Short answer
you will provide identification, a police certificate, bank and personal references and proof of funds; the seller (through their attorney) provides the title deed, a registered survey plan, property-tax clearance and planning approvals for any buildings. Your attorney reviews everything before you complete.
From you (the buyer)
- Passport (each purchaser)
- Police certificate of character from your country of residence
- Bank reference letter
- One or two personal or professional references
- Proof of funds or financing
- For a company purchase: incorporation documents and details of shareholders and directors
From the seller
- Title deed (and prior deeds if your attorney requests them)
- Registered survey plan with boundaries you can find on the ground
- Property tax receipts / clearance
- Planning approvals for the house and any extensions
- Utility account details
- For estates: covenants and community rules
Prepared by the attorneys
- Sale and purchase agreement
- Alien Landholding Licence application and statutory declaration
- Conveyance / deed of transfer for registration
- Power of attorney if you will complete from abroad
Start on the police certificate early — it is the document that most often holds things up.
