Comments on: Gobble paving

By: tarryn

tarryn — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:49:32 +0000

Hi There
Trust that you are well
Would you be able to come to eldorado park(the south) to give me a quotation on the paving.
Please contact me on 072 264 4384
Thank you

By: Decking. I screw you not.

Decking. I screw you not. — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:12:06 +0000

[...] (so far) to walk and sit on. All that remains is for me to complete the stairs. As with the paving of the driveway, this turned into a DIY project once the incumbent BEE deck installer never supervised his staff. [...]

By: manfred

manfred — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:55:13 +0000

We went the route of owner building and have had our fair share of dealing with everything that makes a house – I never realized how many nuts and bolts went into one of those This has been the worst experience so far and is a reflection, in my opinion, of the fat years construction and service sectors have enjoyed. With lean times fast approaching, only the few ethical ones may remain.

I’d prefer not to know of other rotten contractors. I’ve had my fill of the few bad ones I’ve dealt with so far

Good luck with getting things sorted out.

By: Jan Korrubel

Jan Korrubel — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:17:46 +0000

Sadly, I am afraid that I have to concur with the state of the building industry (in particular), and the service industry in general. Having been forced out of academia in the current socio-political climate, my wife and I now have our own business (hospitality, she is hotelier by training). As with any growing business, you call in the professionals when you need work done that it outside one’s own field of expertise…throwing down bricks and mortar and building alterations is unfortunately one of my lacking skills. To cut a (very) long story short, we are now in the process of suing our contractor after being informed that we needed to pay up-front for the as yet unfinished job(!) because he doesn’t have the money to come and (a) finish and (b) repair the current position (read bad workmanship) to our satisfaction. And the man drives a Mercedes (admittedly not a latest model, but a Merc nonetheless).

Service, what service?? I have heard far too many times from international visitors that SA needs a serious wake up & shake up in the service department.

P.S. Should anyone be relocating to the Natal Midlands anytime soon, do contact me for my (steadily growing) list of “Never-To-Deal-With-Again” contractors…