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Home owners’ associations are not the same as sectional title schemes

15 years ago

By Anton Kelly There seems to be some confusion of late as to the differences between home owners’ associations and sectional title schemes. Sectional title is a legal arrangement in…

Sectional Title investor tips

15 years ago

By Rob Paddock There are a number of different motivations for purchasing a sectional title unit as an investment. Are you investing for capital growth or rental returns? Perhaps…

Q&A with Jennifer Paddock – 2010 08

15 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock Contravening the conduct rules Q1: Please advise whether fines or penalties for contravention of the conduct rules can be imposed for persistent transgressors. (more…)

Mandy Paddock – The office mum

15 years ago

By the Newsletter Team Mandy Paddock is the wife of Prof Graham Paddock and the mother to Paddocks managing directors Sam and Rob. In many ways, literal and figurative, she…

Meet Shan Rampersad

15 years ago

By the Newsletter Team Shan Rampersad, the manager of the Durban sectional title department at Trafalgar Property Management, took a few minutes out of his day to tell us a…

Capital of nature or capital punishment

15 years ago

By Clint Riddin The term capital in accounting terminology usually refers to expenditure which relates to purchasing or investing in or acquiring property, plant or equipment which is then used…

Light at the end of the energy efficiency tunnel

15 years ago

By Rob Paddock It has been a bitterly cold winter. The temperatures have regularly been on the wrong side of freezing, and the sun has generally set by the…

The challenges of sectional title in the low-cost sector

15 years ago

By Sayed Iqbal Mohamed 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…

Q&A with Jennifer Paddock – 2010 07

15 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock AGM meetings notesQ1: Is it enough to send notices via email for annual general meetings and special general meetings or must it be by post even though…

Disqualifications from voting in sectional title meetings

15 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock Owner meetingsThe 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…

Meet Tracey du Plessis

15 years ago

By the Newsletter Team 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…

Proposed legislative amendments to the KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act

15 years ago

By Peter Newmarch Recent proposed legislative amendments to the KwaZulu-Natal Planning and Development Act are set to impact on how sectional title developers, owners and bodies corporates undertake certain actions.…

Does accounting practice still make us “GAAP”?

16 years ago

By Clint Riddin For those readers who do not understand Afrikaans, the word “gaap” means to yawn, and since some people believe accounting is boring, the reference to GAAP seemed…

A feasible composting solution for sectional title unit occupants

16 years ago

By Rob Paddock Many homeowners with gardens in South Africa have some kind of composting system in operation, and are able to turn their organic kitchen and garden waste…

Meet Myburgh Brink

16 years ago

By the Newsletter Team Myburgh Brink is a regular on Sectional Titles Online and he has completed a number of courses presented by Paddocks. We wanted to get to know…

Formalising parking arrangements by creating rule-based exclusive use areas

16 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock In many sectional title schemes in South Africa, owners and tenants have tacit arrangements, generally established over long periods of time, in respect of who is “entitled”…

Paddocks’ family ties | About Rob and Sam

16 years ago

By the Newsletter Team Regular Paddocks Press readers are probably aware that Paddocks is a family business. Paddocks, which was started by Prof Graham Paddock and his wife Mandy in…

Q&A with Jennifer Paddock – 2010 06

16 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock Contractually obligating owners Q1: I would like to know if the trustees can contractually obligate owners without notifying owners. In our case, our trustees signed a contract…

Liability for maintenance and repair of windows in sectional title schemes

16 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock The current position In terms of section 44(1)(c) of the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (“the Act”) it is the duty of an owner to repair…

Green your scheme by recycling

16 years ago

By Rob Paddock How can we reduce the amount of rubbish our scheme’s units produce? The answer is simple: practice the three Rs. 1. Reduce2. Reuse 3. Recycle In…

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