What fixing it yourself is likely to cost. None of it is the certificate fees.
The fees are the same whoever does the work. This is what it typically costs to work out what you need — the part nobody prices.
| Work out which of up to 23 line items apply | 4 hrs · R1,500 |
| Find which of 9+ authorities issues each | 3 hrs · 9 calls · R1,125 |
| Establish the order — some can block others | 2 hrs · R750 |
| Get a real price and lead time for each | 5 hrs · 12 calls · R1,875 |
| Find someone qualified for each gap | 4 hrs · R1,500 |
| Trips to council offices, and the queue | 6 hrs · 3 trips · R2,250 |
| Chase it until every item is signed off | 6 hrs · R2,250 |
| What doing it yourself may cost youAround 30 hours · 24 calls · 3 trips | R11,250 |
| What the Compliance Map costs14 days · none of the above | R1,499 |
Costed at R375 an hour — the average Western Cape property is around R3.36 million, and qualifying for a bond on that generally takes roughly R65,000 a month gross. Hours are our own conservative estimates.
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Before you spend a rand fixing your gaps — read this
The R3,000 to R8,000 mistake most owners don’t see coming.
You take your gap list. You pick the first certificate that looks familiar. You pay a vendor, book the site visit, wait six weeks. Then you find out the certificate you needed FIRST wasn’t that one — and now you have to restart. That’s the mistake nobody warns you about.
You pay for the wrong certificate first
R2,000 to R4,000 spent on a vendor visit. Site inspection booked. Six weeks of waiting. Then you find out the certificate you actually needed first was a different one entirely. That vendor payment is gone. Not refundable.
Your listing sits exposed while you wait
Every week you spend chasing the wrong certificate is a week your listing is still visible to city scans, still on OTA data-share feeds, still generating risk. The wait doesn’t buy you time — it costs it.
Restart from the back of the queue
The certificate you needed first now blocks the one you paid for. You start again. New application, new site visit, another six weeks. Meanwhile the queue in front of you is filling with owners who already have their maps.
What you get
Your Property Compliance Report — personalised to your property, delivered in 14 days.
Most owners guess. They pay a vendor for the wrong certificate first. They wait six weeks. They find out they needed a different one first. They restart. That mistake costs three to eight thousand rand — minimum. The report is what stops that from happening to you.
Every certificate you need
Specific to your property type, your city, and the gaps flagged in your assessment.
Every deadline that applies
Which certificates have hard dates, which have grace periods, and which are blocking others.
Who issues each one
The exact department, the exact counter, the exact vendor category. Names and contact details included.
The estimated costs
Certificate by certificate. What the market actually charges. Where owners typically overspend.
How long each one takes
Application-to-issue realistic timelines, based on actual municipal turnaround data.
Which one blocks the next
The dependency map. Get the order wrong and you restart. This map stops that.
Delivered to your inbox within 14 days. 100% delivery guarantee.
Why the report is step one
Until we know what your property needs, we can’t help you the rest of the way.
Every property is different. Different city. Different type. Different gaps. Different vendor stack.
That’s why we built the STRLCS Property Compliance Report — a personalised roadmap of every certificate, cost, deadline, and dependency specific to your property. R1,499. Delivered in 14 days.
Once we know what YOUR property needs — then we have a clear path to getting you compliant, faster than any other route.
Two roadmaps. Side by side.
Which one is easier for you?
Every owner has the same choice at this point. Do the compliance work yourself, or let the report map it out for you. Here’s the honest picture of both.
Do it yourself
Here’s what it actually looks like.
- 5 to 10 hours of web searches
- About 24 calls to different departments
- Half will need follow-ups — because the right person is off, on lunch, or doesn’t have the answer
- Half again — because each department can only tell you about their own application. Not any of the others
- Then the timing. Get one submission wrong, and you restart the whole process
If you have a lot of time and a lot of patience — honestly, we recommend you do it yourself.
STRLCS-managed Report
Same outcome. Fixed fee. But:
- The roadmap specific to your property
- You know where to start and when
- Because timing matters with submissions
- Every certificate, cost, deadline, and dependency mapped
- Delivered to your inbox within 14 days — or full refund
The map that saves you months of chasing, restart cycles, and wasted vendor fees.
Get your Report — R1,499What happens after you buy
Here’s exactly what to expect.
No mystery, no waiting in the dark. Every step is defined — from the moment you pay to the moment your report lands.
You purchase your Report
Secure payment via Zoho Secure Pay. Confirmation email within minutes.
We reach out within 24 hours
A Property Compliance Advisor WhatsApps you to confirm your property details and anything we need to know.
We build your personalised report
Our team maps every certificate, deadline, cost, and dependency — specific to your property type and your city.
Report delivered in 14 days
Your personalised Property Compliance Report lands in your inbox — or you get your R1,499 back. Full refund.
You decide your next step
DIY the roadmap yourself, or let STRLCS do it for you. Your R1,499 is credited to any STRLCS package within 30 days.
The framework behind your report
Brinn Tomes.
Founder, STRLCS · In this industry since the year 2000
Public speaker on the future of property management. Advisor to AI companies in the STR space. Your report is written using the compliance framework Brinn has built since navigating short-term rental legislation across five countries — starting in the year 2000.
Not ready to buy? No problem.
Speak to a Property Compliance Advisor first.
Message a STRLCS Property Compliance Advisor on WhatsApp and ask anything — what’s in the report, whether it applies to your property type, how the delivery process works. We’ll answer honestly. If we don’t know something, we’ll tell you — and come back with the answer once our team responds. No sales pitch. Just answers.
Cape Town begins moving identified STRs to commercial rates on 1 July 2027.
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R1,499 for a personalised compliance dossier — delivered to your inbox within 14 days. What you do with it is up to you.
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