08-02-2005, 12:38 AM
Bean of Love Wrote:Spam... I know what you are saying that it happens in SA too, but there you are better protected... I used to work for Conveyancers in SA and things are a lot less complicated than here. In SA you get paid occupational rent
Hi Bean ... sorry to hear what happened ... in SA we bought and sold a few houses ... one we bought on suspensive sale from an investor ... biggest mistake of our lives ... he pulled a fast one .. long story short ... we asked him to extend the contract by 6 months ... he happily agreed and said he would have it put in writing ... we continued to pay .. making sure we never missed a payment ... after about three months of keep asking for the extension ... we sold it ... got a buyer virtually the day we put it on the market ... we moved into the next house we had bought .. and suddenly get a phone call from the guy we were waiting for the altered contract from ... to say .. unless we pay him a further R50 000 ... he will not sign the transfer of the house into our name to enable us to sign it over to our buyer .... and so the fight began ... we ended up losing our buyer ... and eventually agreeing to give the scoundral another R30 000 to get the damn thing sold ... it was a bitter experience and a lot of money back then to lose ... we heard afterwards ... he had a bad name for crooking people ... usually through suspensive sales ... I'm afraid where ever u buy ... u will get sharks and u have to be aware of this ... one other thing ... even if u think u have all the keys ... u have no guarantee spares were not made ... so yes I also would say ... change the locks anyway :thumbs: