Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Rumour of nepotism

Well it's no surprise that we've confirmed that the main selling agent of Upper Eastside (UES) purchased a flat there for the sale price of R756 370 and the average selling price of units in the building is close to R1 million.

And we forgot to mention that he has a rent free lease on a downstairs retail space for his personal snap shot collection.

Win for Swish Properties employees, the benefits package seems amazing!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Resident Parking bays are not for the Hotel!

We have received numerous email enquiries as to the correct status of the Hotel being able to use the parking bays that the residents pay for when they have events.

The correct answer, as per your lease, is NO. The only person that has access to your parking bay is YOU.

Should anyone be parking in your designated bay, you have every right to call the building manager and have the car booted.

Should this problem persist, we must seek resolution as a group. The main gripe is that it's highly inconvenient to have to elsewhere when you pay for a parking bay, and it really rubs salt in wounds when the event carries on late into the evening and causes huge noise disturbances.

Good luck to all residents!

Monday, February 21, 2011

Letter to residents still stuck at UES

Hello world, I still get a lot of emails from residents telling me their unique situations anonymously, asking for help, and fearful of what big, bad Grid Co will try to do to them as they have threatened other residents with legal action (to say the least).

Residents of UES must stand together and rely on each other for help. You must not lose faith as this is bigger than just some crappily built flat that's hardly up to code erected by some joke of a builder and dishonestly marketed by insanely ignorant wanna-be estate agents.

This sort of service delivery and unethical business practices should NOT be tolerated in South Africa.

Don't forget there are additional resident-run assistance groups that have risen out of the ashes of this scorched Earth dumping ground of a living premises. Keep emailing in your problems and WE HAVE PEOPLE READY TO HELP YOU!

Stay strong residents,
UES Residents' Activist Team