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Legal considerations for managing sectional title schemes within layered developments

3 years ago

Legal considerations for managing sectional title schemes within layered developments By Prof. Graham Paddock In the course of their work, managing agents, trustees, and directors of community schemes often…

Q&A – 2023 02

3 years ago

By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Rights of executor…

Paddocks Press – January 2023

3 years ago

The January 2023 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.

Tips for Body Corporate Payment Plan Agreements with Owners

3 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock Collecting arrear levies is part and parcel of body corporate management. One of the ways to do this, without approaching the Community Schemes Ombud Service (“CSOS”) or…

Setting up exclusive use areas for solar power harvesting

3 years ago

By Prof. Graham Paddock Now that load shedding has become a regular part of the South African experience, trustees in sectional title schemes are having to deal with an increasing…

Body Corporate Management Grading System?

3 years ago

By Prof. Graham Paddock A long time ago, Tertius Maree proposed a ‘grading system’ to rate sectional title schemes according to the efficiency of their management, and particularly their financial…

Q&A – 2023 01

3 years ago

By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Solar panels installed…

Paddocks Press – December 2022

3 years ago

The December 2022 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.

CSOS ordered to redo an adjudication and use its investigative powers

3 years ago

By Prof. Graham Paddock On 22 November 2022 in the case of Candice Naidoo v M A Chicktay, the CSOS and the Embassy Gardens Body Corporate, (39321/2021) [2022] ZAGPJHC (available…

Who pays for that pipe? A guide to body corporate and owner responsibility in sectional title schemes

3 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock Who pays?! This is the crux of most of the questions we get from our members of Paddocks Club. As many of you already know, the…

Q&A – 2022 12

3 years ago

By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Can permanent residents…

Paddocks Press – November 2022

3 years ago

The November 2022 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.

High Court guidance on calculation of exclusive use levies

3 years ago

By Prof. Graham Paddock 1. In the case of Baxter v Ocean View Body Corporate and Others (A170/2022) [2022] ZAWCHC 234 (available at saflii.org) heard in the Western Cape High…

Cheat Sheet to Body Corporate Resolutions

3 years ago

By Jennifer Paddock Body corporate resolutions may seem like a simple topic but I can tell you from experience that it is often misunderstood. In Paddocks Club, our online coaching…

A co-owned unit: How many votes in number?

3 years ago

By Prof. Graham Paddock When a sectional title owner or a proxy casts a vote for a particular sectional title unit, the value of that vote is determined either by…

Q&A – 2022 11

3 years ago

By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Are community schemes…

Paddocks Press – October 2022

3 years ago

The October 2022 edition of Paddocks Press is now available.

How do you identify an exterior section extension?

3 years ago

By Prof. Graham Paddock What do you do, as a trustee or managing agent, when in a scheme you manage, an owner has created what appears to be a second…

Shedding light on generators in sectional title schemes

3 years ago

In 2022, South Africans endured more than 130 days of load shedding, leaving residents with no alternative than to invest in alternative energy sources such as generators. In high-density community…

Q&A – 2022 10

3 years ago

By the Paddocks Club team Below are examples of two questions on the Paddocks Club discussion forum, to show you what is available to our Community members! Delivery of AGM…

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