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    Your thoughts on the quality of this pool leaf cover install?

    Yes. On the one corner, there is only one hook for three eyelets on the cover. That hook is not under tension when it is in the hole, so no friction and thus nothing keeping it in place except gravity. So as soon as the wind catches the edge of the cover, the pin just lifts straight up.
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    Your thoughts on the quality of this pool leaf cover install?

    Update: after seeing the photos, the company offered a refund, but said they are unable to improve/fix it.
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    Your thoughts on the quality of this pool leaf cover install?

    I'm not just ranting though. Serious question: would the rest of you consider this "okay" quality? Because a friend who saw it said it looks okay, and I honestly can't tell if he's trying to cheer my up and it really is kinda crap, or whether I'm just too demanding.
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    Your thoughts on the quality of this pool leaf cover install?

    First they said it's not as bad as I make it out to be and then when my wife called, they blamed the supplier for not including plates with the cover. Disregarding what it looks like, I just see it as an outright scam based on the fact that they quoted for plates and then didn't use plates...
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    Your thoughts on the quality of this pool leaf cover install?

    We had a company that specializes in pools (and that had come highly recommended) install a leaf net for us. Due to the pool being an awkward shape and having steps on the one side, they suggested putting on a "rectangular" cover and quoted us R6550 to supply and install "leaf net, plates and...
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    Previous home owner not removing contents. What can we do?

    The OTP, in our experience, is only worth what the conveyancer is willing to enforce. For example, our OTP also explicitly states "The Property is sold with all fixtures and fittings of a permanent nature situated on it...The Seller warrants all such fixtures and fittings are his property...
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    Previous home owner not removing contents. What can we do?

    Well we are still in the same boat (proceeds are being withheld pending an extension on a rates clearance), so we might still be able to do this. Thanks for the idea.
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    Previous home owner not removing contents. What can we do?

    We actually already asked and the stuff is such garbage that even two charities said no thanks.
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    Previous home owner not removing contents. What can we do?

    We recently bought a house from someone who lives overseas. A friend of the previous owner was occupying the house and all the owner's stuff (furniture, clothes etc.) was still inside when we signed the OTP. The transfer has not gone through yet, but we expect it will in the next week or so, and...
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    Exasperated with Vox. Alternative fibre ISP on OpenServe?

    Thanks. We won't live at the property until mid June, but I'm ready to go ahead with a regular account whenever possible so that we can be sure everything works in advance. We are in contact with the current tenant and I'm sure they won't mind free internet on our tab for a month. I work from...
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    Exasperated with Vox. Alternative fibre ISP on OpenServe?

    Thanks for all the advice. I'm going to give Afrihost a try. The rep on the forum has been super responsive and helpful thus far, so off to a good start. Thanks, Afrigirl!
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    Exasperated with Vox. Alternative fibre ISP on OpenServe?

    Thanks for the quick reply! PM sent.
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    Exasperated with Vox. Alternative fibre ISP on OpenServe?

    A couple of months back my mother tried to get a new fibre install. She struggled back and forth for months with Vox, but they kept sending a technician to setup a router instead of dispatching an OpenServe representative to run fibre from the curb into the house. She tried to explain this to...
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    The Home Improvements Thread (2)

    Hi. Anyone recently replaced barge board and facias with nutec and have a rough idea of the cost per metre (especially in Cape Town) if done by a competent contractor? We are embarking on our first house purchase and the property we are considering, has severely weathered wooden facias (only...
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