Du Plooy IncJan 27, 20203 minProperty Owners, Buyers and Agents: Lost Title Deeds and Bonds – Don't Delay!“He who hesitates is lost” (Wise old proverb) In January 2019 new amendments to Regulations for the replacement of lost title deeds (and ...
Du Plooy IncJan 27, 20203 minYou are overjoyed at receiving a good offer for your property – not easily achieved in these hard ti"If you want to make your house easy to sell, make it easy to buy" (Anon) You are overjoyed at receiving a good offer for your property –...
Du Plooy IncNov 7, 20194 min"Seller’s Remorse" and "Subject to Sale of the Buyer’s Property" – Can They Sink the Sale?“If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a tree” (Jim Rohn) The upcoming festive season, with its mass migrations of happy hol...
Du Plooy IncOct 4, 20192 minSecurity Complexes and Fibre – You Can Use Telkom Ducting After All“Reliable electronic communications go beyond just benefiting the commercial interest of licensees to the detriment of ownership of prope...
Du Plooy IncOct 4, 20193 minLandlord vs Tenant: When Can You Cut Electricity or Change the Locks?"Spoliation is the wrongful deprivation of another's right of possession. The aim of spoliation is to prevent self-help. It seeks to prev...
Du Plooy IncSep 4, 20192 minHome Builders – Your Contractor Must Register with the NHBRC“…the Act is consumer-protection legislation designed to offer protection against incompetent builders and the construction of homes havi...
Du Plooy IncSep 4, 20192 minProperty: Are Verbal Agreements Valid?“A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on” (Samuel Goldwyn) Verbal agreements in South Africa are generally as binding and...
Du Plooy IncAug 7, 20193 minUnlawful Occupiers: Eviction Is Possible, but Neither Quick nor EasyIt is only once the court concludes that there is no defence to the claim for eviction and that it would be just and equitable to grant a...
Du Plooy IncAug 7, 20195 minBeware of Property Cyber ScammersWhy yet another warning about cyber-scams in the property industry? It’s because the hard fact is that the criminals are winning this war...
Du Plooy IncJul 8, 20194 minProperty Transfers and Trust Account Theft: A R 720,000 Warning “The issue of whether a conveyancing attorney receives the money as the agent of the seller, or of the purchaser, or of both, or as trust...
Du Plooy IncAug 15, 20182 minBAD NEIGHBOURS, UNLAWFUL BUILDING, AND THE DEMOLITION REMEDYA bad neighbour is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage” (Hesiod, 700 BC) “ Bad neighbours have it seems been troubling...
Du Plooy IncAug 14, 20181 minPROPERTY SELLERS - CHOOSE YOUR OWN ATTORNEY!When you come to sell your house or other property, you have the right to nominate your own attorney to attend to the conveyancing for yo...