Author name: John Graham

John Graham is the Executive Chairman of HouseCheck and is dedicated to making the property market place more transparent and fair for buyers, sellers and estate agents. He is the author of The South African Home Buyers Guide and the South African Home Inspection Training Academies text book. He works tirelessly to ensure that buyers, sellers and estate agents have adequate information to structure deals that are in the best interests of all parties in a property purchase. He can be contacted on 083 3109 766 or by emailing john@housecheck.co.za

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Job Creation in the property sector – Picking the low hanging fruit

Home buying Trends, The Law and Home Inspections /

John Graham (National Association of Building Inspectors of SA) Aug 2017 Within the giant property sector an opportunity has arisen to pluck some “low-hanging fruit” and meaningfully address the triple threats of unemployment, lack of transformation of the economy and disintegrating infrastructure. The asset value of the property sector is massive:  Last year the Property […]

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The Property Practitioners Bill set to improve consumer protection

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The new Property Practitioner’s Bill (PPB) will go a long way to “levelling the playing fields” for South African home buyers, sellers and their estate agents, says John Graham of HouseCheck, South Africa’s leading home inspection company. Graham says the proposed new law will ensure much better consumer protection for home buyers –  who are

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Timely maintenance inspections will save you money in the long run

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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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Building? Immediately cut the stress by inspecting

The Consumer Protection Act /

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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How to stop SA home buyers from being cheated

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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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Ombudsman warns home buyers to take proven action

The Consumer Protection Act /

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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