Find a property law attorney in South Africa: leases and evictions under PIE, sectional title and body corporate disputes, servitudes and building contracts.
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A property attorney handles the law around land and buildings beyond the transfer itself: residential and commercial leases, evictions and the PIE Act, deposits and the Rental Housing Tribunal, sectional title and body corporate disputes, homeowners associations, servitudes and rights of way, boundary and neighbour disputes, building contracts and defects, and zoning and land use.
Leases and opinions are often fixed-fee; evictions, tribunal matters and disputes are hourly, plus sheriff and court costs. Rental Housing Tribunal and Community Schemes Ombud complaints can be lodged without an attorney at little or no cost, and a good practitioner will say when that is the better route.
General information about South African law and practice, not advice on your matter. The practitioners listed on this page give that advice.
No. The Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act requires a court order for every eviction from a home, after notice to the occupier and the municipality, and the court must consider whether the eviction is just and equitable. Changing locks, cutting utilities or removing belongings is a criminal offence.
A free provincial body that resolves disputes between landlords and tenants over deposits, repairs, unfair practices, overcrowding and rent. Either party can lodge a complaint, the tribunal mediates and if necessary rules, and its ruling has the effect of a magistrates court order. It cannot evict; that remains a court matter.
Raise it with the trustees in writing first. If that fails, the Community Schemes Ombud Service resolves disputes about levies, rules, meetings, repairs and governance in sectional title schemes and homeowners associations for a modest fee, through conciliation and then adjudication. Its orders are enforceable like a court order and can be appealed to the High Court on a point of law.
Transfer costs from the SARS tables, pro-forma and final accounts, stage tracking and automatic client updates.