Browsing: Property

Everyone has their pet hates, and student houses are mine. While blocks of student accommodation done on a large scale…

It is not always so easy to know what the body corporate is responsible for or not. For example, some…

One of the biggest cost centres in owning property is maintenance. Management and finance can also take up a significant…

One of the main purposes of Community Schemes Ombud Service (CSOS) was to allow for a much cheaper alternative to…

I know that I have said this before but now is the right time for trustees to look around the…

What is an exclusive-use area? It is actually just what it says: an area of the common property that is…

I recently discussed the steep rise in the cost of geysers in this column but I have thought it prudent…

The cost of current and future maintenance for property is a big slug of levies that owners need to pay.…

Don’t think that it cannot happen here. There are rumours that it could also happen here again, like it did…

Annual general meetings (AGMs) can actually be held within four months of the year end and that’s what must be…