KVV Inc. Training Centre: Division – Contract Law

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Beware the Building Deadlines When Buying-to-Build

Here’s yet another warning from our courts to take seriously the building deadlines commonly imposed on buyers of plots in residential estates. Failure to comply with them could expose you to...

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Buying Property this Festive Season? Check the Title Deed First!

“Don’t wait to buy land, buy land and wait” (Will Rogers) If you plan to buy property this Festive Season – perhaps your new dream house, or a holiday home, or an office for your business, or...

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Can You Still Sell As Is? CPA v The Voetstoots Clause

Both sellers and buyers (of anything – houses, cars, you name it) need to understand how the CPA (Consumer Protection Act) has impacted on the very common “voetstoots” (“as is”) clause.   Firstly,...

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From the Horse’s Mouth: House Sales and the VAT Increase

“If you hear something (straight) from the horse’s mouth, you hear it from the person who has direct personal knowledge of it” (Cambridge Dictionary) We all know by now that the VAT rate increased...

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Plot-and-Plan: Great Option, Just Beware the Building Deadline

“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore” (Mark Twain) Buying a house is an important and exciting experience.  One of the first decisions you must make is whether to buy an existing house (the...

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Verbal Agreements – The Property Perspective

“A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on” (Samuel Goldwyn)“A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on” (Samuel Goldwyn) A recent High Court judgment is yet another...

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Your Property Sale Agreement: Be Careful How It’s Worded!

“In war and litigation, both sides suffer” (old Roman proverb) Here’s yet another reminder from our courts on how important it is – if you want to avoid the trials of litigation – for you to have...

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Selling Property? Check for VAT Before You Sign

“There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip” (very old and very wise proverb) You sell your property for a good price and, with the deal in the bag, you start daydreaming about how to spend...

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Plot And Plan: The Strange Case Of The Unsigned Sale Agreement

You buy a plot in a residential development and the developer agrees to build you a house to stated specifications and plans. You pay in full for the plot and it is transferred into your name. All...

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