Pay your levies, or else…
Dear Mr Lawyer I am the owner of a sectional title, and I have paid my levies every month as required, until the water started seeping through the ceiling of my enclosed balcony into my section when it rains. The leak was clearly emanating from a defect in the common property. I asked the body […]
Disputes with body corporate: Homeowners’ remedies
Our office recently dealt with a matter where the trustees of the body corporate of a certain sectional title scheme clamped the wheel of the car of one of its homeowners because he did not park on his allocated parking bay. Even though the homeowner did not park on his allocated parking bay, he could […]
Homeowners’ Associations: Collect those outstanding levies
The Registrar of Deeds’ Conference issued a resolution in 2010 ruling that, in the event of a forced sale, mostly in the event of insolvency, a clearance certificate is not obligatory in order to transfer the property into the name of the purchaser, despite a title deed requirement to the contrary. The resolution was met […]