ZL Contracting: Home and equipment left damaged and projects unfinished

A 2-day job turned into a 4 week+ nightmare. We believe the contractor purposefully mislead us and under-quoted to get the job (but not by much). We paid 70% deposit and R500 in advance. In the end we were extorted for money and paid him in full on day 7. He walked out on the job on day 9 when we disagreed on 33% extra he wanted us to pay for extra costs incurred due to his teams mistakes and poor project planning. Every day brought new problems, shortcuts, lies and excuses. Our engineer had to consult with him early on to explain to him that what he is doing is improper building practice as he is unapproachable and our concerns and advice was being dismissed. He has in actual fact never worked with his team before, and is rarely on site to supervise and inspect the work. The team are not s****ed in the services he is advertising (in our case: painting, cladding, waterproofing and tiling). They also buy at expensive vendors and do not receive any discounts (his adverti*****ts are thus false). Parts of our home and equipment they borrowed from us was left damaged and extremely dirty. No rubble was ever removed. The projects remain unfinished. Worst service we have ever received from a building contractor. https://www.cylex.net.za/compa…/zl-contracting-19105479.html https://www.yellowpages.co.za/business/16969981_2