PMCS Property Maintenance & Compliance Services

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 – 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?

Congratulations on selling your place! Before you can officially sign off on the deal, you need to clear the ultimate hurdle: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬.

Depending on your local municipal bylaws, you cannot just promise the buyer that the home works perfectly. You must bring in certified professionals to legally prove that your house will not shock, explode, or flood the next owner.
During the transfer process, but prior to registration, the Conveyancer must collect the relevant compliance certificates from the Seller, to be delivered to the Purchaser upon registration of transfer. Depending on what is required by law and has been agreed to in the Deed of Sale, the Seller may be obliged to deliver an Electrical, Beetle, Gas Installation and Electric Fence Compliance Certificate.

Which 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 is your property in? (Rules vary by municipality; for example, A Water Installation Compliance Certificate is mandatory if the property falls in the jurisdiction of the City of Cape Town.)

It is imperative that these compliance certificates be attended to as early as possible in the transfer process as the Purchaser’s Financial Institution may insist on receiving copies thereof before they will grant the Bond Attorney permission to lodge their transaction at the Deeds Office.

It is also important that these compliance certificates are issued by licensed contractors, as the Purchaser’s Financial Institution will not accept certificates that have been issued by unlicensed contractors.
Here is your quick, hassle-free reference sheet to clear the red tape and keep your sale on track!

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 (𝐂𝐎𝐂’𝐬) 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:https://www.miltons.law.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Certificates-of-Compliance.pdf

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