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Candice Reynders on MedFM: lease agreements

14 November 2018,  Dr Candice Reynders

This October Candice Reynders, your personal commercial advisor, spoke on MedFM 104.1 about the most crucial aspects of lease agreements.

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Can I do as I please with deposits received from my tenant?

11 April 2016,  Mulalo Mokgoro

I have a small block of flats that I lease out to tenants. I always insist on a deposit to... cover tenants that skip out on the final lease payment or cause damage to the property. I always invest the deposits in a savings account and in general return the deposits to the tenants. Recently a tenant wishing to terminate his lease approached me and asked for his deposit back including all interest earned thereon. I have never had such a request. Do I have to return the full deposit and interest to him?

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Can I change my tenant’s locks?

08 March 2016,  Cleopatra Mukhari

I’ve been leasing a small townhouse to a young tenant. Unfortunately, the tenant is terrible at paying his rent and... offers excuse after excuse. I’m fed up with the situation and just want him out. Can I change the locks when he is at work?

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Take it with, or leave behind? The complexity of lease improvements

09 November 2015

We’ve been renting a house for a few years. My wife and I had made several improvements to the house... and garden. Now I’m being transferred and we have to move, but am wondering what’s to happen with all the improvements to the rental property. May we take it with or does the landlord need to compensate us for it? 

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Can landlords switch off your electricity?

11 June 2015,  Corlia van Zyl

You’ve just gotten home on a cold winter night and plan to sit snuggly in front of your heater watching... a movie, when you realise - no electricity! Used to load shedding, you opt for a nice warm bath. But, alas the water is already cold. Infuriated, you pull out your phone to call your friend to complain about the state of affairs, when you notice the sms from your landlord informing you that he has cut off your electricity because you are in arrears with your electricity bill. But can he just do this?

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