BUYING A PROPERTY IN YOUR 20S
The property market has been a more advantageous ground recently than it has been in the past few decades. Especially if you are a millennial, whose news feed keeps you updated on just about everything that goes on in the world, it’s not something that has gone unnoticed. This has brought the question of whether to purchase a house or to go […]
HAS YOUR BRAAI BEEN APPROVED?
Every HOA has applicable building guidelines which are stipulated in a Constitution or Memorandum of Incorporation (“MOI”) which every homeowner should be made aware of, read and understood. The guidelines will differ from estate to estate and it is important for the homeowners to adhere to these provisions. When one wants to erect a building […]
INFORMAL “DECISIONS” BY HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATIONS
Many homeowners’ associations have strict requirements concerning the aesthetic appearance of buildings on the estate. These include fences and other smaller additions that are not always considered by the homeowner to be building projects in terms of the rules, the Memorandum of Association (MOA) or the Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI). The owners then fail to […]
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOUR HOUSE HAS BEEN BURNT TO THE GROUND?
There are definite steps that a homeowner will need to take if he ever has the traumatic experience of having his house burnt to the ground. Over and above all the emotional and financial tension it causes in a person and his family, there will be several steps that a homeowner will need to take […]