DO YOU NEED APPROVED BUILDING PLANS FOR TEMPORARY BUILDINGS?
A temporary building must have a “start” and “end” date, but throughout the world, over the years, temporary buildings have become permanent. Often, buildings are erected to provide temporary accommodation following a disaster. However, they don’t get removed, but rather extended, improved and permanently occupied. In South Africa, the National Building Regulations defines a temporary […]
ALTERATIONS & ADDITIONS TO SECTIONAL TITLE PROPERTIES?
When planning alterations and additions to a building in a sectional title scheme, approval is required from the Body Corporate for the Building Plan Application. What owner’s may not be aware of, is that, as they have increased the area of their section, the sectional plan must be amended. A building in a sectional title […]
UNAUTHORISED USE OF A PROPERTY
In the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa South Africans are quick to take the initiative and start a new venture. Often, there’s little thought given to the property and what it can be used for. Owners only stop and realise that they have transgressed, when the Notice of Contravention from the Local […]
RELAXATION OF BUILDING LINES
In the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa Has your neighbour built their thatched lapa against your boundary wall, with the roof overhanging, so that the rain washes away your favourite patch of rhododendrons? Or are your tranquil evening G&T’s, shattered by the noise and smoke of their raucous braais? Perhaps you’re the one […]
IS A FLATLET A GRANNY FLAT?
Or is it a second dwelling? There are a number of reasons why you may consider building a flatlet on your residential property; You may have an elderly family member, or even an adult child who needs their independence. It could be to increase the value of the property, or to bring in a rental […]