PRECEDENT
A neighbour’s transgression A neighbour’s transgression of building regulations, doesn’t give you the right to transgress. If your neighbour jumps into the fire, it doesn’t mean you can. When it comes to property, just because somebody else builds without approval, it doesn’t set a precedent, allowing others to follow. Any development, or improvement to a property […]
IS THERE A GRACE PERIOD, OR MORATORIUM FOR SUBMITTING BUILDING PLANS
To the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, South Africa In Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) has not given property owners a grace period to regularise any illegal property improvements. There is no moratorium on prosecution, if there has been illegal construction, or the illegal use of a building. The […]
INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS
In the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa Due to the regular implementation of load sheading in South Africa property owners have been forced to look for alternative, sustainable means for power generation. PV Panels, solar geysers, heat pumps, inverters, are being installed by residential and business property owners. In response to the […]