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A common and serious problem is when a Body Corporate threatens to cut off an owner's electricity because they haven't paid their fees, called levies.

Switching to prepaid electricity meters in a community scheme (like a Sectional Title complex or a Homeowners Association/HOA) can be a great idea.

A Homeowners' Association (HOA) is a group that manages and runs a security residential estate or housing developing schemes.

The Community Schemes Ombud Service Act is a helpful rulebook for anyone living in shared living spaces like complexes in South Africa. Learn more here.

If you own a property in a complex and don't pay your levies and electricity bills, you could have your power cut off.

Disputes between sectional title unit owners and body corporates over levies are not uncommon.

In the recent court case of Eze v Adderley Body Corporate and Another (2024), the court found that a piece of rotten wood dislodged from an overhanging balcony

Body Corporates often find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place when unit owners in sectional title schemes accrue substantial arrears in levies

Sectional title has become a common form of property ownership in South Africa, and it is imperative that property owners know their rights and obligations

When determining maintenance and repair responsibilities in a sectional title scheme development, one need to first distinguish between common property