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21 reviews1 month ago
ABSA BANK VIOLATES HOUSING CONSUMER RIGHTS! *****S PROPERTY!
In 2006 I was bonded a unit Ashwood Park, Parklands, Cape Town. I had at the time also looked at a property in Claremont today likely valued at around 3-4 million. They were required by law, as per the HOUSING CONSUMERS PROTECTION MEASURES ACT 95 OF 1998, to have checked that the building was enrolled. Bonding a unit at an unenrolled unit - as per section 18 of the act to an unsuspecting home buyer (myself a young single mother at the time), or participating in bonding such a unit knowing it is unenrolled is as per the act a ******** offense - and what has come to pass is the reason it is a ******** act. I have never lived here. It was a nest egg for my daughter and small income. Everything was fine - although I noted the property value was not going up. Neither did the rent. At this time my tenant brought my attention to rising damp. This does not occur above ground except where building integrity is compromised. Over 10 experts were called in - the electrician found the violations - following the damp along the electric wiring in the walls inside the apartment - to outside the boundaries of my unit to what we have since found out are *******ly installed fire hydrants. Inside these hydrants we found the slabs and rebar which keeps the building together, had been sliced, which is *******. The holes had been left exposed - unsealed. Inside the fire hydrants you could throw a child from the top floor to the bottom, and there was a crack from the bottom to the top floor. There was 60 000 v main line cabling to which any neighbour could *******ly hook up and my kitchen was connected directly to this. Electricity and water flowed freely into the apartment walls - unsealed! The electrician told me if someone shocks, despite the source being on common property, I can be held liable. The experts I called in to fix the interior I was allowed to fix (my property refused to do any work - stating that as the issue arises outside my boundary, any work they do would be null and void and they would be held liable. This made the apartment untenable. The rising damp making it unfit even for storage. At this point I held the view that the managing agent, on whose property the violations were found had been negligent in their maintenance duties. I approached them for resolution and to fix the flat. They refused. The droughts had also impacted my income from my small business and with a young child and no money for lawyers and less the rental income I stopped paying them. They decided to take me to court and I came with evidence. The lawyers twice **** to the magistrate. Stating they would settle out of court, both times. Both times, instead, they would pretend to work with me for 6 months and then swapped lawyers. The flat stayed empty. No water - no electricity - the damage continued to get worse. I was getting no joy with the managing agent - so I thought let me get the bank involved. I stopped paying them. I had no money for lawyers. Instead of taking me to court they just started listing against me. What bank doesn't take you to court if you don't pay them? A guilty one with parties working for them who don't want ******** records - or 138 owners at these premises finding out what I was about to... Then I went to the CSOS, the issue was arising on common property - who I now have a recording of a meeting making promises stating they demanded the managing agent to get in a constructional engineer to give an assessment - instead - they then all - both the managing agent and the CSOS avoided me and swept me under the rug. Its important to not that the fire Marshall was also called and did an "inspection"installing the flimsy metal sheets at intervals over the 60k wiring - not addressing the hire hazard and I received an indirect death threat if I keep pushing - because if they process mine, there could be another 138 claimants with claims ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions each. I have also since seen the common plans they consistently refused to give me a copy of but let me review - (which I would need even if I had money for lawyers to take to court - although the video footage speaks for itself) - which show NO FIRE HYDRANTS --- I was at such a loss. Then I discovered the building was unenrolled. Confirmed by the NHBRC! This mean alll of this hell, this nightmare I have been through I have only been through because ABSA ********ly granted me the bond. If they had performed their statutory duty I would not have gone through any of this! I have been embarrassed financially, in the government Gazette, had most rights enshrined through FICA violated, business damaged, family damaged, through an inability to obtain credit, been in other situations I could not get help with because of the financial prison ABSA trapped me in, who have kept me there in order avoid accountability for their ******** actions, have colluded with the managing agent of this premises unable to rent, sell (as it would be as much a ******** act - and if I tried to sell without divulging the discovered damage could be held liable for in perpetuity), 10 to 15 million in: 1. Unrealised increase in value of property( I had looked at a property in claremont at the same time - now valued at around 3-4 million - when this one has moved 100k in 20 years) 2. Going on 11 years of rent (unoccupied since 2015) 3. Increased value of the rent never realised since 2006 to 2015. 