Property management in Sandton
Body corporate, HOA and rental management for schemes, estates and rental properties in Sandton — run from our office in Bedfordview.
Managing agents for Sandton
City Accommodations provides body corporate management, HOA management, rental management and property letting in Sandton, which falls under the City of Johannesburg. We work from 15 Davidson Street, Morninghill, Bedfordview.
Sandton has the highest concentration of high-density residential sectional title in Gauteng, and the administrative load per scheme reflects that.
What Sandton property actually needs
Morningside, Rivonia, Bryanston and the Sandton core carry large multi-storey schemes, many with lifts, basement parking, generators, fibre infrastructure and substantial security provision. Each of those is a maintenance and compliance obligation with its own cycle, its own service contracts and its own statutory requirements.
Lifts alone bring inspection obligations, service agreements and eventual refurbishment costs that dwarf most other line items in a scheme's budget. Generators and fire equipment carry their own compliance regimes. A Sandton scheme that budgets like a ten-unit townhouse complex is under-administered, and the shortfall usually surfaces as a special levy.
Local practicalities
Sandton falls under the City of Johannesburg rather than Ekurhuleni, which means a different municipal billing environment and different bylaws from our East Rand schemes. Bulk metering and the recovery of water and electricity from units is a particularly common source of unrecovered cost in large Johannesburg schemes.
Areas within Sandton we cover
Services available in Sandton
The same four services, run by the same team, from one office. Most Sandton clients start with one and add others as their portfolio grows.
- Body corporate management — levies, budgets, AGMs, prescribed rules and CSOS compliance
- HOA management — governance, levy collection, architectural review and common areas
- Property management — financials, compliance, maintenance and reporting
- Rental management — rent collection, inspections and lease administration
- Property letting — valuation, marketing, screening and a compliant lease
What you get, wherever the scheme is
- A named account manager who knows your scheme
- Monthly financials and an arrears age analysis on a fixed date
- Scheme funds held in a trust account, separate from our own
- Working knowledge of the STSMA, the CSOS Act and the Rental Housing Act
- Vetted contractors, comparative quotes and inspected workmanship
- Consistent arrears escalation, applied to every owner alike
Sandton questions
Do you manage high-rise schemes with lifts and generators?
Yes. These schemes need service contracts tracked, statutory inspections diarised, and refurbishment costed into the ten-year maintenance plan rather than discovered when a lift fails.
Is a Johannesburg scheme administered differently from an Ekurhuleni one?
The national legislation is identical — the STSMA and the CSOS Act apply everywhere. What differs is the municipal environment: billing, bulk metering, bylaws and the practicalities of resolving account disputes. We manage in both.
How quickly can you attend a site meeting in Sandton?
We work from 15 Davidson Street, Morninghill, Bedfordview, and Sandton is within our normal operating area. Site meetings and inspections are arranged directly with the trustees or the landlord, and we will tell you plainly at the quoting stage what attendance is included in the fee and what is billed separately.
What does it cost to manage a scheme in Sandton?
Fees depend on the number of units, the extent of the common property and the level of service required. We quote against a written scope so you can see what is included, rather than a headline figure with the detail billed as disbursements.
Nearby areas we serve
Managing a scheme or a rental property in Sandton?
Tell us what you are managing and what is not working. We will come back with a written scope and a fee — and if we are not the right fit for Sandton, we will say so.