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    Old landlord and outgoing inspection

    Backstory: My wife and I have recently moved out of our apartment, and into a new place as our old rental agreement came to an end. During our lease the agent would at times let herself into the apartment with no permission to have stuff dropped off (appliances etc.), frequent unannounced...
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    Landlord not paying utilities when tenant has paid them for electricity

    The relationship between us and the landlord is broken and beyond repair. We rent a farm in the Overstrand and were good standing tenants. A dispute occurred last year Feb and then they cancelled our long term lease when we stood up against their abuse. She claimed that they were selling and...
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    DEBT COLLECTION no cure no pay - SHARE your experiences, advice, tips

    Howzit Broadbanders, in previous threads I requested info on the use of debtcollectors to recoup outstanding debts such as rent or unpaid services from tenants or debtors hiding out. I got some references from you for Debtcollectors in Joburg and I assigned three of them with debtors that owed...
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    Commercial Common Area - Duty to minimise costs?

    Hi everyone. Been working with a few clients on solar and metering and getting a repeated problem across many malls where a tenants own usage is dwarfed by their common area charges. For example, own usage R2000 cost, but common area R4000 for "air con common area" + R5000 for unmetered common...
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    Landlords, how did you start your property portfolio?

    You are able to use the banks money (home loan) to essentially buy and secure property assets for yourself, get tax breaks thereupon and earn passive income. This is incredibly simplified and obviously this isn't without a substantial degree of risk. A disgruntled tenant can make your life hell...
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    Is a landlord legally responsible for insurance on a rented property?

    I am negotiating a lease for an agricultural smallholding. There is a fair bit of infrastructure on the property - main house, large polytunnel, water pumps, chicken houses, fruit trees, etc. The landlord says he is only insuring the house and none of the agricultural part of the property. What...
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    Rental Deposit Refund Shenanigans

    Hi I have ended my contract with a landlord on the 30th of June 2016. The estate agent performed an inspection without requesting my presence. Days went past and no problems with the property were made known to me. This was logical to me as I had not damaged the property in any way...
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    Meter Mate landlord scam

    I moved in to a flat in Boksburg 3 months ago. Coming from Cape Town using the standard municipal prepaid meters. The flat has a Meter Mate meter and our landlord set a standard rate of R400 for 200 units. You cant buy as and when we need, that is the ratio, no exceptions. We have to beg days on...
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    New Cape Town Startup Looking For Feedback

    [Intro] New Cape Town Startup Looking For Feedback Aweh My name is Ruark and I'm one of the Ekaya.co founders. We're a startup based out of Cape Town, South Africa who recently were accepted into the Google/Samsung backed 88MPH accelerator program. We're a mobile app that borrows a little...
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