Good day.

I am in the process of purchasing a house as a private sale using a sale agreement with a voetstoots clause and no guarantees about boundaries and pegs. The homeloan has been approved and the conveyance lawyers are processing the transfer. However, I recently found out that there might be and encroachment of on the property I am purchasing. The neighbour has built a house slightly over the boundary on one side. I would like to find out who is responsible for this. Is this something which should have been disclosed by the seller before the sale concluded. Or am I at fault for not picking this up previously? Any advise would be highly appreciated. 

regards

Allister

Hi there,

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The answer to your question depends largely on the facts of the matter!

What is the extent of the alleged encroachment? How many square meters? How big is the property that you are purchasing?

How did you find out about the alleged encroachment? Does the seller know about the alleged encroachment? How long ago was the house next door built which created the alleged encroachment?

Would you have still purchased the property for the same price had you known about the alleged encroachment?

Do you think that the alleged encroachment is material to the contract? In other words, would you NOT have purchased the property if you had known about the alleged encroachment, or would you have paid less?

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