The Whole Truth

This post is about withholding information from the Court and not telling “the whole truth”. We spent a day in court on 15 August 2022. Some weeks later we learnt how the developer and her legal team withheld vital information from the court and from our legal team on...

Mr Sheriff

An Early Morning Call On 2nd August 2021 we had an early morning call from a neighbour on the eco estate: there’s someone outside your front door. Well everybody on the estate knows we cannot and do not live in the house, so why would there be somebody at the...

Property Scam

Did the Property Developer Scam Us? Our story began what seems a long time ago in 2016. To realise you may be the victim of a property scam is bewildering. Was I really so gullible? So much water and bad blood has flowed under the bridge since the beginning that I...

Franschhoek Living

Franschhoek Living Facebook Page Today I was surprised to see our house on the Facebook page for Franschhoek Living Property Group. Why is our house on this page, brazenly displaying our names in a sold sign? Without our permission this is exactly what the POPI act...

Living the Eco Dream

I could be living the eco dream right now. I could have been living the eco dream for the past four years. But no, I cannot live my eco dream with its sustainable lifestyle because we have no occupation certificate for our eco house. Without an occupation certificate...

Ombudsmen and Professional Councils

Professional Councils Professional councils are established to set norms and standards in many professions. They are also there to protect the public from professional misconduct by their members. But do they work? In this post we will look at the Legal Practice...