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What to ask
before
renting
What to consider before you rent a sectional title unit
R
enting a unit in a sectional title scheme has
become more popular because of the rising
costs of living and maintaining properties.
When you consider renting a sectional title unit,
there are many questions that must be asked before
signing an offer.
Often renters will look at the unit they are letting but
will not investigate further than that, until they have
signed a contract, but all the preliminary investigation
must be done earlier than this stage.
When looking at a sectional title unit, ask the
following questions:
What comes with the unit?
If there is a garden, the prospective tenant must
ask if that is an exclusive use area, or if there is a
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garage with the unit,. check whether this is, too, part
of the property owned by the landlord. There are
many cases, particularly in older schemes, where the
sectional plan does not tie up with the unit numbers
or what is actually owned by the landlord.
Are there parking bays, garages
and storerooms?
It may look like there is a parking bay or a garage
outside the unit, but this might not be allocated, it
might be common property that is rented to the
owners of the unit by the body corporate, as is the
case with storerooms.
If the parking bays, garages or storerooms are
owned by the body corporate and rented out, the
prospective tenant must check whether they go back
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