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Nthabiseng M

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2017

12 Sept 2017, 12:33

MALADMINISTRATION

28/01/2017 took occupation at Impilo was advised that i will receive a copy of my contract in 30 days of occupation that never happened, within 4 months in my 1 bedroom apartment i requested an upgrade to a 2 bedroom unit which i had to pay R 450.00 admin fee then upon approval had to pay R 10 535. 26 within a week received letter of demand for R 7 878. 88 that was the start of all my troubles. i have been fighting with their staff since then to a point that one afternoon i received a call from my son telling me my electricity had been cut off due to none payment which was not the case. I took it upon myself to visit the office yet again only to be told that one of the accounts i was sent it was an error, one account cited i was in credit for about +-R 3500 in a space of 5 days i received another account saying i owed +-R 2 400. I had spoken to one of the supervisors who then requested my electricity be put back on unfortunately i still had to pay the said owed amount. In July I received an account requesting R7 800. 00 for rental and as I tried to make arrangements with AFCHO it was denied eventually I paid the amount. During this time I was in conversations with one of the supervisors/manager Tammlynn Mattroos both telephonicaly as well as via email. I made mention that I was dissatisfied with their service and I am considering cancelling my contract with then, she then advised that I shouldnt move out in the middle of the month but I can however sign cancellation of lease on the 1st of the new month and serve my 30 days notice which will enable me getting my refund within 7 working days after I moved out provided the unit is intact. I did as advised by the manger and moved out on the 31/08/2017 surprisingly on the 11/09/2017 called their call centre Brain the agent then said to me I automatically forfeited my refund because i was supposed to have moved out end of May 2018. I have since sent an email to the said manage Tammlynn Mattroos my matter is still not resolved instead she is now passing the bug saying she has to consult with management. My desired outcome is to get my deposit refund paid back to me.

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Replies (4)
Afhco Property Management
Afhco Property Management's reply12 Sept 2017, 15:45
Official

Dear Nthabiseng,

Thank you for bringing your query to our attention. We, at Afhco value your communication and take pride in attending to and resolving your query as speedily as possible.

Your query/request has been escalated to the relevant department for further investigation and we will contact you with feedback.

Should you need any further assistance or require any additional information, do not hesitate to contact us at *** or telephonically on ***.

Your reference number : 137735

Kind Regards

Best regards,

Afhco Property Management
Afhco Property Management's reply13 Sept 2017, 15:29
Official

Dear Nthabiseng,

After careful consideration and in view of your request to cancel the agreement before the end of the Initial Period (12 months period of the lease) thus breaching or not complying with the terms and conditions of your lease agreement; we are entitled over and above any rights in law to charge you a reasonable penalty.

As a reasonable penalty, we forfeit the entire deposit . We are also within our rights to charge a reasonable percentage on the remaining period of the contract (which always works out higher than a deposit) but we do not as we comply and always want to be as even-handed as possible.

Regards,

Best regards,

NM
Nthabiseng M's update13 Sept 2017, 16:35
Reviewer Update
It is so unfortunate that Afhco keeps referring to contracts signed by tenants and the breaching of this particular clause, is this why you never issue out the contract to the client? You refer to the law while the credit act clearly stipulates that you can not impose condition to a debtor without them knowing of such 'clause'. How do we know which clause is applicable to us or not when we do not have copies of signed contracts? This is **************** which now constitutes intervention from my attorney. Every other complaint to Afhco where monies needs to be paid back to customers/client the same response is given like the one above. I have never come across a big company like this with so many complaints of the same nature yet at no point is Afhco creating room for themselves to improve. Afhco's administration doesn't differ in any way or form from all the hijacked buildings administrations they operate the same with only 1 goal to achieve ripping of their customers, it is evident with the number of tenants canceling their contracts unfortunately for those that are only signing in have no idea what they about to throw themselves in.
NM
Nthabiseng M's update13 Sept 2017, 16:45
Reviewer Update
Money making **** with hold tenant deposit based on a clause in the contract that tenant was never given a copy to revise terms of agreement. Make current tenant give 30 days notice while advertising apartment. Secure replacement tenant who also gets charged a lump sum deposit. Previous tenant complaint rep**** by auto answer. That's how Afhco makes its money read complains in any other building under you administration in inner city same thing. Jabulani Mews tenants were happy and satisfied till change management to Afhco. Complaints range from the one on the ground (caretaker) all the way to call centre agents worst of management. What a disgrace for such a big company. It is even better to rent a backroom than deal with Afhco.