When renovations to her neighbour’s property neared completion some two years ago, our reader noticed that the neighbour was deviating slightly from the approved plans.

This included a swimming pool that was placed too close to the boundary. There were also vertical extensions to the existing boundary wall.

She did not object at the time as the deviations did not really affect them. The extension to the wall did however obstruct their view partially.

A couple of years before, the neighbour also planted hibiscus plants that have subsequently grown to completely block our reader’s view. She has reason to believe that these were planted to achieve exactly that. Read more…

The other evening while driving home from an appointment I received a phone call. When I answered, this is what I heard:-

He hung up and I had a few thoughts to ponder on the way home.

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We as humans long for secure relationships. Many humans long for someone to who you are very special and who will never leave you or prefer another person. How realistic are these expectations really and how do you know when you are wasting your time in a relationship?Some people seek the answer to these questions in books that give guidelines on how to judge if someone is really serious about you. It makes me wonder why people need books to decide about their relationship and why people cannot trust their own instincts.

Why do some people end up in committed relationships where they are loved and treated with respect while others end up being used and hurt? Then it also happens that some people are in a good relationship, but do not realize it and interpret normal events as painful or rejecting.

He put in an offer to purchase a property subject to the sale of another property and the seller accepted the offer. Our reader’s suspensive condition was never met and he accepted that his offer to purchase the property became null and void.

However, the seller’s conveyancing attorney insisted that our reader was still legally bound to buy the property even though the buyer failed to meet the suspensive condition of selling an existing property. Read more…