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Are you allowed to have a garage sale at home?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 11 October 2016 - 10:01

Hi all

I just wanted to ask if anyone was aware of any rules or regulations that prevent or inhibit you holding a garage sale in your own private garage. Are there any restrictions around what signs you can put up, the time of day as our villa's garage opens to a public road, not in a compound/ gated community.

If anyone has previously had a garage sale or knows of anywhere I can get further information, I'd love to hear from you.

I just want to ensure I'm not braking any laws!
Thank you

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 11 October 2016 - 22:57
Thank you Gorobattie. That's a huge help and a relief. Looking to only sell clothes, house hold items, toys etc. so should be fine.
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 11 October 2016 - 17:45
Selling your own personal effects are the only thing you can sell from home or car without obtaining a permit from anyone. This is something I know for sure after I did ask police about it specifically as I was going to buy a second hand laptop Again the police told me when it come to laptops, computers, smartphones, tablets or iPads these are a gray area: which leave the buyer literally exposed, and the law didn't have exact way how to regulate selling these items with protection to the buyer... Furniture, clothes and toys and all that sort are sold as second hand personal effects. Stand alone villa or compound villa, car boot or appartment, no need to obtain the permit
 
 

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