Issuing of a conveyancer’s certificate
The main purpose of a conveyancer’s certificate is to identify all the title conditions noted against the title deeds of the properties, and to advise on how these title conditions must be disposed of for township establishment purposes.
We first require a list of all the properties affected by the proposed development, and use that list to obtain copies of all the relevant title deeds and servitude documents . You can submit your request for a quotation, together with the list of affected properties here: Request a Quote
If more than one property is affected by the proposed development, we will after our initial research was conducted first send you a list of the affected properties listing all the basic information about those properties. This list must be checked by your land surveyor for accuracy before we can finalize the conveyancer’s certificate.
The conveyancer’s certificate will be drafted by a qualified conveyancer with more than 20 years’ experience in township establishment, and who has dealt with the opening of more than 500 township registers in terms of all types of township establishment legislation in the Pretoria Deeds Office.
This conveyancer’s certificate must be read in conjunction with the servitude certificate issued by the land surveyor in which the land surveyor confirms which of the title conditions in the title deeds affect the proposed development through the situation thereof. Together these 2 certificates are essential to the town planner to plan lay out for the proposed township.
The most basic conveyancer’s certificate for a single property with simple title conditions will cost R7 500 plus R500 disbursements, and if more than one property is involved a formal quotation will be provided based on the number of properties and the complexity of the title conditions.
Gert Minnaar is a specialist conveyancer focusing on township establishment. He worked at the Pretoria Deeds Office from 1985 until 1989 and after becoming a Senior Examiner left to qualify as an Attorney and Conveyancer in 1992. He founded Sebenza Township Administrative Services in 2012 and entered in 2014 into a consultation agreement with STBB. Gert manages the Gauteng Development Law Department at STBB’S office in Illovo, Sandton where this department attends to all aspects of development conveyancing
Gert enjoys finding practical solutions to complicated conveyancing problems. He serves on the committee of the South African Affordable Residential Developers Association (SAARDA), a body representing the interests of developers and other stakeholders in the affordable housing development sector which necessitates regular collaboration with government and municipal officials.