The forced sale is possibly due to the fact that the owner has not paid rates and taxes to the City and possibly owes SARS some money. Hence, the forced sale in order to pay outstanding rates and taxes. Brian.
On Sep 5, 7:50 pm, Andrew Fife <and...@cafeatom.co.za> wrote: > I think it is probably through pressure from Asset Forfeiture: Owner > probably selling to escape the noose.... > > The owner has said much in the past but has done nothing..... Now just > turning her back on them > > Cheers > > *Andrew Fife* > Touch of Madness > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Trevor Hughes <t...@thewildfig.co.za> wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Big Brian <gra...@iafrica.com> wrote: > > >> Well, the chickens have come home to roost, cluck, cluck. > >> There are some problem houses in Obs that are up for auction, as a > >> forced sale. > >> These are 4,6 and 8 Roman Rd. and 2 - 16 Baker Street. > > > Who is forcing who to sell the houses? - I take it the tennants have > > "forced" the owner to sell so that he no longer has anything to do with > > these properties? > > > Is this the situation - how else could someone be forced to sell? I can;t > > see the local government being able to enforce this kind of thing even if > > the law allowed for it? > > > If there is some political or legal force in action then its not solving th > > problems if the tenants are not being evicted at the same time, > > > If its as the result of asset forfeiture......the above applies -its not > > the owner causing a problem its the tenants. The owner cannot easily or > > cheaply evict the tenants due to bad laws - sounds like catch 22 > > > Just curious....... > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > obsnw-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to obsnw@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to obsnw-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en