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Kagisho M

1 reviews | Active since Sept 2016

28 Jun 2018, 11:00

Poor workmanship

I’m saddened with the way RENICO is treating us ever since we bought those houses in Protea Glean Ext.11(Protea Glen Estate). We trusted them and thought we made best choices when we bought those units in Protea Glen Estate, only to find out that we were wrong. The houses were built between 2010 and 2011 and we moved in towards end of 2011, October 2011 to be precise. We picked up some defects in our structures and we reported those defects to RENICO. They promised to come back and fix them, but they failed to honour their promises up until to this day. Back then it was EARTHZONE who were managing our complex, they too failed to attend to our problems and we later learned that they instead work together. The year 2012 was even worse because cracks were literally starting to be visible in almost all 91 units they built in that complex. Just imagine In less than a year we were already experiencing problems with our structures and we reported to both developer(RENICO) and our then managing agents(EARTHZONE), they both failed us. Little did we know that they are just buying time so that 5yrs could lapse, they knew what they were doing because Four, Five years down the line floor tiles started to show serious deep cracks and some coming off. Walls have also cracked and one of the factors is that they don’t have enough support from the ground, it is clear the ground was not properly filled and compacted and I don’t think the developer followed the correct standards for foundations. We have been sent back and forth, from pillar to post since then up until to this day by RENICO. They are not showing any interest neither want to account for their poor workmanship. We sent countless emails as complex, but clearly they don’t care about our lives, those houses are posing threats to our lives and our children. Now is 2018, barely a decade since those houses/units were built and some houses are already in a dilapidated state. I will not be surprised if those houses one day collapse because of the state in which they are, just because of poor workmanship. Some people left/sold their units because of fear, but some of us chose to stay because we want justice. All we want is for RENICO to account. Some people even went as far as approaching NHBRC and unfortunately NHBRC can’t help either. Now the question I ask myself is what is the role of NHBRC…? and what role did they play during construction…? The BANKS, particularly the one that approved our home lone(FNB Home Loans) what role did they play prior to approving our home loan to insure that we’re buying a house that is safe(RENICO followed all the building procedures and passed all the building standards)...? By the look of things it seems all parties failed to play their parts and now we’re stuck with houses that are falling apart. When we walk around our houses that we’re supposed to call homes, we don’t feel safe because of the cracks in both walls and floors( floors are wobbling). RDP houses that are for free are way-way much better than our houses that we pay every month.

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