4. Multiple damages for violations of various acts including but not limited to FICA and HCPMA 95. 5. Damages against my credit record and what that’s done to my life. I don’t have millions for lawyers so I am caught in their little trap. NHBRC, CSOS and City of Cape Town are complicit - participating in hiding ABSA's ******** actions. I was promised response by their representative Russel Edwards- who is the same person that has been promising response for years without actual feedback or offer to settle. When a 2 weeks ago I get a message from him that ABSA sold my unit in 2024, without my knowledge and with no funding returned to me - how? They have been messaging every day with some nonsense about their home loans dept investigating. I have had regular calls from agent wanting to get me to sell since 2024, so I don't believe this. I just now, today received an email with them claiming to have only one copy of the deed and that it was burnt in 2009 - I still have all the paperwork - not my problem and not the settlement or set of answers needed to address everything I have had to endure - their ******* sale of the property - or the names of the persons involved who are guilty of ******** offenses from ABSA if it was sold. Video 1: 1. Video footage from the fire hydrant box below my floor and apartment showing crack which has developed due to the holes in slabs with exposed rebar: https://tinyurl.com/2ddmampc Video 2: Video of the fire hydrant on my wall, outside my apartment with footage of cavities, ******* wiring_plumbing and ******* hole site under and above with fire hydrant: https://tinyurl.com/mp6nc533 Video 3: Video of the fire hydrant on my wall, outside my apartment with footage of cavities, ******* wiring_plumbing and ******* hole site under and above with fire hydrant: https://tinyurl.com/umd668tp Video 4: Video showing hollowing of wall behind tiling along electric lines coming from the fire hydrant site due to water damage from the site and damp slabs: https://tinyurl.com/8p2kwyhh Video 5: Video showing damage coming along the cabling through the wall for the fire hydrant site: https://tinyurl.com/4zbzvbcz These ********s damaged me for 11 years - and now think that they hold no responsibility?! All know - so bank, lawyers and the managing agents at these premises, are now guilty of crimes in terms of as per section 21 of the HOUSING CONSUMERS PROTECTION MEASURES ACT 95 OF 1998- if it is sold it does not absolve ABSA of their liability for the damages I have endured which I should never have gone through had they done their legislated checks before bonding! You can review the communications here: https://tinyurl.com/yx5mftz2 I have asked again and again - give me the names - give proof of this communication - even if they conjure some or other communication it does not absolve the damages done to me!!!!! Look at his dismissive comments in the most recent communication. ABSA ARE ******!
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2 months ago
Be warned ABSA HOME LOANS operating ********LY and ruin your LIFE!
A word of warning to younger home buyers and the residents at these premises- This relates to the premises called Ashwood Park, Parklands, Cape Town. It is a ******** offense to bond or participate in bonding these units to unsuspecting home buyers - especially young single mothers (as I was) and vulnerable who don’t want their financial reputations obliterated by the ******** actions of the bank! Guys, do not trust the bank to have done their required mandated explicitly required duty to check that a unit is enrolled before bonding to you. The NHBRCSA, CSOS and City of Cape Town will as they have in this case, all hide their crime, if they don’t - and you will be left with your financial reputation in tatters to hide their ******** actions Guys please - demand the common property map and the written signed statement from the required constructional engineer that the common map matches what is on the grounds! Here is a hard earned lesson as to why. In 2006 @Absa South Africa bonded me a unit at an unenrolled building(I did not know it was unenrolled and they are required by law (as per the HCPMA 95; to be the checking party) - as per section 18 of the HOUSING CONSUMERS PROTECTION MEASURES ACT 95 OF 1998, this was a ******** offense. The managing agents are also ********ly guilty - unless they want to say they never did their job to maintain - if they did, there would be reports with NHBRC; there aren’t - and so they are also guilty of a crime as per section 21 of the same act or CSOS violations - its ******** for exactly the reason that has happened at this unit. Fire hydrants were installed as afterthoughts on common property, they aren’t on the plans at the municipality - I went to look - municipality won’t provide a copy - and the managing agent won’t sign the access to the common plans as it makes them ********ly liable - these idiots cut through the slab & rebar and left it all unsealed, the building integrity is compromised as any constructional engineer can confirm - signaled by the “rising damp” on a 2nd floor - water runs unsealed along electric lines into units & there is over 60k live wiring running with water - it’s a death trap. I have never lived here. It was a nest egg for my daughter and small income- I brought as a young single mother. In 2015 the electrician found