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04 November 2013

TOTAL: 36 Marks [MEMO]

TIME: 1 hour 00 minutes
PAGES: 6 (incl. cover)

EXAMINER: A. Briell

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 ANNEXURE A – EXAMINATION RULES

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

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1. Sectional Title Theory [26]

a) A friend of yours is buying a flat in a new high-rise apartment block being built. He has no prior experience with (15)
sectional title and gets this complicated, jargon-filled email when he asks the architect for an explanation:

"The section you buy will be bounded by the median lines. The balcony will be part of the section. It's still uncertain
whether your parking bay will be made a section or an exclusive use area. The size of your section will determine your
participation quota, which will determine your undivided share of the common property. The body corporate will use
this to determine your levies - you can expect to pay between R1800 and R2500 a month. The exact value will be
determined later.

Any other questions?"

Your friend knows you're a land surveyor and forwards the email to you with a big "WTF?!” asking you for help.
Explain everything the architect has told him in layman's terms. Be sure to explain all the jargon and make use of
comparisons to things he might know in order to ensure he understands.

Section – the flat itself. A section in a scheme is relatable to a plot of land in a township.

Bounded – the boundary, or edge of the flat that would be owned.

Median lines – since flats are surrounded by the walls, floor and ceiling of the building, the boundary is taken to fall

in the middle of these features.

“Balcony part of section” – you will own the balcony as well.

Exclusive use area – a special type of common property that is for the sole use of a specific section.

Common property – all the land and infrastructure in a sectional title scheme that is for the use and benefit of all

sections.

Undivided share – Common property is technically owned by each section, proportional to their participation quota

However, since it cannot be physically divided, it is described as an undivided share.

Participation quota – A section’s area represented as a percentage of the total area of the sections in the scheme.

The participation quota determines the size of the undivided share of the common property.

Body Corporate – Legally the entity that is comprised of all owners of sections in the scheme. Colloquially the term

Is used to refer to the owners elected to manage the body corporate.

Levies – monthly fees charged by the body corporate to cover the cost of maintaining the common property.

Usually proportional to the participation quota.

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b) Why is it that a parking bay can be an exclusive use area or a section, but the actual flat can only be a section? (4)

An exclusive use area is maintained by the body corporate. Thus it makes sense that a parking bay could be an

exclusive use area because it falls in the rest of the common property. It could also be a section, which would allow

the parking bay to be sold to persons not living or working in the sectional title scheme.

However, it would make no sense for a flat to be an exclusive use area – this would require the body corporate to

maintain it, and further it would mean that all other section owners would effectively own an undivided portion of

your flat. This would make it hard to do such things as make alterations.

c) When is the body corporate created and how does it relate to the developer? (3)

The body corporate is created as soon as the first section is transferred from the developer to another person.

The body corporate then shares the responsibility for managing the scheme and the power to govern the scheme

with the developer, until such time as the developer sells the last section, upon which time all powers and

responsibilities are transferred completely to the body corporate.

d) Your friend sends you the following sketch he has made of his bachelor flat and asks you to check the area he has (4)
calculated. Calculate the area of the section. Is he correct?

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2. Sectional Title Layout [5]

a) Below is a basic building plan for a unit in a sectional title scheme. Label the features as section, exclusive use area (5)
or common property. Write your label next to the text.

C.P. – Common Property

E.U.A. – Exclusive Use Area

pillar
C.P.
door

Unit 1

Garden
Section

E.U.A
.
Walkway

pillar

C.P.

C.P.

Unlocked
service gate
Parking

C.P.

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3. Sectional Title Calculations [5]

b) Complete the participation quota schedule below, distributing the error. (5)

Percentage Percentage Change

Change on
Section Area Real Rounded Paper Change in Reality Final

1 54 4.109589 4.1096 0.0001 0.000111 4.1096

2 56 4.261796 4.2618 0.0001 0.000104 4.2618

3 60 4.566210 4.5662 0.0001 0.000090 4.5662

4 59 4.490107 4.4901 0.0001 0.000093 4.4901

5 58 4.414003 4.4140 0.0001 0.000097 4.4140

6 65 4.946728 4.9467 0.0001 0.000072 4.9467

7 64 4.870624 4.8706 0.0001 0.000076 4.8706

8 76 5.783866 5.7839 0.0001 0.000134 5.7839

9 61 4.642314 4.6423 0.0001 0.000086 4.6423

10 66 5.022831 5.0228 0.0001 0.000069 5.0228

11 68 5.175038 5.1750 0.0001 0.000062 5.1750

12 79 6.012177 6.0122 0.0001 0.000123 6.0122

13 68 5.175038 5.1750 0.0001 0.000062 5.1750

14 69 5.251142 5.2511 0.0001 0.000058 5.2512

15 69 5.251142 5.2511 0.0001 0.000058 5.2512

16 65 4.946728 4.9467 0.0001 0.000072 4.9467

17 65 4.946728 4.9467 0.0001 0.000072 4.9467

18 66 5.022831 5.0228 0.0001 0.000069 5.0228

19 69 5.251142 5.2511 0.0001 0.000058 5.2512

20 77 5.859970 5.8600 0.0001 0.000130 5.8600

Totals 1314 100.0000 99.9997 100.0000