Stay far away from Africrest Properties!

I have had the unfortunate experience of dealing with the management team of one of Africrest's properties (The Atlas). I'm appalled by the level of incompetence displayed and lack of consideration for clients/tenants. I had app**** to rent one of their apartments and after paying the deposit and signing the lease I was told that the unit had been given to someone else. I was further advised that they had no more units available, so naturally, I asked that they return my deposit so I can look for an apartment elsewhere. Getting my deposit has been such a struggle, to the point where I sought legal advise. I eventually sent a letter of demand as a first step in an attempt to get my money back and at the time of writing this, the matter is still ongoing, however, I haven't received solid feedback from Africrest on a way forward and will be escalating the matter further until I get my deposit back. They have no justifiable reason for withholding my money and I challenge the company to respond here with a valid and legal reason for doing so. I feel sorry for all other tenants and clients of theirs who have to go through a similar experience to mine and highly recommend that you stay far away from this company and look for an apartment to rent elsewhere.