Bloemfontein Property News
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The Landlord
2024
- Maybe, Maybe, Metro Is Starting To Get It Right!
- Do It Right – Plan Your AGM and Trustees Meeting for 2024
2023
- How To Handle Extra Items On The Agenda And At Meetings.
- Winter Is Here – Make Sure Your Body Corporate Is Ready.
- Out with the old and in with the new!
2021
- What Maintenance is the Body Corporate Responsibile For?
- Roofing a Continual Maintenance Cost?
- Centlec Are Just Frustrating
- Why Are You Paying Interest On Your Bond?
- Managing Agents
- Trustees are Indemnified - Except When They Deliberatly Err
2020
- Don't Spend All Your Hard Saved Reserves
- What a Problem - Trees and Ivy in Common Property Gardens
- Insurance is Compulsory, but what Happens if the Insurer Declines to Insure your Building?
- Don't Hide your Vacancies - Let the Insurance Company Know
- Sectional Title Body Corporates, and Covid-19
- Solar Panels - Expensive But Worthwhile
- April Turned Out To Be a Pretty Good Month
- For Body Corporates and Landlords - The Big C?
- We Have the Space, If You Have the Building
- Levies Are Set By Requirements - Not Manipulated
- Platinum Global Offer Executive Managing Agent Services
2019
- Prepare for a Life Without Water. What is the Solution?
- Levies on the Rise but Still Far Below Other Provinces
- Bank Repossessions can be Bargains, but do Your Homework
- Trustees Cannot Deal with Rights of Extensions
- Good Accounting is the Minimum Needed for Good Body Corporates
- Post Office Discontinues Pre-Paid Registered Post
- Owner Not Paying the Levy – Then Get the Tenant to Pay It Instead
- Body Corporate Management – You’ve Tried the Rest – Now Try Us
2018
- Sectional Titles Management Act - Costly to Administer
- Be clear on what you expect from your managing agents
- CSOS conciliation meetings can be costly & time consuming
- Did you enjoy your recent holiday – or was your place broken into?
- Consortiums Can Be An Easy Investment
- Benchmark International – Crypto Currency Guaranteed
- Platinum Global Employs a Chartered Accountant
2017
- Student Accommodation for 2018
- Selling a Property? Hints & Tips
- New STMA Trying To Do The Right Thing The Wrong Way
- Trustees Must Know What is Going On
2016
- Mobile Homes
- New Community Scheme Act in force from 1st October 2016
- Community Scheme Seminar 13th August 2016
- Missing Money - Possible Solution
- Do You Read Your Annual Financials?
- Fair Complaint Procedures
- Provide Your Residents with Free Electricity
2015
- Solar PV Electricity Supply Can Keep Your Building Full
- Can You See What You Really Have in the Bank?
- Erwin Rode - REIM Real Estate Conferences 2015
- New Green Building Materials Available from August 2015
- Try Not to Make Your Problems the Managing Agents
- Home Owners Association – Efficient Management?
The Commercial Landlord
2022
- VAT on Temporary Letting of Residential Property by Developers
- Shortage of Good Accommodation - An Opportunity
2021
- National Tenant Urgently Looking for Centre Premises
- Will people return to work or work from home?
- What To Do To Protect Yourself
- 23% Increase In Electricity Tariff From The Beginning Of July '21
- Signs of an Improvement in the Economy?
- Is Business Booming in Bloemfontein?
- The Ups and Downs of the Rental Market in 2021
- The Market Is Not So Bad
2020
- Adjust Rental to Meet Market Expectations
- Times Are Tough, But the Tough Are Getting On With the Job
- A Funny Old Market - The Good, The Bad and The Rest
- Position, Position, Position - Still So True
- Lower Interest Rates are Encouraging the Market
- Build Illegally Or Encroach On Your Neighbours At Your Peril
- New Rental Flats Being Developed in Vista Park
2019
- Developers Take Heed - Metro is Coming for You (Part II)
- Developers Take Heed - Metro is Coming for You (Part I)
- Free State Province Looking to Encourage and Assist Local Projects
- Interested in Northern Suburb's Approved 20 HA Development site?
- Proposal to Enforce Affordable Housing in all Developments
- Could this be the Time to Buy Industrial and Commercial Property?
- Think "Body Corporate Management" - Think "Platinum Global"
- Think about Solar for your Commercial Properties
- Small Body Corporates No Longer Cost Effective To Manage
- Weak demand for Commercial Property? Landlord's Solution?
2018
- Valuations and Consultations are worth their cost
- Unique Hill Top Site for 106 “Top of the Range” Townhouses
- Benchmark Launches Business Backed Crypto
- Positive Changes – Hard Budget
- All Change for 2018
2017
- Bulk Residential Letting is an Important Skill
- 273-Unit flat site with direct access to high quality creche
- Zoned Site for 273 Flats “For Sale” R12,285,000 + VAT
- Low/No Maintenance Building Will Sell Better
- Current Economy Make Times Tough for Landlords
2016
- New Sectional Title Management in Force from October '16
- Don't dictate - Negotiate
- The Market is still Good
2015