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Status Report Includes:
Land Use Management
- Zoning Certificate
- Surveyor General Diagram
- Amendment Scheme Reports
- Map 3
- Consent Use Application
Building Control
- Copies of Approved Building Plans (including file numbers, submission dates & approval dates)
- Occupation Certificates
Site Inspections
- Site inspection report on the validity of the drawings on file
- Report on Illegal Structures.
- Occupation Certificates
Other
- Gas installations, etc, that may require certificates.
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My Home has no plans!!
Are you selling your house? or thinking of buying a house?
If you don’t have approved plans for all the buildings on the property, you could find yourself in a lot of trouble. Sales fall through, or the new owner is left with some very expensive problems.
We can help. If you are selling, we will search the City Archives for your approved drawings, We provide a full detailed report on the accuracy of these drawings; submission and approval dates, file numbers, etc Along with providing a copy of the Surveyors diagram for your property, and the appropriate Zoning.
This service is only available in the City of Johannesburg.
Implications of selling a house without plans
Selling your house after making alterations or additions to the property without approved building plans might have certain legal implications. The National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act specifies the need for building plans and approval from the local authority. The local authority may approve or reject building work and renovations on all properties.
The lack of approved building plans could lead to the local authority refusing to allow any further renovations which a purchaser might have had planned. In some instances, although not too often, the local authority could order that the illegally erected structure or additions be demolished. The local authority is also entitled to levy fines on any “illegal” building work that was done without approval.
In many cases, an offer to purchase a house will be dependent on the purchaser obtaining home loan finance from a bank or other institution. And in most instances, (although not all), the financial institution will want to see up-to-date approved plans before finance will be granted. If the plans lodged with council do not match the house as it stands, then the sale could fall through and set the seller’s plans back for quite a length of time, together with additional costs to rectify the problem.
It is therefore of the utmost importance that sellers ensure that they have municipal approved building plans before selling or marketing their property.
If you need plans, we can help. We will first do a report, to ensure that there are no plans, and verify what is outstanding.