Warning: Student Accommodation in Potchefstroom

Item: Campus Living Three
Rating: 1

My son rented accommodation in Campus Living 3 in Potch since Jan 2016 with a year contract. I want to warn parents to be very cautious to rent here. The staff (spesifically 1 lady) is VERY ******** towards students. With your 18 year old child, 6 hours away from home (even if it a son) you would think that they will provide him a "home away from home". NOT AT ALL: 1. My son's car was clamped after 1 night's parking on a friend's space, which he made arrangements with. (He drove 6 hours and arrived late that night). He could not leave for his part time work the next morning, saw the clamp was not even fitted properly and put in his boot, to make arrangements with office later. He was threatened with arrestation and treated like ******** - problem was solved after I had a fight with one of the owners. 2. His clothes were ****** from the washing line - expensive training clothes. He had to hang it in his very small room from then on. 3. Through out the cold Potch winter , there were days and even weeks where they had no hot water. His medical costs went through the roof. Complaints fell on deaf ears and he was at one stage instructed to "please call the plumber himself"! Student with R150 airtime per month? 4. On his arrival in his room one day, he found workers busy changing the door locks. Apparantly the room mate was behind with his account. No notice was given to any of the 4 students sharing. What if he arrived late at night at a door where his key does not fit? At the end it was a mistake on the lessee's part AND meat was missing out of their fridge. Room mate was not even in the wrong? 5. Drugs are used in the floor he lives on. 6. This resulting in noise at night - cannot study/sleep. One of the room mates went out to confront the noise - he was assulted badly. (blood on door, etc). Now, this room is targeted: doors kicked, banging on windows at night, etc. 7. My son could not study with current roommate for different reasons. 8. On our requests for another (single) room, they could not accommodate him. (He was willing to work more hours to afford the single room) 9. Reply on my written request to have my son's contract cancelled earlier (Aug 2016), with explaining some of the issues and offering to pay the contractual R2 000 cancellation fee and/or forfeit our deposit, I received an e-mail with the terms of early cancellation in the contract IN BOLD. My son now sleeps on a sofa at his friend's room most of the time, while we are paying full rent till end of the contract. PLEASE beware of this place - it is apparently already fully occupied for 2017. Probably with first years for 2017 not knowing what they are letting themselves into. They do not care about your child at all there at this place's "student office". I asked my son to report all this - his words: "what will it help?"

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