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Mother and son splash $100m+ on Sydney property in just five months If there is a single factor fuelling the Emerald City’s bull run of trophy home sales this year, it’s a 28-year-old and his developer mum. The Bellevue Hill mansion sold by the Ho family was built by Spencer Simmons, the founder of real estate agency Laing + Simmons.  Lucy Macken Save Share If there is a single factor fuelling Sydney’s bull run of trophy home sales this year, it is not cashed-up expats or even...

THE STANDARD REAL ESTATE Apartment building in Nairobi. [Courtesy] This law provides for independent ownership of floors in apartments. That means that just as one can hire a floor in a building, so can they buy it. Once they do, they are issued with a certificate of title; they are recognised as legal owners of those individual floors. However, the individual proprietors of the units together own the building. As such, they have common property. This includes swimming pools, parking bays, gard...

Seven ways you can legally acquire land in Kenya April 20th 2021 at 14:00:00 GMT +0300 Section Seven of The Land Act, 2012 is the law that outlines several ways which can be used to acquire a legitimate title deed in Kenya. A valid title deed provides a state-backed guarantee securing ownership. Should a land owner be deprived of ownership over an error or omission in the register or the register needs to be corrected, the Government must compensate the owner. It also helps the registered owne...

THE STANDARD I have wondered over the years whether there are other ways of acquiring legitimate land ownership in the country apart from the common mode of buying from a registered owner. I know that one can also acquire valid title to land through adverse possession, which many trespassers have taken advantage of. Wycliff, Nairobi Section Seven of The Land Act, 2012 is the law that outlines several ways which can be used to acquire a legitimate title deed in Kenya. A valid title deed provide...

KENYA – A Siaya Court in Kenya has handed a 1-day non-custodial sentence to a 49-year-old woman who killed her husband in a domestic row gone awry. While delivering the judgement, Judge Roselyne Aburili of the High Court in Siaya noted that the accused-Truphena Aswani- had suffered immensely at the hands of her abusive husband who constantly threatened to kill her over a Title Deed. According to Judge Aburili, Ms Aswani would be remembered as a butchered, battered, dehumanized and violated ...

THE STANDARD By Kamau Muthoni | February 21st 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Interior view of a housing unit constructed by Vipingo Development Limited. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] A real estate development firm has urged the High Court in Milimani to throw out a case filed by a Kilifi resident claiming part of its 10,000 acres. Vipingo Development Limited in its reply to a case filed by Wycliffe Tembo Mwangombe and a lobby Bambani Community Based Organisation, argue that the petitioners are tryin...

THE STANDARD By Dominic Omondi | February 10th 2021 at 10:00:00 GMT +0300 Four individuals accused of forging documents for land valued at Sh990 million will be charged afresh and their cases consolidated. This is after they failed to show up in court on Tuesday, prompting Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi to give a stern warning. Andayi asked the suspects to attend the virtual court sessions and directed them to appear in an open court on March 2, this year for consolidation of the f...

Opening a B&B Step 1: Check your Title Deed to ascertain whether or not your property qualifies for the relevant business rights. To determine the current zoning of your property take a copy of the Title Deed to the GIS Information Counter on the 8th Floor of Block A at the Metro Centre, situated at 158 Loveday Street, Braamfontein. No information is given over the phone so you must visit in person.  Step 2: Once you have determined the zonin...

Opening An Account ​​Head office of the R&CRM Department ALL CUSTOMERS Every City of Johannesburg customer should have their own water and electricity account; you can’t inherit an existing water and electricity account from a previous owner or tenant of a property. To open an account, go to your nearest Customer Service Centre and ask for an Application for the Supply of Water and Electricity contract.  Submit the completed form, together with the following standard documents: A valid ...