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Written for the people who carry the responsibility: trustees, board members and landlords trying to get something right under South African law.
Maintenance: who pays, the owner or the body corporate?
The answer turns on a line running through the middle of your walls. Once you can find it, most maintenance arguments answer themselves.
What a managing agent costs, and what you should get for it
Two quotes that look R2,000 apart can be R30,000 apart once the disbursements are counted. Here is how to read a managing agent's fee properly.
How rental deposits work under the Rental Housing Act
Most deposit disputes are lost before they start, by a landlord who skipped the incoming inspection. Here is what the Act actually requires.
HOA or body corporate: what is the difference?
Both collect levies, both hold meetings, both register with CSOS. But they are created by different law, and they own different things — which changes who fixes what.
Sectional title levies: what owners are actually paying for
Your levy is not one charge. It is at least three, collected together — and knowing which is which explains most of what owners find confusing on a statement.
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