Fed-up Robyn Slee, 21, her fiance Ryan and their nine-month-old son are cooped up in a two-bedroom house they share with four other people.
“We can’t live like this anymore. This isn’t how I wanted to raise my son,” Robyn says.
In February, Ryan searched the internet looking for companies that specialise in the construction of Nutec houses.
He found a company called Cape Hardware Warehouse which does home improvements.
The couple applied for a loan of R25 000 to build the Wendy house.
After making contact with Byron, the contractor, Robyn says the builders promised to start working on 1 April, but only arrived on 5 April.
“They came on the Wednesday and quickly laid the cement floor and erected the structure,” she says.
The shocked housewife says they showed up unannounced and claims one of the workers was drunk.
“They even tried to sell me the leftover materials,” she alleges.
Since then, the structure has been standing on an uneven floor, with gaps in the roof and walls.
Angry, the couple is demanding the company fix their house before the winter rains come.
“Look at this, it’s just a structure. It’s like a shoe box without shoes,” says an angry Robyn.
When the Daily Voice contacted Cape Hardware Warehouse, they were aware of the case.
A staff member said: “The place is done and they signed the form to say they are happy. Now they want extra things that we provide for them.”
But Ryan insists he didn’t sign a form after the structure was put up.
“I called them to tell them that I am not happy with the uneven floors. They came to lay cement, but the floors were still uneven,” he says.
The gatvol man says he has been waiting three weeks for them to fix their rush job.
And as compensation for the long wait, he has requested that they add the extras, like aluminium window frames and a ceiling.