Property Law.

Whether you are buying, leasing, selling or managing properties, we are able to assist you with all of your property related queries & issues.

Property Attorneys

Barter McKellar’s property attorneys have a wealth experience in the property law arena both on the commercial & transaction side, as well as, on the dispute resolution side. Our property lawyers are able to assist all role players in the property law field such as buyers, sellers, developers, managing agents, lessors, lessees, body corporates, sectional title schemes, home owners’ associations (”HOA”) and other types of community schemes governing bodies. Our real estate lawyers provide innovative solutions in an ever-changing market, whether from a legal or commercial perspective.

Commercial Property Attorneys

We provide practical, logical and concise drafted property specific legal documents and contracts which are easy to understand and interpret and which cater for the specific needs of the governing bodies, homeowners and residents alike. Our teams commercial property attorneys experience includes, inter alia:

  • Community Scheme’s Founding Documents

  • Community Scheme Rules

  • Meeting Notices

  • Resolutions for Community Scheme’s Governing Bodies

  • Review of Documents (to ensure compliance)

  • Compliance Audits

  • Offers to Purchase

  • Sale & Lease Agreements, both residential and commercial properties (review, drafting and vetting)

Property Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Through our considered highly effective and considered advice, we look to prevent property disputes from arising or escalating in the first instance. Where litigation cannot be avoided, we excel in finding creative solutions to complex and significant property disputes. Our property litigation attorneys have extensive experience in a wide variety of property law disputes and litigation involving residential, commercial and industrial property, which includes, inter alia:

  • Community Schemes Ombud Service (”CSOS”) Disputes

  • Default Notices

  • Evictions

  • Letters of Demand

  • Lease Disputes (Residential & Commercial Property Disputes)

  • Municipal Disputes

  • Property Law Litigation (CSOS, Magistrates Court, High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal)

  • Property Law Legal Opinions

  • Spoliation Applications

  • Rental Collections

  • Rental Disputes

Conveyancing

We are able to assist with property sales, transfers and bonds. Find out more.