Dec 5, 2019 | Commercial Property Law, Conveyancing and Property Law
Compliance certificates are mandatory for any property sale and the rules applied are the same irrespective of the residential or commercial use of the property. However, when leasing commercial property to be used as shops, office space or a factory, fit-outs are...
Sep 27, 2017 | Commercial Property Law, Conveyancing and Property Law
A recent Constitutional Court ruling upheld the High Court order that municipal debt charges against a property do not survive transfer and that new home owners will not be penalised for historical municipal debt which has been accumulated by previous owners. The...
Nov 29, 2016 | Commercial Property Law, Conveyancing and Property Law
Two new pieces of legislation came into effect on 7 October 2016 that affect the property industry in South Africa. These enactments flow from the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986, and are namely the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8 of 2011 (STSMA) and the...