Selling a Claremont house: what happens with the plumbing certificate?
The City requires a Certificate of Compliance for the water installation to be submitted before any property in Cape Town is transferred. The City says your conveyancing attorney submits the completed form, and that only a City-registered plumber can complete it. The City may inspect selected properties.
Your attorney handles the timing. Ask your conveyancing attorney how the cost is handled in the sale agreement. Our guide to the plumbing Certificate of Compliance explains who issues it and what the plumber checks.
What do I put in a Claremont request?
Say whether you are the owner, a tenant or a landlord, and whether the house is being sold. Give the suburb, the street and whether you are in Upper or Lower Claremont. Describe the fault: which tap, drain or fixture, what you see or hear, and when it started.
Add whether it is one fixture or several, and whether anything has been tried. If water is coming through now, request an emergency plumber quote. Request a quote and we call you back, and the plumber assesses the job and quotes.
Something leaking in Claremont? Ask for a quote, or phone 060 086 9889.
Who handles water and sewer faults in Claremont?
The City of Cape Town does. For a fault in the street, phone the City's fault line, 0860 103 089, and follow the prompts. SMS 31373 and the portal at capetown.gov.za/servicerequests work too. Inside your house is a plumber's job.
Keep people and pets away from suspected sewage and avoid contact. Stop using the affected toilet or drain. The City says blocked and overflowing sewers can be dangerous to your health.
Which nearby suburbs do we cover?
Claremont touches Newlands and Rondebosch to the north, Bishopscourt to the west, Kenilworth to the south, and Lansdowne and Rondebosch East to the east. The suburb is split into Upper Claremont in the west and Lower Claremont in the east, which includes Lynfrae and Wyndover.
All of them are covered. The first four neighbours sit in the Southern Suburbs and are listed under plumber in the Southern Suburbs, Kenilworth included. The rest of the map is under where we work.
What can I ask about in Claremont?
Typical questions are about a blocked drain, leak detection when a wall is damp or a bill is high, a geyser repair or replacement, or a bathroom renovation. Ballpark figures are on what a plumber costs.
Questions people ask
Who pays for the plumbing certificate when I sell a Claremont house?
Ask your conveyancing attorney how the cost is handled in the sale agreement, as the certificate is needed before transfer.
The certificate is the City's Certificate of Compliance for the water installation, completed by a City-registered plumber. See the plumbing Certificate of Compliance guide.
Who clears a blocked sewer in Claremont, me or the City?
The owner looks after the private sewer on the property, and the City looks after the municipal sewer in the street.
Where a private sewer blocks because of a defect or blockage in the municipal sewer, the by-law says the City recovers no costs from the owner. Not sure where the blockage is? Say so in your request.
How do I report a sewer overflow in Claremont?
Contact the City's fault line on 0860 103 089, or SMS 31373. Give the street address and keep the reference number.
Email works too, at water@capetown.gov.za. Keep people and pets away from suspected sewage and avoid contact, and stop using the affected toilet or drain.