46 years in practice
Northcliff, Gauteng
341 Beyers Naude Drive, Northcliff, Randburg
011 568 2259
35 years in practice
Northcliff, Gauteng
3rd Floor, Blackheath Mews, 258 Beyers Naude Drive, Blackheath+27 (0)11 476 2420/1 Docex: 86
22 years in practice
Northcliff, Gauteng
Suite 103 MISA Park Building, 15 Catherine Avenue, Northcliff Ext 9, 2195+27 (0) 87 701 1837Of the 4 law firms we list in Northcliff, 3 handle property & conveyancing work, about 75% of the local market. By years in practice, the most experienced are TLI Attorneys Inc (46 years), Nelson Borman and Partners Inc (35 years) and Jooste Peters Incorporated (22 years). All of them have a full profile on our site, with their people, history and the courts they use.
Buying or selling property in South Africa needs a conveyancer, an attorney who has passed the conveyancing exam, to register the transfer at the Deeds Office. The seller usually appoints the transferring attorney, and the bank appoints its own attorney for the bond. Property lawyers also help with sectional title disputes, leases, servitudes and land matters.
A property transfer or bond is registered at the deeds registry for the area where the property is, by a conveyancer. Only an attorney admitted as a conveyancer can lodge the deeds. The closest deeds registry to Northcliff is the South Gauteng Deeds Registry in Johannesburg, about 10 km away.
A typical transfer takes about two to three months from signing the offer to purchase to registration, depending on bond approval, clearance certificates and Deeds Office times.
The buyer normally pays the transfer costs, including the conveyancer's fees and transfer duty to SARS, unless the sale agreement says otherwise.
Ask for a written quote of transfer costs, check how they will keep you updated, and confirm the firm has an admitted conveyancer. The firms above list property work in Northcliff.
The South Gauteng Deeds Registry in Johannesburg, about 10 km from Northcliff. Your conveyancer lodges the documents, so you do not need to go there yourself.
