02/06/2026
๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ โ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ?
Congratulations on selling your place! Before you can officially sign off on the deal, you need to clear the ultimate hurdle: ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ.
Depending on your local municipal bylaws, you cannot just promise the buyer that the home works perfectly. You must bring in certified professionals to legally prove that your house will not shock, explode, or flood the next owner.
During the transfer process, but prior to registration, the Conveyancer must collect the relevant compliance certificates from the Seller, to be delivered to the Purchaser upon registration of transfer. Depending on what is required by law and has been agreed to in the Deed of Sale, the Seller may be obliged to deliver an Electrical, Beetle, Gas Installation and Electric Fence Compliance Certificate.
Which ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง is your property in? (Rules vary by municipality; for example, A Water Installation Compliance Certificate is mandatory if the property falls in the jurisdiction of the City of Cape Town.)
It is imperative that these compliance certificates be attended to as early as possible in the transfer process as the Purchaserโs Financial Institution may insist on receiving copies thereof before they will grant the Bond Attorney permission to lodge their transaction at the Deeds Office.
It is also important that these compliance certificates are issued by licensed contractors, as the Purchaserโs Financial Institution will not accept certificates that have been issued by unlicensed contractors.
Here is your quick, hassle-free reference sheet to clear the red tape and keep your sale on track!
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๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ (๐๐๐โ๐ฌ) ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ค ๐ก๐๐ซ๐: https://www.miltons.law.za/.../Certificates-of-Compliance...
