Official insight and representation in a wide array of eviction related difficulties. With evictions, the best and most fundamental factor is to prevent the financial bleeding.
Our skilled eviction lawyers are familiar with the PIE Act and also the requirements pertaining to our regional courts and mechanisms that deal with evictions & rental recoveries.
Tenants Not Paying Rent
The accountabilities of leaseholders along with lessors are covered in statutory, as well as non-statutory law in South Africa.
That it resides in property managers primary interests however to cancel the lease and evict the non paying lessees as soon as possible as the prerogative must be to removed and replace a non-paying occupant with a paying renter.
Getting Tenants Out
Lessors that do not deliver an eviction request in good time or follow the right legal procedures might just need to withstand a lengthy and costly experience.
Lease Agreements
Having a secure lease agreement needs to hold a breach clause with it outlining the effects of breaching one of the terms of the lease. It is up to the property owner the amount of leniency you wish to exhibit.
Urgent Evictions
Section 5 of the Act deals with so called urgent eviction proceedings. Very notably one will need to show a court that there actually is and/or would be serious personal injury to people (that can involve the unlawful tenants themselves) alternatively destruction to property if the order does not get approved. The urgent eviction is actually so powerful, that it allows for the unwilling resident or the prohibited occupant to be demanded by the court to vacate the residential or commercial property within 24 hours, neglecting which the officer of the court is allowed to forcefully evict the unlawful tenant off the house.
Time & Cost of Evictions
In order to expel a resident in Grassy Park legally, the best way to minimise costs and losses is to operate speedily and proficiently whilst keeping away from unnecessary setbacks. The rental payment and loss recuperation process is ordinarily begun alongside, and works in conjunction to the application for the eviction plan.
Landlords Rights
Though a firm lease agreement reduces eviction steps, the absence of a lease agreement does not mean that an unlawful residents can not be evicted. See more about
property owners rights here.
Required Documents
The first step would certainly be to secure the subscribed lease contract arrangement from the applicant and details of the transgressions of the tenant. In the event that the lessee fails to compensate rental, full details of the delinquencies should be given by the lessor.
- Facts of ownership
- The lease
- Transaction history of what is owed
- A in-depth record of what has taken place
- A basis of damages or danger to a person
- Any other Evidence (Pictures) etc
Eviction Lawyers for Zeekoei Vlei in Cape Town
Established in 2008, Rubensteins Attorneys swiftly turned into one of the major law firms in Cape Town. Our focus is on rendering the superb legal services guidance for our valued clients.
Our clients gain from our vast knowledge in all key fields of South African law. Notwithstanding of how demanding and / or intricate the mandate, we will certainly give crystal clear, efficient & commercially-sensible legal advice.
