Tired of paying rent with no assets to show for it?

A rent-to-buy system may offer a practical solution to help homeowners on their way. You have found your dream house; the offer to purchase is a done deal. Now all you have to do is persuade a bank to lend you the money. Given the current economic climate, banks are more jittery than ever about […]

FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE

We have decided for a limited period to provide free legal assistance to the existing clients of our office – selling or buying property – and the free service to existing clients of our office will entail that you can fax or email us your sale agreement and Meyer de Waal meyer@oostco.co.za or Mark Witzmann […]

Sellers: Are you safeguarded in the Deed of Sale you have just signed?

Over the past few weeks we have noticed some inferior deeds of sale come before of us. Once a Deed of Sale is signed which turns out to be problematic in the final execution and transfer process, it can be very difficult for the Conveyancing Attorney to do remedial work to save the transaction and […]

BOUNDARY (PARTY) WALLS: THE NEIGHBOURLY THING TO DO

The easiest way to determine the boundaries between properties is to consult the official town planning diagrams kept by the local authority in control of the area (Rondebosch). In the event of a dispute over the dividing line between two properties, the first point of reference would be the official property plans (diagrams). One can […]