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Agreement of Purchase and Sale of Immovable Property

AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

Between:


(SELLER)

of


and


(PURCHASER)
of


1. Sale Of Property

Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the Seller hereby sells to the Purchaser who hereby purchases the following property together with all buildings and erections thereon and all fixtures and fittings of a permanent nature pertaining thereto.:

Erf:


Address:


2. Purchase Price And Guarantees
2.1

The purchase price of the property shall be R______________ which price shall be payable by the Purchaser to the Seller on registration of transfer, for which payment the Purchaser shall provide the Seller with cash or a Guarantee approved by the Seller on request, save that request shall not be made prior to the fulfillment of the suspensive conditions contained herein. Should the purchase price or any part thereof be paid in cash by the Purchaser prior to date of transfer, then and in that event, the Purchaser expressly authorises the Seller's conveyancer to invest same on his behalf in an interest bearing trust account.

2.2

On registration of transfer of the property into the name of the Purchaser, the Seller's Conveyancers are irrevocably authorised to make payment of the commission due under this agreement and shall refund the Purchaser all interest which has accrued on any monies held in trust.

3. Acknowledgements by Purchaser
The Purchaser acknowledges that:
3.1

he has acquainted himself with the nature, condition, extent and locality of the Property and he will have no claim whatsoever against the Seller for any deficiency in the size of the property which may be revealed on any re-survey nor shall the Seller benefit from any possible excess; and

3.2

the property is sold to the extent as it now lies, "voetstoots", without any warranties whether express or implied and the Seller shall not be liable for any defects whether latent or otherwise in the Property nor for any damages suffered by the Purchaser by reason of such defects and subject to all conditions and servitudes mentioned or referred to in the current and/or prior title deeds of the property or any town planning scheme applicable thereto.

4. Risk and ownership
With effect from the date of registration of transfer:-
4.1 all the benefits and risks of ownership of the property shall pass to the Purchaser; and
4.2

the Purchaser shall be entitled to the rents (if any) payable in respect of the property; and

4.3 the Seller shall become liable for and forthwith refund the Purchaser the rents (if any) paid in respect of any period after the said date.
5. Occupation And Occupational Interest
5.1

It is hereby agreed that occupation of the property shall be given to the Purchaser on _______________________ on which date the purchaser shall take occupation thereof.

5.2

If the date upon which occupation of the property is given to the Purchaser does not coincide with the date of registration of transfer, the party enjoying occupation of the property while it is registered in the name of the other party, shall in consideration of such occupation and for the period of such occupation, pay to the other party occupational interest of R_____________ per month. The said occupational interest shall be paid to the Seller's Conveyancers.

5.3

In additional to the aforesaid occupational interest, the Purchaser shall be liable for all rates, taxes or other charges imposed upon the property by the local authority or like body from date of occupation.

5.4

If occupation of the property is given to the Purchaser prior to registration of transfer the Purchaser shall not be entitled to make any alternations or additions to the property before the date of registration of transfer. The Purchaser shall be obliged in the event of the cancellation or lapse of this Agreement to forthwith vacate the property and restore it to the Seller in the same condition as when the Purchaser took occupation, it being acknowledged that no tenancy shall be created by the Purchaser taking occupation prior to registration of transfer and that the Purchaser will have no claims whatsoever against the Seller arising out of any alternations or additions made to the property by the Purchaser.

5.5

All occupational interest shall be payable monthly in advance, provided that the Purchase shall be entitled to a refund of a proportionate share of the payment in respect of the month in which the property is registered into his name and calculated from the date of such registration.

6. Transfer
6.1

The Purchaser shall be liable for payment of the Conveyancer's fees in respect of the registration of transfer of the property in the Purchaser's name, such fees being payable on request by the Conveyancer. The Purchaser shall on request pay all other expenses of and incidental to the registration of transfer of the property into the name of the Purchaser, including transfer and stamp duty and survey and diagram fees (if any), as well as the costs of registration of any bond referred to in this Agreement

6.2

The Seller and the Purchaser undertake immediately upon being requested to do so to sign all documents required to be signed in connection with the transfer, the cancellation of all bonds at present registered over the property and the registration of any bonds to be registered in terms of this Agreement.

