Wynberg Upper - Sectional Title Market Update | September 2025
Category Market Update
September saw the market condition unchanged in your part of the world where for a second month in a row, no sectional title sales in Wynberg Upper were recorded by Propstats.
We have however just listed four new properties that will go to market shortly - so watch this space!
Although a sale that occurred in Kenilworth, the following anecdotal account has application across all areas and has regard to the always contentious topic of pets.
I listed a sizable townhouse in Kenilworth Upper that offers a large, wrap around, walled garden.
I promptly procured two offers on the property - one a full asking price of nearly R5 000 000 and the other at 97% of the listed price.
The seller was obliged to accept the lesser offer.
The offer at full asking price was subject to and conditional upon the purchasers being granted permission to keep their dog at the property.
This is one of those estates where there is a zero-tolerance of pets which stance is clearly entrenched in the conduct rules.
As a result, and despite it being an appreciably higher offer, my seller reluctantly had to decline this offer.
The pet in question is a 14-year-old Border Collie with hip dysplasia.
This served to illustrate how a rigid stance insofar as pets are concerned can and does compromise a sale.
The CSOS position is that a blanket ban on pets is not valid and that Trustees ought to apply their minds to the particularities of each application to keep a pet and to make a decision based on a subjective consideration of the application and of the particular pet.
The guiding principle with pets is one of managing nuisance to others.
My submission is that a consideration of each application to keep a pet, based on the singular merits of each application is a far more equitable approach and takes into account the interests of all residents.
Permission to keep a pet, deemed appropriate by the Trustees, can also come with conditions and sanctions should a pet subsequently prove to compromise the lives and peace of mind of other residents - with the removal of the offending pet as a last resort.
This, I submit, is by far a more equitable, reasoned approach.
Author: Sean Guy
