Major Kim Properties: Dishonest & Dishonourable. They fail to finish job for 2 months.

<p>Major Kim Properties, the managing agency of the block of flats in Muizenberg I am tenant it took over this year. </p> <p>As a result of water leakage of the roof of the flat I am staying in, the ceilings have been damaged considerably and mold is in the wood and in the air, a very unhealthy and uninhabitable state. The Body Corporate acknowledged the need of water proofing the roof and fixing the ceilings. The former managing agency Strata was informed to do the repairs. Major Kim, once having taken over, was told to get the repairs done. I and the agent of the owner told Kim, the owner of Major Kim Properties, in a meeting, that they have to water proof the roof first and then do the ceiling, as it was clear and obvious where the water leaks through. It was dripping in my bedroom, my corridor and the ceilings of the lounge were also wet. Instead of tackling the roof first, Kim insisted, in a very unfriendly and incooperative way, 'we must let her do her job'.</p> <p>So the contractor started working in the flat first, and not on the roof. We emptied the bedroom and the corridor, moved all furniture out of these rooms. The wardrope had to be taken down. Everything was packed into black bags. The job was supposed to take one week. The contractor took down the suspended ceiling of the bedroom so that the southern wind would enter straight from the south side under beneath the asbest roof into the bedroom making it uninhabitable. The build-in cupboards (wardrope) was rotten by the leakage of the roof, and was taken out. After two days the contractors went off site as they realised that have to water proof the ceiling first. This was in the week of 15th August 2016. The contractor has not returned but Kim said they are instructed to not return till some other, unrelated matter has been repaired by the owner of the flat. The water proof the roof and still did not come back.</p> <p>I am since then in a impossible situation, crammed in the lounge, all clothes in bags, a mattress as a bed, no space for anything. The owner, very cooperative and supportive towards me, has told Kim now on several occasions, to finish the job. She said, till some other issue has not been solved, they will not finish the job. The other issue being that a water damage to the lower flats possibly as a result of faulty plumbing in my flat has caused extensive damage. So Kim insisted to have the plumbing repaired before they make my flat inhabitable again. These two matters are unrelated. Kim is using this procrastination as a leverage against the owner in order to have her way. She does not care about creating a unworthy situation for me as a tenant. Meanwhile we have heart more complaints from other people about her lack of manners, unfair and dishonest way to pressure people. </p> <p>This is a warning. Do not take this agency as a managing agency. The owner does not respect sufficiently people staying in the apartments she is supposed to manage.</p>