Examples of cottages
Age
The minimum age for an occupier is 60 years of age.
If there are more than one occupant at least one needs to be older than 60 years of age.
Partners:
Partners are allowed as long as both sign the agreement.
Children:
No children are allowed to stay with their parents/parent on a permanent basis.
How many parks are there?:
Rynpark is made up of 7 parks in total.
Rynparks 2 through to Rynparks 7 are liferights only. (Phone 011 747 7000 / 7675)
Waiting list for a small one-bedroom unit for a couple, or a bachelor flat for a single person.
Waiting list for a small one-bedroom unit for a couple, or a bachelor flat for a single person. The rent is calculated as a percentage of the person’s income.
Then we have Assisted Living. Assisted Living is a single room with communal bathrooms and the starting price for Assisted Living is R12 600 per month. Included in the fee: Management of medication, 24hrs nursing care, Supervision Activities of Daily Living, 3 balanced meals, laundry, and cleaning services. Please note that the applicant must be mobile to be accommodated in the department. Approval is subject to a medical report, completed by the applicants Medical Practitioner.
Liferights – what are liferights?
- It is designed specifically for seniors (from age 60) and guaranteeing a safe and secure home for life. A Life Right’s primary objective is to offer a stress-free retirement lifestyle, without burdensome responsibilities.
The Association (Rynpark Association for the Aged) continues to own the physical asset, so they carry the costs and the responsibility for upkeep, maintenance, security, gardens, healthcare, etc.
In South Africa, the Life Rights scheme has been officially recognized by the Housing Development Schemes for Retired Persons Act 65 of 1988 and is therefore legally clearly regulated.
Advantages:
- No bond registration fees, no transfer duties and no VAT payable.
- No rates and taxes need to be paid every month.
- A life-right holder may, with permission and to a certain extent, upgrade the home’s interior at their own expense.
- You only need to insure your household contents.
- You are assured of professional management of the Association’s daily operations.
- Affordable monthly levies are fixed and set annually.
Possible disadvantages:
- When the Life Right terminates, through death or other circumstances, the unit reverts back to the Association who is then entitled to resell it.
- Strict rules on occupancy: Only the life right-owner/s or nominated occupant may live in the purchased unit.
- It is important to keep in mind that the life rights transactions are exclusively cash-based and cannot be financed.
- No pets allowed.
The monthly levy covers the following:
- Building insurance (excluding household contents)
- Security / armed response
- Maintenance to the common property and maintenance to your unit (on-site maintenance team)
- All gardening (mowing of gardens, removal of garden trimmings)
- On-site management team
- 24/7 medical response
- Health Care Services (on-site clinic sisters and caregivers)
- Use of the gym, libraries, etc.
- Social and wellness programme
Additional charges to levy account:
- Electricity usage
- Water
- Sewerage
- Refuse
- Telephone
Optional Extras:
- Wifi / Fibre
- DSTV
- External Calls
- Meal Delivery
For more information regarding Liferights please see our Liferights page. Please click here.
Please complete the following forms:
- Application for Accommodation to the Life Right Scheme.
Download form here. - Medical report in respect of Rynpark Liferight agreement.
Download form here.
Frailcare:
There are 2 Frail Cares:
Rynpark 4 – Snyman Home
Rynpark 6 – Harmony Home
Sequence of purchase
- Contact the Sales Consultant on 011 747 7000 or 082 331 3199 and make an appointment to view Rynpark and get a sense of the available units and the various Parks.
- Put your name on the relevant Waiting List (one-bedroom or two- / three-bedrooms) by filling out the form (LRS-010) and paying the said (R150.00 for 2024) fee. This is an annual fee, due every year by the end of March.
- When interested in a specific unit, make sure you have the required capital as you only have 30 days from signing the contract to pay the purchase price in full.
- Prior to signing the contract, you will need to consult with your Medical Practitioner to complete the medical form (RYN-AD-217A). This form needs to be handed back or emailed to the Sales Consultant for approval by the Nursing Service Manager. Should there be 2 parties, both need to complete a separate form.
- After approval the Sales Consultant will contact the buyer to come in and sign the contract. The buyer needs to pay a 5 % deposit to secure the unit and then has 30 days to pay the balance of the purchase price.
- Thereafter the buyer, sales consultant and contractor will meet at the unit to discuss and obtain quotations for upgrading (changes to be made to) the unit.
Size of cottages
One bedroom with carport
55 square meter – 75 square meters
One bedroom with garage up to 75 square meters
Two bedrooms at Rynpark 2 –101-123 square meters
Two bedrooms at Rynpark 3 – 108-123 square meters
Two bedrooms at Rynpark 4 – 111 to 123 square meters
Two bedrooms at Rynpark 5 – 116 to 138 square meters
Two bedrooms at Rynpark 6 – 139 to 187 square meters
Two bedrooms at Rynpark 7 – 118 to 187 square meters
Approximate price of cottages
As the price of cottages varies so much from cottage to cottage the prices below are just a very broad indication of the prices. The only way to get an accurate price is to visit the estate and get a specific price on a specific cottage.
One bedroom with carport – R550 000 to R590 000
One bedroom with garage – R670 000 to R760 000
Two bedroom with garage – R860 000 to R1 350 000
Three bedroom – R1 600 000 to R2 000 000
Sequence of purchase
If possible visit Rynpark and get a sense of the units and the various parks.
Get a sense of the cost of the unit that you will be looking for.
Make sure that you have the required capital.
If no units are available fill out an application form to add your name to the waiting list.
Click on here for a pdf of the waiting list
Send proof of payment after making the deposit.
You will be contacted when a unit is available.
Make an appointment to view it.
Once you have selected a unit and you are ready to go ahead with the purchase then you will be required do a medical with your own GP prior to signing the contract.
Click here for Medical forms:
Each member must submit a separate form filled out by their own GP. This can be emailed to Rynpark. lillian@rynpark.co.za.
After signing the contract you will be required to make a 5% deposit. The balance will be required in 30 days.
Pets
The policy as regards pets at the present moment is a no pets allowed policy. We are very proud of our wildlife and our immaculate free flowing gardens without fences.