Property Maintenance Businesses for sale in South Africa

List every service offered, including electrical, gas, plumbing, roofing and building work. Verify required registrations, scopes and responsible individuals, and identify revenue that cannot continue if one registered employee or subcontractor leaves.

Review assignment, change-of-control, renewal, termination, response-time and penalty terms. Obtain customer or managing-agent consent where required and discount contracts awarded informally, expiring soon or dependent on the seller's personal relationships.

Assess whether Section 197 applies because the operation transfers as a going concern. Review employment terms, wages, leave, UIF, PAYE, benefits, disciplinary matters and allocation to contracts before agreeing which employee liabilities pass to you.

Match work orders and job cards to invoices and bank receipts. Calculate margin by customer and service after labour, travel, materials, call-backs and subcontractors, then separate recurring contracts from reactive and once-off project revenue.

Inspect every vehicle, machine and tool against ownership, finance, serial numbers and maintenance records. Count usable materials by location and exclude customer-owned, hired, obsolete or personal items from the assets included in the purchase price.

Review complaints, unfinished jobs, call-backs, warranties, property damage, injuries and insurance claims. Identify work lacking required certificates and allocate responsibility for defects arising from services completed before ownership changes, including any continuing guarantees.