Preferred Areas: Moot, Queenswood, Waverley, and surrounds Maximum Rental R10000 Type of Accommodation Required: House, Cottage 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1 garage Amenities: Garden, Security, Alarm, Access Gate, Electric Fencing Pet Information 2 small dogs, 1 medium dog – all extremely well behaved, socialized and sterilized. 2 fully indoor cats, sterilized. Please email info@notwithoutmydog.co.za if...
This is not a new story of heartbreak. But it is a devastating one. Across South Africa, families are being forced to choose between their homes and their pets because of arbitrary rules created by housing estate trustees – rules that often have nothing to do with nuisance, safety, or welfare. Rules that exist simply...
A relatively recent innovation in Conduct Rules in Community Schemes has been the exclusion of certain breeds for consideration in the complex as pets. The breeds excluded are usually American Pit Bull Terriers, Bull Terriers, and Staffordshire Bull Terriers ('Staffies'). The problem is, "Breed" is not a scientific taxonomic rank. It's a term used to...
The CSOS (Community Schemes Ombud Service) provides an Alternative Dispute Resolution service. This entails the resolution of disputes outside of the courts. This method is often preferred as the most cost effective and speedy way of settling disputes through methods such as conciliation and adjudication. It’s free, and Adjudicator Orders are enforceable in the Magistrate...
In South African sectional title schemes, the "conduct rules" regulate how owners and residents behave to ensure peaceful cohabitation in the shared community. These rules are governed by the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act (STSMA) 8 of 2011 and its regulations. TYPES OF CONDUCT RULES Prescribed Conduct Rules (PCRs): These are default rules found in...
In many cases, buyers and renters of Sectional Title properties have had the rather unpleasant surprise of being told, upon moving in, that the community scheme has a ‘no pets’ policy. This has led to anxiety and unnecessary conflict. Estate agents in South Africa are governed primarily by the Estate Agency Affairs Act (now the...
Some schemes have amended the prescribed rules and now have a rule that no pets are allowed in the scheme whatsoever. This absolute prohibition on the keeping of pets could be argued to be an unjustifiable infringement on a person’s right of ownership. Then again, if the rule was in place and filed at the...