1 reviews | Active since Nov 2012
Just Property (Pty) Ltd - Killed Me.
Just Property (Pty) Ltd only cares about their own bottom line. You as a client mean absolutely nothing to this real estate agency. I was renting at the Lion Ridge complex located in Ridgeway, South of Johannesburg through Just Property rental agency. My contract was valid for one year, having started in March 2022. Unfortunately , the crime element in the Lion Ridge complex spiked tremendously with 3 cars having been ****** in the space of a single week, my vehicle having been the 3rd ****** car on June 18th 2022. More alarmingly was that Just Property did not notify any of the tenants of any of these particular car thefts having taken place on the premises, even though I appealed to them to do so, in order for the other tenants to not suffer the same fate as I did. I could not stay at the complex in question any longer, due to the ********* that were residing and *****ing cars from within the complex itself, hence I moved out to a more secure residence the following week on June 25th 2022 as the safety of myself, my mom as well as my personal belongings was comprised. The decision to move out did not come easy to me, because I knew that I would forfeit my R15000 deposit which I made to secure the unit at rental stage, but I made the decision specifically and only for safety reasons. The aforementioned has led Just Property rental agency harassing me every month, unfairly charging me rental fees each month for the unit in Lion Ridge complex that I have not occupied since 25th June 2022. My life was completely reset in the worst possible way, I lost my main means of transportation, I had to forfeit my R15000 deposit and I had to plunge myself even deeper in debt to find a place that actually does prioritize the safety of it's clients. I have done all the necessary exit inspection duties with their agent and I supp**** them with the key to the unit, but Just Property are still holding me ransom billing me every single month, even though I haven’t been residing at the complex for the last two months. They disregard that I have stated many times that the crime within the complex has forced me to move out and that I would have stayed and honoured my contract I already lost my vehicle as well as my R15000 deposit, but Just Property insists that I pay rental fees for the unoccupied unit, needless to say I am in absolute dire straits financially at the time of this email. What is especially unfair is that not only does Just Property not want to hear my side of the story, but they have done absolutely nothing to guarantee the safety of myself, my mom and my personal belongings for me to continue renting at the Lion Ridge complex, this after I informed them that my vehicle had been ****** on the premises. The fence is still a shoddy barbwire fence as opposed to an electrical fence, the Lion Ridge complex to date still has no surveillance cameras to monitor any suspicious activity and more alarming, the security guards at the gate do not follow standard procedure like completing a log of the individuals entering and exiting the property, my car was literally driven out of the complex without any intervention from the very same guards hired to secure the vicinity. If nothing else - I would urge each and every individual to not ever do business with Just Property (Pty) Ltd. This situation has left my mental health hanging by a thread. I feel suicidal daily and I don't know how much longer I can hold on at the time of this email.
