Conveyancing & Property Transfer Articles

After purchasing a property, purchasers expect to receive municipal invoices from their local municipality in respect of rates and taxes and services. Consumers need to apply to the municipality in order for the municipality to open an account for them. Very few municipalities open accounts for consumers without the consumer having applied for the said account. If you are waiting for an account from the municipality and you are a purchaser of a property, make sure that you have made an application (if this is required in relation to your property, the services you are expecting to be billed for, and the jurisdiction in which your property is situated).