Kuisebmund house row

A SMALL house along Tunacor Street in Kuisebmund, Walvis Bay, is at the centre of a row between the man who said he bought it about seven years ago and the owner who has returned to re-claim the property.

Matheus Iiteta said he bought the house for N$40 000 and he even showed The Namibian a deed of sale signed by the previous owner, Albertina Toivo and some witnesses.

Iiteta alleged that Toivo contacted him on 1 September this year informing him that she had transferred the house into the name of her relative and that Iiteta should move out.

“She even said that she would pay back the money but I refused. This is my house,” said Iiteta.

A day later, Iiteta said, a property agent came to the house to inform him of the previous owner’s plans and that he should be out by the end of the month, despite the fact that he has a deed of sale which was allegedly signed by Toivo and some witnesses.

The agent to whom Iiteta referred The Namibian referred the query to Toivo after denying having been to Iiteta’s house.

“I don’t know how he got hold of my details,” the agent said.

A man who said his name was Frans Paulus answered Toivo’s phone said he could not give much information because the matter was being addressed by the lawyers. The man just said that there “outstanding money”

“He must just tell the truth,” Paulus said of Iiteta. “Let the matter take its legal course.”

The Namibian understands that although a deed of sale was concluded, the house was not yet transferred into Iiteta’s name. Asked why this was the case, Iiteta said that it was very expensive and that he was not in a financial position to do so until now.