the violations-following the damp along the electric wiring in the walls inside the apartment following complaints from my tenant - to outside the boundaries of my unit to the *******ly installed fire hydrants, despite being outside the boundary of my unit, he told me if someone shocks I can be held liable. Making it unsellable, unfixable or tentantable, the droughts effected my business at the same time. The apartment at this point had no water to it since 2015, multiple experts have refused to work inside saying the damage will reoccur as it arises outside the premises borders on common property yet CSOS has swept it under the rug despite clear jurisdiction, and I have personally been to the municipality to see the common plans and there are no fire hydrants on the maps though they refuse to give me the common property plans which I need for court and the only other way to get them is through the common property agents who are complicit and don't want to be caught in not only non performance of their duties (else where are their maintenance reports reporting the irregularities on the common property) and ergo as mentioned earlier are also guilty of a crime (Section 21 of the HCPMA 95 of 1998) and have confirmation in writing from the NHBRC that the building is unenrolled. So all are participating instead of acting to protect citizens. I stopped paying in order to get in front of magistrate after having no luck with the managing agents for months - the managing agent **** to the magistrate, twice; promising to resolve but then just swapping attorneys and; so then I stopped paying the bank and instead of going to court - the bank has never done anything but list against my credit record. In the meantime I received a death threat - because if they process mine, there could be another 138 claimants with claims ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions each -possibly more - Personally I’m out of pocket around 10 to 15 million in: 1. Unrealised increase in value of property( I had looked at a property in claremont at the same time - now valued at around 3-4 million - when this one has moved 100k in 20 years) 2. Going on 11 years of rent (unoccupied since 2015) 3. Increased value of the rent never realised. 4. Multiple damages for violations of various acts. 5. Damages against my credit record and what that’s done to my life. I don’t have millions for lawyers so caught in their little trap. NHBRC, CSOS and City of Cape Town are complicit - participating in hiding. I in the meantime remain a financial hostage to the situation and they intend to keep me there in order to prevent me from accessing the legal resources to hold them to account! I have no other debt and yet cannot get credit impacting every area of my life ontop of the huge debt due to me in unrealised income and asset value. View the video footage here: https://tinyurl.com/ymf9dxfx
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3 months ago
Boa seapoint, highly recommended for Royal foot pedi and gel
Wonderful experience yesterday. Thanks for excellent service with a smile. Loved the Royal foot treatment! Very happy with the quality of work.
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3 months ago
Mind Wellness Spa, Seapoint cheating clients with bad deals,
I purchased a supposed foot pamper voucher from Mind Wellness Spa, Sea Point, for a "full pedi and gel", to be used on my birthday. I specifically messaged the supplier to check that this is what I was buying. They claimed the value was R 400 - sounds about right for a pedi and gel. The morning of my birthday (yesterday) came along and they tell me it only includes gel.. not the advertised full pedicure. R 400 for gel, no pedi, after I specifically asked does it include pedi before purchase? This supplier made no attempt to fix it despite me saying that they have almost ruined my birthday plans! I found a full pedi with gel and had a wonderful experience despite last minute booking (the Royal treatment) at BOA instead (they have received a 5 star review from me) (just R 280)
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3 months ago
Harry's Beach Restuarant, Campsbay is a gem!
I was so grateful to find a spot very last minute for a quiet birthday celebration with a few friends. Harry’s hostess was friendly from first contact telephonically to enquire about a possible reservation, to insuring we had a front row seat for sunset. Location:You’d be hard pressed to find that sunset anywhere but on the beach front in Campsbay and it did not disappoint. The atmosphere was vibey. The menu and wine list offered a wonderful array of options. The waiter was attentive, The manageress regularly checked in and made sure we were taken care of. While there was a bit of a wait for the food once ordered. It was absolutely worth it when it arrived. I ordered the Kingklip which was sublime - buttery, melt in your mouth perfection- perfectly cooked, not over not under - just right. I highly recommend their line fish, and my friends enjoyed the sushi (the salmon roses were in particular, a hit) . I was also pleasantly surprised at the end of dinner with a complementary crème brûlée which happens to be my favourite dessert. Will frequent again- all in all a wonderful first visit. Thank you.
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3 months ago
Wikideals - Stop embellishing suppliers offers and STOP promoting Suppliers damaging clients using **** products!
