Living in a community housing scheme such as a sectional title (ST) complex or an estate can have many benefits, but it can also be problematic unless the residents have well-established and fast channels of communication with the trustees and …

It is unfortunate that the increasing popularity of Sectional Title (ST) living in SA over the past 15 to 20 years has not been accompanied by similar growth in the number of ST owners who are qualified or even willing …

Good trustees are the key to the smooth running of Sectional Title schemes, but many owners in these schemes don’t actually know what their trustees do, how to communicate with them or even who they are. “It is unfortunate but …

Student apartments can be a great option for property investors – but only if they know which apartments to choose and how to manage their tenants. So says Andrew Schaefer, MD of national property management company Trafalgar*, who notes: “While …

National property management company Trafalgar* has just announced the acquisition of Table View-based managing agency Browmann Property Management. This follows the decision of Browmann owners Riana Biermann and Lucinda Brown to retire, and to seek a well-established and reputable company …

Although the new Sectional Title Schemes Management Act (STSMA) now makes it compulsory for all schemes to have a substantial reserve fund to cover major maintenance and repair projects on a planned basis, there are many buildings and complexes where …

Fires in several high-rise residential buildings recently have highlighted the fact that even when you are renting a home, you still need to insure your own belongings – like furniture, clothes, jewellery and computers – against loss in the event …

There are several major changes that can be expected to play out in the property market in the wake of SA’s credit ratings downgrade, and owners and investors need to put plans in place now to manage these shifts and …

Bodies Corporate and Home Owners’ Associations are starting to get a sense of how the office of the Ombud for Community Schemes is going to work – and the sorts of issues it will be able to resolve. “A case …

National property management company Trafalgar has announced the purchase of a sectional title management portfolio from Investpro, resulting in the addition of 11 complexes containing 350 homes to its existing East London portfolio. “The management of these additional properties will …