How to inspect your home regularly? Obviously a professional home inspection should not be skipped when you first buy a property. But after you move in, doing an annual maintenance inspection yourself will highlight most problems before they become costly repairs. Inspect the exteriors first If you are not comfortable with heights it is better […]
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It would seem that nobody is exempt from being ripped off by bad workmanship, or by a shoddy approach to upgrades. HouseCheck offers a special report for those contemplating “upgrades” or those who may be in conflict with their builders. Use an indépendant SAHITA and NABISA accredited inspector to make sure your building operations proceed
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The publication of the new Property Practitioners’ Bill has been delayed. John Graham founder of HouseCheck and principal of SAHITA asks “why” and points out that the absence of this law compromises the consumer protection of all South African home buyers. Graham writes: Last year the Department of Human Settlements and its subsidiary the Estate
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After allowing for inflation South African home prices have entered a long-term negative trend. This is good news for home buyers, but bad news for home sellers. FNB property economist John Loos says the “slow puncture” of real property prices in South Africa has begun. Loos believes South Africa has entered a long-term cycle of
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Home inspectors are unable to document all defects in a home for the simple reason that not all defects are visible and therefore able to be observed by the inspector. For this reason most reputable home inspection strive for transparency and full disclosure up front and their reports usually come with a fair amount of
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In rejecting an appeal against an insurance company for defective plumbing the Ombudsman for Short-Term Insurance, Dennis Jooste has warned home buyers that the onus remains on home buyers to satisfy themselves that the property was not defective in any form. Jooste dismissed a buyer’s claim against Absa for leaking water pipes in a recently
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The imminent publication of the draft Property Practitioner’s Bill (PPB) is a game changer for the small but fast-growing South African home inspection industry. The PPB is expected to give a massive boost to the local home inspection industry and in doing so create up to 10 000 new jobs in the private and public
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