Legal and Property Advice from the Professionals
This week our reader's letter deals with the management and conduct rules in a sectional title complex. He understands that, while these rules are absolutely necessary, prospective buyers do not always know what they are getting themselves into when buying in a complex. As a trustee of the body corporate in charge of the complex where he resides, he has devised a way to ensure that all … [Read more...]
This week, our panel considers a reader's question regarding the leadership of a home-owners' association (HOA). She writes that she has lived in the complex for a number of years and thus far has had no issues. However, since the latest chairperson of the HOA took up the position, this has changed. The reader feels that the rules imposed by this new chairperson are too strict and contradict … [Read more...]
A resident of a sectional title complex, who was fined for non-payment of a special levy, has approached our panel for some expert guidance. In June last year, says the reader, all residents were informed of the introduction of the levy, which would be "payable over the next six months". She also reports that the managing agent confirmed the full payment would be due by December 10. It was … [Read more...]
A reader has shared the problems caused by tenants in a unit in a relatively small complex. The owner of the unit lives out of town and it appears that the tenants come and go regularly. It is not even clear who the tenants are at any given time, since a variety of people inhabit the unit and the composition of the group changes regularly. The tenants seem to have no respect for the normally … [Read more...]
Our panel has received an e-mail from a frustrated reader who has been experiencing endless problems with a noisy neighbour in the security complex in which she resides. She has also attached an extract of the conduct rules applicable to her complex. In her letter, she states that she has taken the issue up with the chairman of the body corporate, but no action appears to have been taken … [Read more...]
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