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(similar to prepaid electricity). In both cases, there are potential costs and
other issues involved, and such resolutions would have to be correctly taken
by the body corporate. With prepaid water systems, there are also potentially
constitutional issues relating to access to water to be considered. Yet, many
body corporates are engaging with these processes as a necessary measure
in their broader strategy to curb water usage.

There is a lot that your body corporate can do to deal with water wastage.
Our advice would be to engage with your body corporate regarding the
steps it is taking, raise issues that you may have noticed with them, and
if necessary, encourage them to seek the assistance of a sectional title
specialist to help them implement water conservation steps correctly in your
sectional title scheme.

Can I rent out my sectional title unit as holiday
accommodation?

Cleopatra Mukhari
February 2018

“I have a sectional title unit at the coast, which I only use a few times a year.
I would like to rent out the unit for holiday accommodation, but am unsure Property
whether I can just do this?”
Short term holiday letting has become quite fashionable, with increasing
numbers of websites enabling an owner to easily rent out his property for
holiday accommodation.

Where the property to be rented falls within a sectional title scheme, the
unit is subject to the scheme rules. This means that before you rent out your
sectional title unit as holiday accommodation, it would be prudent to review
the scheme’s management and conduct rules to make sure there are no
prohibitions to such letting. The Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act
also requires that an owner must inform the body corporate of any change in
ownership or occupancy of the unit.

In addition, unit owners must ensure that their holiday tenants do not cause
a nuisance to other permanent residents or occupants. You should give your
tenants a copy of the schemes rules and ensure they sign to adhere to such
scheme rules. One can easily imagine other unit owners becoming perturbed
if rules regarding security, parking, noise, refuse removal, water use etc. are not
met by holiday tenants.

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