Olivetree Property Developments

Plot and Plan Development Gone Wrong

Olivetree Developments have ceased operating with immediate effect (letter received on 1st July 2025). I am a bona fide customer and they built my house in Kommetjie. They have not completed the snag list which is substantial, which it seems will now fall upon me to complete at my own cost which will be considerable. I was initially pulled in by their in smooth talking which included the assertion that they have many years' worth of successful and professional development experience, happy customers all across the country and the fact that they are a trustworthy Christian family run and owned business. In reality their reliability, quality of work and finishes has been well below par. Their paintwork bubbles and flakes off and there are colour inconsistencies, loads of settlement cracks and even structural cracks, huge problems with waterproofing/leaks, issues with roofing, issues with height compliances, work delays, lack of planning and transparency, I had to beg for timeline confirmations and documentation, tiles cracking and lifting, they did not work in an organized or neat fashion (site always looked like a disaster zone), I am still removing rubble from my erf over a year and a half later, they did not follow the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and Construction Regulations (no PPE was used and the site was not adequately cordoned off during construction, etc.), communication was difficult and protracted, they made many excuses and empty promises and gaslight me throughout. They have not used the most appropriate products or application methods, which has resulted in the necessity for a lot of rework which was documented in the snag list. I also still have an outstanding engineering query/concern raised with them which has not adequately been resolved to my satisfaction. All of the above can be verified by me. I have emails, photos, video evidence and recordings to back up all of my claims.