I used Wikideals a few months ago for the first time and the purchase of a deal from which was something like a R 100 difference on the suppliers (Sheek Hair) full treatment price. What I got was the most awful treatment from the staff, damaged hair and evidence that the supplier is using **** products! After months of battling I finally got a refund from Wiki (Sheek Hair), but they would not give the address for service to this company as I wanted to report them to the ombud and potentially send a letter of demand for further damages. That being said, should I now judge every supplier on Wikideals by this experience? I thought I would give it another go - I was so so wrong. Wikideals say they are selling you one thing and then they try deliver another - I purchased a supposed foot pamper voucher with them from Mind Wellness Spa, Sea Point for a full pedi and gel, to be used on my birthday. I specifically messaged the supplier to check that this is what I was buying. They claimed the value was R 400. The morning of my birthday (yesterday) came along and they tell me it only includes gel.. no advertised pedicure. R 400 for gel, no pedi, after I specifically asked does it include pedi before purchase? This supplier made no attempt to fix it despite me saying that they have almost ruined my birthday plans! I found a full pedi with gel and had a wonderful experience despite last minute booking (the Royal treatment) at BOA instead (they have received a 5 star review from me) (just R 280) I sent an email 5 times already to Wikideals to request a refund without reply. I have been on hold on their phone line over 20 minutes right now and they don't answer - they just keep you on hold for 3-5 minutes and then put the phone down. I also just saw they are still even promoting the services of Sheek Hair! Have unsubscribed and now I am writing it down to Wikideals makes bad deals and promises based on this second experience. Fool me twice and all that. Tried and tested - this is truly awful every time.
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6 months ago
Ladies, watch out for - Sheek Hair provides **** Products with Attitude
Ladies watch out for Sheek Hair South Africa - Especially Cape Town, Tokai - these people are either using **** products or they don’t have a clue what they are doing when it comes to application. I visited them 5 times to just get 1 treatment done- it has failed- and they are refusing to refund me. The treatment was supposed to straighten my hair, instead there is damage to my hair and it’s more frizzy than when I first went to them. A complete waste of time and resources and the attitude when you go to fix is astounding. That, more than even the damage has inspired this post. In my case they told me the first time that they put the wrong treatment on (not what I ordered), then told me the next time the problem was the stylist - she was leaving them at the time and told me they are using **** products. They said, no it is her fault, and said I must come again. I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I waited a month to give the hair time to heal. I went in again for step 1 and 2 using a product called Cadiveu Brasil, Brasil Cacau, either it is a horrific product, or they are using **** products as I was previously told. I came back to a new stylist. She said I must leave it on for several days and return. I had a meeting coming up I was actually in Cape Town for. The stylist said as I needed to come before the meeting which was on a Tuesday, and that she would come in specially on the Monday to apply the treatment that was supposed to be step 3 of the process. I rocked up at the arranged time and no one was at the salon. I said they must make a plan. I couldn’t remove it myself and not treat or the issue would likely reoccur. I made complaints. They finally contacted me and said they sorted it out. I met them again at 4pm Monday (they are normally closed)… this stylist proceeded to have an attitude all the way through the session, she did not redo the heating as she should have before washing off to treat. She left the treatment on for 5 mins not 20. Barely blow dried it - after I asked her to do so, but only after tipping her … The salon had not told me the new stylist isn’t getting paid..she only told me after she had messed it up - or the product used is ****... I ended up tipping her a lot because I felt bad for her .. even with the attitude she had which I only found out at the end was because she wasn’t getting paid. The treatment itself has entirely failed. It looks worse than it did before if I don't blow and dry. I messaged them to demand my money back - a full refund won’t cover the damage or my time or my, over R 1000 + in Ubers, getting there and back, or my tips, or costs on products to mend the damage!- they first tried to offer me 50% which I do not accept, and now are not responding. I want my money back so I can go somewhere that actually does a proper treatment.
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9 months ago
StoreSMART - May not be a "Smart" idea.
Earlier this week I visited multiple storage facilities wanting to move storage. I found 2 that were 18m ˆ2 which was the space I needed and on budget. Then I made the terrible decision to visit StoreSMART in Wynberg, Cape Town. They told me they do not have a 18ˆ2 M but a much larger one - obviously at a much higher rate - I told them I don't need that much space and we bargained. The next morning Blessed who is their manager messaged me and told me that they will give me the unit for 6 months or till an 18ˆ2 M opens up at a discounted rate which was half way between my budget and theirs. This is in writing. I told him I accept and was overjoyed. I had the paperwork and there were several issues that weren't covered in the paperwork such as occupation date and first month amount to be paid and confusion as to where to put these items. The feedback became slow. I did my best and completed as far as possible adding this info. In the meantime I had given notice at the previous store, had turned down the other options. This morning having submitted last night - and there were no banking details for the deposit else that would have been paid last night already - he messages me - tells me he gave my unit to someone else - trying to offer me a 12 Mˆ2 - !? Offer me a 2 12's at the same price then! - this is just greedy and dishonest! - We had a deal and now I am "storage" homeless and I literally don't have anywhere else to go and am out of time to find a decent replacement which may cost me double moving fees too now! Shame on this company!
