Offer to purchase question

TofuMofu said:
I live in Cape Town...

I eventually got through to someone on the customer care line, who told me to go to their offices or wait for the new owner to register it on his name. He clearly has no rush. Does this affect me in any way if HIS account runs up? I've sent an email with proof of transfer to [email protected] as requested, but more than that I cannot do.
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No one is handling that email inbox ... (my experience)
 
TofuMofu said:
Until they get cut him off lol. They can't cut me off, I'm not in CoT
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they will cut him off after you get repeatedly billed for his usage, yes they can rectify it later but dealing with them to fix accounts is a nightmare, you think you are being smart but you gonna learn the hard way.
 
Steamy Tom said:
I doubt that, but even so I would never rely on someone else to do what they are expected to when not doing it financially benefits them.
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Doesn't always work that way, it's up to the person you happen to speak to. Had experienced this before when visiting the coj office, was very adamantly told the account can't be closed by the old account holder but will be automatically closed when the new owner registers, branch manager backed this up and refused further action. What do you do, punch them in the face? Had to refer back to the transfer attorney who did some secret shenanigans to fix the issue.
 
Steamy Tom said:
they will cut him off after you get repeatedly billed for his usage, yes they can rectify it later but dealing with them to fix accounts is a nightmare, you think you are being smart but you gonna learn the hard way.
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Okay mate, I'm not trying to be smart, I do not live in fecking Pretoria, how must I go to their bloody offices? Calm your tits, okay
 
TofuMofu said:
How do I get an account off my name after I sold my place? It was registered on the new owner's name in December, but I'm still getting accounts sent to me from City of Tshwane. The call centre doesn't bloody answer and no one replies to the email addresses they supply.
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The attorney that did my conveyance and transfer, took care of all of that stuff. Your should've too.
 
TofuMofu said:
Yep, luckily I live in Cape Town now so that should fix that issue for me lol
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If you no longer in CoT, you can possibly use one of the runners that does this obo property owners. Our transferring attorney suggested a consultant that could assist with Rates & Taxes and Utilities accounts - I'm not sure if they only assist with Opening or if they assist with enquiries as well.

I did not make use of there services, as I opened up such on my own, but I can share the details with you
 
Forza said:
If you no longer in CoT, you can possibly use one of the runners that does this obo property owners. Our transferring attorney suggested a consultant that could assist with Rates & Taxes and Utilities accounts - I'm not sure if they only assist with Opening or if they assist with enquiries as well.

I did not make use of there services, as I opened up such on my own, but I can share the details with you
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Thanks, will reach out if I get stuck. The new owner contacted me on Friday saying he opened his account and will let me know how things are going. If he gets billed and me as well, I will definitely take it further.

Thank you!
 
Question regarding levies, PQ and renovations in a sectional title.

In my complex a few units have an open small air courtyard in the middle of the double story unit. Its roughly 12sqm. (estimating 4m x 3m, might be a bit bigger). The owners can opt to cover this area and can get 2 extra rooms of 12sqm, one upstairs and one downstairs. In a unit size of 154sqm, an addition of 24sqm would be huge. They could extend their lounge downstairs and make an office upstairs and still have full use of all the bedrooms.

There are a few units in my complex that have done more than 2 years ago, and I just saw our levy schedule and those units have not been adjusted to account for the renovations. On the schedule their unit shows 154sqm. I raised it with the managing agents, they said when the units are legalized then the PQ and thus levies will be updated etc.

But here's my question, shouldn't approved plans be required to build such a structure? Would a certificate of occupancy need to be issued by a municipal inspector? If there is no certificate of occupancy, can that unit be occupied legally?
 
MidnightZA said:
Question regarding levies, PQ and renovations in a sectional title.

In my complex a few units have an open small air courtyard in the middle of the double story unit. Its roughly 12sqm. (estimating 4m x 3m, might be a bit bigger). The owners can opt to cover this area and can get 2 extra rooms of 12sqm, one upstairs and one downstairs. In a unit size of 154sqm, an addition of 24sqm would be huge. They could extend their lounge downstairs and make an office upstairs and still have full use of all the bedrooms.

There are a few units in my complex that have done more than 2 years ago, and I just saw our levy schedule and those units have not been adjusted to account for the renovations. On the schedule their unit shows 154sqm. I raised it with the managing agents, they said when the units are legalized then the PQ and thus levies will be updated etc.

But here's my question, shouldn't approved plans be required to build such a structure? Would a certificate of occupancy need to be issued by a municipal inspector? If there is no certificate of occupancy, can that unit be occupied legally?
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If its minuted in a sgm (and approved by all owners), plans needs to be updated, Approved, and PQ adjusted. As simple as that
 
zerocool2009 said:
If its minuted in a sgm (and approved by all owners), plans needs to be updated, Approved, and PQ adjusted. As simple as that
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That renovations was done before I moved in. I dont think any of that process was done. By the looks of it, I think the owners of those units just covered that area up without BC approval or doing any plans.
 
I invest in an estate who did the same on a few units. It came out nobody was asked. All owners was asked to revert asap.

My advice, get in contact with the trustees asap and raise the issue and get confirmation if its allowed or not firstly.

If they have ANY minutes related to esthetic changes, that would be a good start.
 
zerocool2009 said:
I invest in an estate who did the same on a few units. It came out nobody was asked. All owners was asked to revert asap.

My advice, get in contact with the trustees asap and raise the issue and get confirmation if its allowed or not firstly.

If they have ANY minutes related to esthetic changes, that would be a good start.
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Contacted the trustees, few of the units have approved plans and +-7 units are waiting for approval for more than 2 years, since the municipality are dragging their feet and using covid as an excuse.
 
Hi guys.
We recently sold our property and transfer went through at the deeds office.
However when I checked my banking the amount shown as the settlement is about 45k more than the outstanding balance on the bond. Can anyone advise? Bond is with fnb.
 
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