AJ Kachelhoffer Attorney and Conveyancer

  Question - Why would you ask André Kachelhoffer to advise you and assist you when you have a home or a farm or a business premises to sell or to buy? Answer - This is, in the case of most people the biggest financial transaction they they will ever get involved in during their lifetime. You must have somebody in your corner.  I have extensive and specialised experience in virtually all aspects of conveyancing, since 1991 as an admitted and practicing conveyancer. If you are selling, then it is your prerogtive to appoint the conveyancer. The buyer must pay the transfer cost. If you are buying, then you may negotiate to appoint the conveyancer, but you may not insist. You are as purchaser liable to pay the transfer cost, even if it is not a conveyancer appointed by you. It is a conveyancer's duty to act in the best interest of both the owner (his client) and the buyer. If it is not obvious what the correct thing would be to do for him or her then the conveyancer must abid...

Question - Why would you ask André Kachelhoffer to advise you and assist you when a friend or member of your family passes away and his or her estate requires administration in terms of a Last Will and Testament or the Intestate Law of Succession? Answer - I have extensive and specialised experience, gained since May 1989 as an admitted attorney, and before that as a senior examiner at the office of the Master of the High Court, Pretoria and as a Deceased Estate Administrative Officer at First National Bank, Deceased Estates, Pretoria. Question -  What must be done when somebody passes away? Answer -  Briefly, report the death to the Master of the High Court, apply for an appointment as executor, pay and close accounts, realise or transfer assets (including moveables [cars, firearms, furniture, art, etc] and fixed property, bank accounts, investments, policies etc), attend to SARS requirements (Income Tax, Estate Duty, Capital Gains Tax) and pay beneficiaries. All of t...

Question - Why would you ask André Kachelhoffer for advice on the drafting of a Last Will and Testament, a Living Will and a Life File?   Answer - I have gained extensive and specialised experience, since May 1989, as an admitted attorney, and before that as a senior examiner at the office of the Master of the High Court, Pretoria and as a Deceased Estate Administrative Officer at First National Bank Deceased Estates, Pretoria.   Question - How much would it cost?   Answer - First consultation of 30 minutes, no charge. From as little as R 900-00 for a straightforward no frills Last Will and Testament. If a further consultation and estate planning is required, it will be more (to be agreed on), depending on the time spent.      Last Will and Testament Question - What is required for a Last Will and Testament to be valid?   Answer - The    Wills Act  7 of 1953 as amended has specific requirements. The testator must be older than...