My absolute favourite time of year is Christmas. In South Africa, the Christmas season brings with it fun, food, family, friends, and festivities. However, in sectional title schemes this could…

Q&A – 2014 12

11 years ago

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! Amending…

Paddocks Press – November 2014

11 years ago

The November 2014 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.

CSOS Follow Up

11 years ago

The week after Graham Paddock released the Executives Meeting Video Tutorial to the Paddocks Club Community Members he released the above Video Tutorial. In this video Graham gives three follow…

Notice Periods for General Meetings in ST schemes and HOAs

11 years ago

In our increasingly litigious society, it’s a good idea to get things right, whatever they are. General meetings of members in community schemes are the forum where important policy decisions…

Are tenants subject to the sectional title scheme’s rules?

11 years ago

The body corporate is made up of the owners of units in a sectional title scheme. Not all owners occupy their units – some owners rent their units out to…

Q&A – 2014 11

11 years ago

By The Paddocks Club Team Below are examples of two questions on the Discussion Forum on Paddocks Club. We want to show what is available to our Community Members! Insuring…

New plumbing certificate of compliance

11 years ago

NEW PLUMBING CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE By Larry Berger The City of Cape Town has finally gazetted a new Property Sales by-law that is now in effect. Just like the Electrical…

Stop Living in the Dark Ages: Online Meetings in Sectional Title

11 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock Stop Living in the Dark Ages: Online Meetings in Sectional Title (more…)

Paddocks Press – October 2014

11 years ago

The October 2014 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.

CSOS Executives Meeting

11 years ago

Two weeks ago Graham Paddock released the above Video Tutorial to the Paddocks Club Community Members. In this video Graham speaks about the physical reality of the Community Scheme Ombud…

Selling Sectional Property off Plan

11 years ago

The property buying public is pretty much used to the concept of buying a dwelling before the thing is actually built. We know that it is an opportunity to acquire…

An Efficient Managing Agency Market

11 years ago

In 1970 Eugene Fama, an American economist, formulated his Efficient Market Hypothesis. Simply put, this suggests that at any given time, prices fully reflect all available information on a particular…

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