7. Breach

In the event of either one of the parties ("the defaulting party") committing a breach of any of the other terms of this Agreement and failing to remedy such breach within a period of 10 (Ten) days after receipt of a written notice from the other party ("the aggrieved party") calling upon the defaulting party to remedy the breach complained of, then the aggrieved party shall be entitled at his sole discretion and without prejudice to any of his other rights in law, either to claim specific performance of the terms of this Agreement or to cancel this Agreement forthwith and without further notice claim and recover damages from the defaulting party.

8. Domicile

Each party chooses as his domicilium citandi et executandi his address as set out in the preamble hereto, at which address all notices and legal process in relation to this Agreement or any action arising therefrom may be effectually delivered and served.

9. General
9.1

The parties undertake to do all such things as may be necessary, incidental or conducive to the implementation of the terms, conditions and import of this Agreement.

9.2

This Agreement constitutes the sole and entire agreement or any consensual cancellation thereof shall be of any force or effect unless reduced to writing and signed by the parties or their duly authorised representatives.

9.3

No variation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any consensual cancellation thereof shall be of any force or effect unless reduced to writing and signed by the parties or their duly authorised representatives.

9.4

No indulgence which either party ("the grantor") may grant to the other ("the grantee") shall constitute a waiver of any of the rights of the grantor who shall not thereby be precluded from exercising any rights against the grantee which may have arisen in the past or which might arise in the future.

9.5

The Seller and the Purchaser warrant to each other that all consents required in terms of the Matrimonial Property Act No. 88 of 1984 have been duly furnished.

10. Estate Agent's Commission
10.1

Commission calculated at __________________ of the Purchase Price plus VAT shall be paid by the Seller to provided that should the Purchaser fail to carry out his/her obligations in terms of this Agreement resulting in transfer not being passed, then and in that event, ____________________________ shall be entitled to recover the commission from the Purchaser.

10.2

The said commission will be earned upon the signature of this Agreement by both the Purchaser and the Seller and the fulfillment (or waiver, as the case may be) of all suspensive conditions contained herein and is payable upon registration of transfer of the property into the name of the Purchaser.

___________________________hereby accept all benefits and obligations conferred upon it in terms hereof.

The Purchaser warrants that no estate agent introduced him to the property or initiated the sale or was the effective cause of the sale.

11. Mortgage Bond

This Agreement is subject to the suspensive condition that the Purchaser (or the Seller or the Estate Agent on behalf of the Purchaser) obtains approval, by not later than ____________________ for the granting of a loan by an Institution of not less than R__________ upon the security of a first mortgage bond to be registered over the property on such terms as are normally applicable. This suspensive condition shall be deemed to have been fulfilled by notification of approval in principal by such Institution.

12. Waiver Of Conditions And Lapse Of Agreement
12.1

The Purchaser may, at any time prior to the fulfillment of any suspensive condition contained in this Agreement, advise the Seller in writing that he waives the benefit of such condition, in which event this Agreement will no longer be subject to such condition.

12.2

Should any suspensive condition contained in this Agreement not be timeously fulfilled, the entire Agreement shall automatically lapse and be of no further force or effect. In such event all amounts paid by the Purchaser (excluding the occupational interest) shall be refunded to him together with any interest that has accrued thereon.

13. Certificates
13.1

The Seller shall, at his cost, which shall include, where necessary, any work to be carried out, furnish the Purchaser with a valid Certificate of Compliance, that the entire electrical installation on the property complies fully with the provisions of the Electrical Installations Regulations.

13.2

The Seller shall, at his cost, which shall include, where necessary, any work to be carried out, furnish the Purchaser with a valid Certificate by a member of the South African Pest Control Association stating that all accessible timbers in the buildings on the property are free of active wood destroying insects.

