Saturday, April 5, 2008

Support us in boycotting Lyndhurst Toyota




Approximately 3 years ago, a petrol station and convenience centre next door to our complex closed down.

After a few months signs pictured to the right were erected on the building.

Since that time, absolutely nothing has been done at the site and it is now starting to look totally neglected.

I have contacted management at Lyndhurst Toyota 1.5km up the road - opposite Eden College on Johannesburg road (Neil Hermann tel: 0118804455) and at Rand Stadium Toyota.

I have spoken to management at the JSE listed company Supergroup (Robbie Matticks robbie.matticks@supergrp.com Tel: 0114351270, Cell: 0834097478
about the problems that we are experiencing, however we are constantly ignored. These peoples attitude is devaluing our properties.

What are these problems you may ask? Stop whinging about your neighborhood you might state! Stop behaving like an old aged pensioner!



To begin with, this is the state of the forecourt pictured above.

The surrounding gardens are neglected, the site is progressively being stripped of recyclable materials at the expense of the owners, vagrants have made fires at various locations on the site and have even burned the building in places.


As we move into the site we find a stagnant neglected water feature that has been the cause of our constant plague of mosquitoes in the area for the past 3 years.





The vagrants living
on the site are using a shipping container to store their rubbish. It stinks and is rat infested as is the rest of the site.

The rats are a bit camera shy but I managed to catch one as it scurried under the container.

There were at least 12 running around before I pointed my camera.

When I opened the container pictured below a few ran out as well.

































Management argue that they cannot attend to the site since they are embroiled in a legal dispute.



What constantly puzzles and irritates us is that Lyndhurst Toyota are storing their excess stock of vehicles on the site. What puzzles us even more is that as soon as a summer hail storm smashed some of the windows of this warehouse, somebody involved in a legal battle managed to repair them.


Why can Lyndhurst Toyota / Rand Stadium Toyota / Supergroup not look after this propety, it is depreciating the value of our homes.













Please excuse the poor quality due to the reflection, but you can clearly see that there is a lot of stock in this warehouse.












The far right windows were closed with steel sheeting after the storm.









Between our Townhouse Complex and this site, their gardens are totally neglected, fowled up with litter and infested with rats.




For the past 3 years I have not supported Lyndhurst Toyota for fuel, I have encouraged the 30 residents in our complex to follow my example, I have e-mailed, complained on www.hellopeter.com to no avail.


Hopefully this blog will achieve something positive.

All that we want is a well maintained site and to have a good relationship. The problem is that only one of us wishes to Tango!

Come Super Group, Rand Stadium, Lyndhurst Toyota.