KIP Property Consulting

	Mobile: 079 023 0157 Mailto: info@kipproperty.co.za We are not Managing Agents Professional Trustee Services to Bodies Corporate
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Our Services

KIP Property Consulting provides the following services to Boards of Trustees of Residential Bodies Corporate in the Gauteng region:

Complete Audit of your entire Body Corporate including your Managing Agent's ability to manage according to your needs;

Assistance to members of a Body Corporate in their personal capacity with advice as well as proxy services in the event of requiring assistance at a Special or Annual General Meeting;

Assistance to Boards of Trustees who would like to replace any of their service providers, including their Security company, Gardening Services or Managing Agent - we source up to 5 relevant candidates and also attend each of their Presentation meetings with the Board of Trustees and one Trustee Meeting thereafter - we do NOT charge Bodies Corporate for this service!

Professional Trustee Services: on a fixed term contract for either 3 months or 6 months - rate dependent on a completed audit and complexity of the challenges that your Board of Trustees is facing;

About us:

KIP Property Consulting is owned and run by me, Wesley Petersen, a 32 year old Business Analyst who worked in the Property Management industry for just less than two years in the capacity of Operations Manager. Previously, I worked for Metropolitan Health Group for nearly 10 years.

It doesn't take long to gain a very good understanding of this industry and it's many pitfalls, but what I found most interesting is that service providers to Bodies Corporate generally take advantage of the fact that the Boards of Trustee Members are usually unaware of their duties and responsibilities as defined by the Sectional Titles Act (Act 95 of 1986) and how trusting they are of their Managing Agents, sometimes to their detriment.

I immediately started searching for anyone that offered Professional Trustee Services to this Industry and not even Google was able to come up with an answer. I therefore took it upon myself to offer these services to people like you - people who are looking for a trustworthy, no-nonsense resource that will only be able to justify fees if you really need them. Our Security Estates are usually not managed in the best way due to many reasons (excuses) given by Managing Agents who do not conform to the Code of Conduct as decreed by the National Association for Managing Agents South Africa (NAMASA). You can find their website here and download a copy of the Code of Conduct that Managing Agents must sign in order to be members of NAMA.

KIP Property Consulting has applied as an AFFILIATED MEMBER of NAMA because we support their Code of Conduct as well as what they are striving for within the industry - to be the market leader in Governance of the service providers who render Property Management Services within this industry.

I am committed to providing you with advice and services that hold integrity in the highest regard and this aspect of my business is non-negotiable. I am in no way affiliated to any of the service providers in this industry, including Managing Agents, Security companies, Gardening Services and/or contractors.

Fees:

KIP Property Consulting's fees are very reasonable, ranging from consulting fees charged on a per hour or part thereof basis, through to Fixed-term Contractual monthly fees. We usually charge for the complete audit report but provide you with the Executive Summary free of charge as we do not want to invoice you unless you feel it is actually required. Our fees are based on the job at hand and we will always offer you rates that are directly based on the amount of work that is required, nothing more. A guide to our fees can be downloaded here but please note that it is only a guide - you may be pleasantly surprised to discover a large discount if the work involved did not justify a standard fee. These fees are the absolute limit to what you may be charged.

Benefits of using KIP Property Consulting:

There are numerous benefits to having a mutually beneficial relationship with us:

Neutral, yet factual opinion of current status of your Body Corporate
The audit report provides the basis for future Boards of Trustees to determine what the historical issues were at the Body Corporate and then compare the report to the current status - and possibly a follow-up audit can be done every 3 to 5 years to see if you're still on track to ensuring that your Body Corporate's financial viability is on track according to the plan determined from the initial Audit report
We provide you with knowledge that your service providers probably aren't sharing with you because it would mean more work for them and actually force them to earn their fees or alternatively to effectively allow the Board of Trustees to renegotiate contracts with service providers who are over-charging them
Proxy services to individual members of a Body Corporate who cannot attend their Special General Meeting or Annual General Meeting. Usually you end up putting your votes in the hands of people who are not aware of the Sectional Title Act and you wouldn't know if your rights are really being upheld. With KIP Property Consulting, your voice will be heard and peace of mind will be the end result.
The Board of Trustees often have a gut feeling that their service providers aren't really servicing them well - employing our services will provide you with the proof that you require in order to take action against your service providers confidently.
Our Audit reports are presented to the Board of Trustees as a complete file, which includes copies of all of your most valuable information, thereby ensuring that you have your own copy of these records that can be handed down to all new Trustees. We provide the report in one of two ways, either as a hardcopy in a lever-arch file, or alternatively on CD, for ease of distribution to multiple parties. This information is extremely valuable and will directly affect how well your Complex is managed. A very brief SAMPLE AUDIT REPORT can be emailed to interested parties who would like to have an idea of how extensively we actually audit your Complex, alternatively, click HERE to download a copy now.

KIP Property Consulting also provides advice and answers to questions posted on www.sto.co.za which is a website, brought to you by Paddocks, a specialist Sectional Title training firm. Sectional Titles Online is dedicated to empowering members of Sectional Title communities with knowledge to resolve any issues they may be experiencing. It's a valuable research tool that I highly recommend to anyone involved in gated communities. Best of all - it's free!

Contact us:

For a free quotation, or any other type of enquiry, feel free to contact us below for a prompt response. Kindly include the following details if you require a quotation as I do a site visit and meet with the Board of Trustees first before I can do any work at your complex:

Name of Body Corporate
Size of Body Corporate (number of units)
Physical Address of Body Corporate
Names of at least 2 Trustees, with contact details (email and preferably mobile number)

mailto: info@kipproperty.co.za or kip.property@gmail.com
mobile: 079 023 0157

Wesley Petersen t/a KIP PROPERTY CONSULTING
Knowledge Is Power

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