IAN VAN DER RIET/KSA BUILDERS

<p>Never ever use Ian van der Riet /KSA Builders to do any work for you.</p> <p> </p> <p>I am quiet new in the Western Cape and so I looked on the internet and local newspapers for builders to do a renovation comprising of an additional sunroom of 4 x 5 meters, changing some windows and breaking down a boundary wall and building a new one.</p> <p>Several builders quoted and I selected an upper quartile quote from Ian van der Riet, owner of KSA Builders, who did a few site visits and seemed very helpful and enthuiastic.</p> <p> </p> <p>Van der Riet gave me a quote, a schedule and a list of progress payments. I placed the order in June 2016 and paid the deposit which was 50% of the total job cost. The order of magnitude total cost was R 170 000.00.</p> <p>The work started on 7th July and should have been fully completed by about the 20th September 2016.</p> <p>The work started with some enthuiasm and the 2nd progress payment of about 20% of total job cost was made. Shortly after this Van der Riet called me for a meeting and told me he lost a lot of money on another job and he did and did not have money to carry on. He told me he has ordered and paid the deposit for my aluminium and stacker doors as well as the indoor braai, the floor tiles, light fittings etc. Vander Riet said he could not continue unless I gave him some money or bought the materials. I opted for the latter option and progress was made but in drips and drabs, with nothing happening on most days.</p> <p>Van der Riet was never on site to supervise the work even though he promised this would be the case and this was one of my requiremensts before he got the job.</p> <p>When we eventually got to the stage of installing the aluminium doors, the braai and the floor tiles, I discovered these items were never ordered and no payments had to be made.</p> <p>Repeated attempts to ask Ian van der Riet to complete the work failed and he eventually failed stopped coming to site.</p> <p>Van der Riet's repeated promised and commitments all failed. He is a liar and is very dishonest.</p> <p>I eventually had to get the work completed myself and suffered damages of about R 75 000.00 and the job was only finally completed late in November 2016 ie it took double the amout of time resulting in a job of R 170 000.00 costing me about R 240 000.00, with lost of stress and worry.</p> <p>Ian Van der Riet / KSA Builders are fraudsters and thieves and criminals should not be doing work for any society and they should be behind bars.</p> <p>The case has been taken to the SAPS and a Lawyer who will now take the appropriate action.</p> <p>Never, ever give Ian van der Riet of KSA Builders any work and never ever buy anything from him. He is a crook that should be prevented for doing work anywhere.</p> <p> </p>