14. Acceptance

This offer is open for acceptance and is irrevocable until _________________ and upon acceptance by the Seller will constitute a sale upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

15. Suspensive Condition

This sale is subject to the suspensive conditions that the purchaser sells his property, namely within days from date of last signature hereon, for a price not exceeding R . It is recorded that it is the intention of the parties that transfer of the Purchaser's property must be effected prior to or simultaneously with transfer to the Purchaser of the property sold in terms hereof. The guarantees required in terms of clause 2 and costs of transfer shall be furnished from the sale of the Purchaser's property.

16. Ratification Clause

Notwithstanding signature of this agreement by the parties, the Seller retains the right to continue marketing his property and in the event of the Seller receiving a more favourable written offer from a third party, he shall notify the purchaser in writing of the new offer by delivering a copy of the new offer together with his written notification to the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall then have the right to within 72 hours of receipt of such notification, to waive any suspensive condition contained herein and match the terms of such more favourable offer, by handing a written notification of such waiver and acceptance of such more favourable terms of the Seller or to McWilliams & Elliott Properties CC. Should the Purchaser fail to waive the suspensive condition/s as aforesaid or accept such more favourable terms, then and in that event the Seller shall be entitled but not obliged to resile from this agreement and accept such alternative offer. The period of 72 hours shall not include Weekends or public holidays.

17. Cooling Off

The Purchaser shall have the right to revoke this offer or terminate this deed of alienation as the case may be in terms of Section 29A of the Alienation of Land Act of 1981 as amended within five days of signature hereof by the purchaser by delivery or written notice to that effect to the seller or his agent within the said five day period. The period of five days shall be calculated with the exclusion of the day of signature by the purchaser and any Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday.

Subject to:

17.1 The property described herein being used or intended to be used mainly for residential purposes; and
17.2 The property described herein not being agricultural land, and
17.3 The purchase price of the property not exceeding R250 000,00;
17.4 The purchaser being a natural person or persons; and
17.5 The property not having been purchased on auction; and
17.6 The parties to this agreement not having been purchased by the exercise of an option which was open for a period of at least five days;
17.7 This Deed of Sale not containing a nomination clause; and
17.8 The property described herein not having been purchased by the exercise of an option which was open for a period of at least five days;

Such written notice by the purchaser revoking the offer or termination the deed of alienation shall only be effective if it:

  1. is signed by the purchaser or his or her agent acting on his or her authority;
  2. identifies the offer or deed of alienation that is being revoked or terminated, as the case may be; and
  3. is unconditional.

Where an offer is revoked or deed of alienation is terminated as contemplated above, every person who received an amount from the purchaser or any prospective purchaser in respect of the offer or deed of alienation, as the case may be, shall refund the full amount of such payment to the Purchaser within 10 day of the date of which the notice referred to above was delivered to the seller or his or her agent.

18. Nominee
18.1

The purchaser shall be entitled to nominate any third party, who is capable of taking transfer (the Nominee) to be the Purchaser in terms of this agreement within 20 days of the signing of this agreement by the Sellers notice in writing to the Seller or the Conveyancing Attorney.

18.2

This agreement shall only become binding upon the purchaser if the purchaser does not nominate a Nominee who validly accepts such nomination within 20 days of the date hereof.

18.3

Upon nomination and acceptance as aforementioned by the Nominee the purchaser shall by signature hereof be bound as surety for and co-principal debtor "in solidium" with such Nominee for the due and property fulfillment by the Nominee of all its obligations as purchaser in terms of this agreement including any obligations that may flow from the breach of any terms of this agreement, the purchaser hereby renouncing the benefits of all the legal exceptions available to sureties with the full effect of which the purchaser acknowledges himself to be fully acquainted.

18.4

The parties agree that pending nomination as aforementioned, or the expiry of the abovementioned 20 day period neither shall unlawfully resile from this agreement.

18.5

Notwithstanding the date of signature of this agreement, the date of sale shall be the date of nomination or the expiry of the aforesaid 20 day period.

19. Special Conditions





SIGNED by the SELLER at PORT ELIZABETH on the _____ day of ___________ 2____

AS WITNESSES:

1. _____________________ __________________________
SELLER
2. _____________________
SIGNED by the PURCHASER at PORT ELIZABETH on the day of 2____.
AS WITNESSES:
1. _____________________  ________________________
PURCHASER
2. _____________________

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