PAYMENT OF DEPOSITS AND PUT ELECTRICITY AND WATER ON THE NAME OF THE PURCHASER

If the Electricity and Water is not on the name of the Purchaser, and he is not in the process described in the Process after transfer, MUNAR will assist the Purchaser to put the Electricity and Water Account on his name and to pay his deposit.

If a Consumption Agreement is not concluded between the City and the Purchaser, the Seller’s Electricity and Water account is used to Council to debit Electricity and Water consumption.  This creates endless problems when the Purchaser is incorrectly billed, run into arrears, want to draw his statements from the internet, if the Seller terminates his consumption agreement, when he sells the property or requests the Refund after transfer. 

The steps are as follows:

1.  The following documents are sent to us:

A letter from the transferring attorney WITH ANNEXURES requesting transfer of the Electricity and Water account to the name of the Purchaser

A copy of the Purchaser’s “Owner’s Account”  (Rates Account).  If the Rates Account is not opened, we will assist therewith.

The Purchaser’s Instruction to enter into the Consumption Agreement duly signed by all the Owners.

2.   If the Purchaser used the Seller’s Electricity and Water account, it may be that the account must first be settled before the Purchaser’s Consumption Account will become active.

3.  We will then obtain a quotation from the City of Johannesburg as to how much the Deposit required from them for Electricity and Water will be.  We make arrangements with the Purchaser to collect a cheque in favour of the City of Johannesburg.  No deposits may be paid in our bank account.

4.    The Purchaser pays our fee of R1 250,00 for the conclusion of the Consumption Agreement with the City of Johannesburg. A copy of the deposit slip must be forwarded to us.  See our bank details on the “Contact us” section on our main page.

5.    We load the correct contact detail of the Purchaser, conclude the “Consumption Agreement” with the City of Johannesburg and pay the Purchaser’s deposit on behalf of the Purchaser. We then forward a copy of the “Consumption Agreement” and the receipt for the payment of the deposit to the Purchaser.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE OPEN ACCOUNTS, LOAD DETAIL AND COLLECT REFUNDS.  WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL OPEN ACCOUNTS, DEBIT CORRECTLY OR PAY THE CORRECT AMOUNT AS THE REFUND TO THE SELLER.  IF FURTHER QUERIES ARISE, WE WILL DEBIT ACCORDING TO OUR NORMAL TARIFFS.