Attrocious Workmanship Delivered

On 15 September Mr Sydwell Mfamekiso of Cape High Construction furnished me with quotes to do small renovations to my late mother's property. I am not happy with the service delivered by him. I have been left feeling angry and very disappointed by the quality of the workmanship. The work to the property has not been completed timeously as per our agreement and the time allocated on the quotation.

On more than one ocassion he failed to work on the days which he undertook to work with no notification. I have also witnessed him disappear at times to attend to another project leaving one person to work in the apartment. His worker informed me that most of his workforce was allocated for this project in Kenilworth and that many a time was left to do most of the work himself.

I have also witnessed Mr Mfamekiso leave my project in the morning with the excuse of disposing waste either not to return or returning in the late afternoon. When I contacted him on the second ocassion asking when he would return to resume the work it was met by a very defiant, aggressive attitude. It became very apparent in this interaction that the roles had become reversed and that he was the client doing me a favour and that I was the service provider.

On Monday the 21st he requested extra payment from me, as I am new to this and did not question it I made the mistake of settling my payment with him under the impression he would complete the job the following day as discussed in our WhatsApp chat. To my horror he did not come in as promised, felt no need to communicate this with me and was unreachable for most of the day. He returned the following day following many messages with no apology nor remorse for his actions. He assured me the flat would be completed the Thursday, once again he disappeared for most of the day and did not pitch the Thursday as promised.

On Saturday he pulled out all the stops in the attempt to finish the flat, once again he seemed to have great challenges commiting to his word and was unable to complete. He informed me the flat was done until I received pictures from an overseer of the shoddy, incomplete work he did.

Too be quite honest my interaction with Mr Mfamekiso from the midway of this business transaction has been a complete nightmare. Integrity and honesty cannot be matched with this business nor diplomacy from the client to try and get the work completed

As he was paid in full, he has left me with no other option but to lodge a complaint with Bark. Due to his nonchalant attitude regarding completing the job, I have had to incur additional costs by getting someone else to rectify his bad workmanship in order for the job to be completed in order to secure a rental the property. It's unfortunate that Mr Mfamekiso doesn't realise that with the work industry he's in, he cannot afford to deliver bad workmanship and be unreliable