Trustee Toolkit: Managing Work-From-Home and Business Activities in Sectional Title Schemes
Trustee Toolkit: Managing Work-From-Home and Business Activities in Sectional Title Schemes
April 2025
The Case Against Blanket Bans on Working from Home in Sectional Title Schemes
In a world transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the boundaries between work and home have blurred beyond recognition. Today, more South Africans than ever before earn their living from within their private residences. Yet, many sectional title schemes continue to enforce rules that prohibit all forms of business activity without distinction.
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How to Fund Major Maintenance Projects
Budgeting for major maintenance projects is one of the most important executive functions of the trustees. Trustees attempt to keep levies low, but this should never be at the expense of saving for future maintenance projects.
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Planning for the Future: The Importance of a 10-Year Maintenance Budget
Historically bodies corporate did not budget for, or save for the maintenance, repair and replacement projects. So, for example, where the scheme’s lift needed an expensive service, the trustees would need to raise a special levy to fund the expense. T
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Raising Special Levies as a Last Resort
Over the last ten plus years I have often been asked when and how special contributions (or “special levies”) can be legally raised. There are so many misconceptions and misunderstanding in regard to special levies. I have been told that:
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Webinar – Why Every Scheme Needs a 10 Year Maintenance Plan
Listen to our latest Webinar by Willie Roos from Stratafin, Poena Le Roux (Meeting Pal) and Zerlinda van der Merwe (TVDM Consultants). as they discuss the importance of an AGM, from levies to fect the decisions made within your scheme…
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