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10 months ago
WiseMove.co.za May not be a wise choice...
I contacted wise move with regards to getting some items from Joburg to Cape Town. They referred 3 companies - and the companies all looked legit. Skonza logistics: Company Reg: K2016223832; claims to offer R 100 000 + cover and there are 100+ "good ratings" though now I wonder - are the ratings on this website ****? This guy (Siyabonga Mado) is literally *****ing my things or threatening too! When he came with the original items - my sister met him. He was there for 2 minutes and drove off. Then called me and said that to come back he wants me to pay him more money which is basically *********. Then I messaged "WiseMove" with a photo of his vehicle license plate - taken by the man who my things in Joburg were with who literally owns a security company that installs cameras to take license plates and identify persons entering areas as well as other forms of security tech. Then he blocked our messages on WhatsApp.. . and was literally going to send this out on security groups in Joburg when he turned around called my sister and brought back the things realising we have his license all while claiming that I was over-reacting. Then he started the chat on iMessages ... Look at this message history: https://tinyurl.com/2f4fx6cp When I got to check the items, I noted he did not drop off the legs of my basket holder.. Which he apologised for… I also found they also had missed the clear box of things- I did not blame him for this at all.. but he did have the list of things he should have been collecting - and I wondered why he didn’t check - I don’t know. As you can see at this point I thought he was being nice to make up for forgetting to give me my basket legs and being back in Jozi he said he will bring the box if my friend from whom he collected the things would bring it to him, which he did. Now he says he was being nice and fetched them but that is not true - Rudy dropped them off. I was under the impression he was making up for the preceding behaviour -apparently I’m wrong based on his messages this yesterday and he is out to ***** my items. The week before last, he said he would drop on Friday - he didn’t. Then I asked if he is coming yesterday (saturday - as he indicates in the above linked convo) - he said no he will come when he can. I said that’s fine, just bring it as soon as possible - after which he became unnecessarily rude now and is holding my items! - after putting me through all this drama - he is now telling me he will drop my legs but not my box which has thousands of rands of goods in it This is unacceptable and unprofessional behaviour. He literally says I must lay charges and this is the sort of people, WiseMove approves on their system?
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15 months ago
Xneelo is out to milk you and they will destroy your business doing it
These people are ****s - they say one thing and do another - used over 100 hours of my time, seemingly happily guiding -to follow their methods to separate mail on a site that is actually on a redirect so its not even up, - wasting my time on 3 different methods - on one hand saying they are helping - but their actions - stressing me out over and over - they had said in November that I wouldn't pay in order to keep the multitude of accounts I have - now instead - they held my biggest account hostage and its been happening all the time - confirmed to have lost me a contract - and leaving my team and clients confused! And after being down for business for Covid! Trying to stand back up only to be abused by the people I am paying to support me! How do you say - "you won't pay more" - then take me through all these time wasters - only to give me the instruction to get an external person and 1 working day after getting that instruction (Friday) - backtracks on last week Tuesday's (4 working days ago's arrangement) - (Today - Monday) charging me more than than hosting costs for the whole year! They also had my sites down on and off a total of around 5 - 10 days per month since moving to them with no notice to me - because from week to week the next person wouldn't know about the last This was the most frustrating experience! I would have to continuously on this site - they also send invoice totals only - no invoices - you have to go to somewhere on your account to see these and with multiple accounts there doesn't seem to be one place to easily access across accounts - So that is all an independant issue - to the new one arising from the old - and this - this, actually contravenes FICA ACT - and CPA - bear with me, so, because I "owed" them for the hosting of 3 other domains (a small amount), they again shut down the largest unrelated domain, and held it hostage! Not the ones related to the billed accounts - not even my main account - but the largest - Now they are saying they will shut it down again on 24 March if I don't pay for what was essentially their own bad guidance and back tracking on what was part of the original deal with them. They really don't care at all about their clients - superficially sure - but actual action - expect to have your most precious resources wasted and then charged for the privilege.
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