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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    Good point, will definitely follow up about their lease agreement. But yes, seeing how they're unhappy about the house being put up for sale we would definitely add to the OTP that any eviction action required will be on the onus of the seller and that funds will obviously be withheld until the...
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    I'm becoming painfully aware of people's incompetency at their jobs and prefer to trust my own research/investigation.
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    Oh no, definitely would do the OTP clause that plans need to be approved, just planning the alternative scenario in case the seller really doesn't want to go through the trouble of getting approval. If I can confirm everything will be approvable and seller is willing to give a major discount due...
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    I objectively don't think anything will have to be demolished. But obviously want ways to verify this without having to pay for a surveyor or an architect or any other kind of professional fee.
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    Jeez, I really don't understand why one wouldn't just go through the process to do it right from the get go to avoid all this legal cr*p afterwards. It boggles me...
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    How do you know they don't have approved plans?
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    It's not a separate freestanding flatlet, it's fully attached to the main house if that makes a difference? Hmmm, I would say in my opinion it's overpriced for the amount of work that still needs to be done to it, including the updating of 2 old bathrooms and the moving of the kitchen to...
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    They apparently have the full plans and we will get to see them as soon as agent gets them. But where would we be able to see where servitudes run below? Would we have to go to the municipality in person to check this or is there another way? Worst case scenario is alterations were done over...
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    Unfortunately the area is just too good for us to not consider it considering what else we are seeing in the market. Plus we need the existing additional rooms for multi-generational living and building from scratch would take too long and probably cost more than buying existing structure and...
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    It would be cash purchase so no bond holder would be involved. But good point about the insurance, didn't think about that part. Further ammunition for us to use with price negotiation.
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    Any insights on buying a house without approved plans?

    We are interested in a property that has had renovations done to it, mainly a 2 bedroom flatlet and a large garage built onto to it, but no updated approved building plans. They supposedly have all the plans drawn up - just not approved. What we need to know, from those with more experience, is...
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    The Home Improvements Thread (2)

    Question for those who know about epoxy paint: While researching about applying 2 part epoxy to a small floor area in the garage, I realised its properties sound pretty darn good for outdoor application too (UV resistant kind of course). My question is, can I use it to repaint my steel driveway...
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    Pea Gravel

    Does anyone know whether any kind of pea gravel is available to us South Africans locally? My online search isn't coming up with anything.
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    Drilling and electricals

    Hey guys I'm planning to put up a bunch of shelves with L-brackets but am scared of hitting any electrical wiring in the drilling process. The plugs are only about 2cm long each. I know very little of how electrical wiring gets laid during construction but was hoping at least the top 2cm of...
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    Property: Electrical Certificate of Compliance

    We have purchased our first house and are currently at the stage where we are waiting for transfer to go through. In the mean time, grown from our experience of how rude the seller is coming across, we are having ECoC concerns. I've read up as much as I can on the subject so far. From what I've...
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