Annetjie Coetsee is a practising Attorney, Notary Public and Conveyancer, operating from both the Cape Town and Helderberg branches of STBB. Her responsibilities include: Director of STBB, branch head of Somerset West office, Executive member and head of the Development Law Unit. The specialized Development Law Unit has nine specialists addressing development requirements in the fields of planning law, environmental law, construction law, renewable energy law and, very importantly, local government law. She is a practicing Conveyancer (dealing with a conglomerate of property related matters such as sectional titles, developments, bonds, transfers and municipal work for local councils). Although she specialises in conveyancing she is a family law attorney, with a special interest in the constitutional law aspects regarding children’s rights. She is part of the marketing department and takes care of the brand development on a national level. Annetjie is further responsible for compliance and reporting initiatives. She is involved with substantial research activities relating to the property market and property investment and communicates interesting and relevant facts to her clients and the media, conducts Legal Updates for banks and estate agents. Her knowledge and insurmountable experience in the property market and connections with key roleplayers in the property industry makes her an invaluable ally to any property investor.

From the desk of Annetjie | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS BY MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY SCHEMES

In the course of 2020, the Community Schemes Ombud published answers to 43 frequently asked questions that have bearing on homeowners’ associations and body corporates.

The questions range from general questions to specific questions relating to registration of community schemes, levies and fees and annual financial statements.

Whilst the whole document will surely be insightful to those wishing to better understand the functioning of community schemes in general or to answer a particular question, we list the most relevant answers here.  The full document can be viewed here.

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