'Landlady took me for a ride'

15 September 2015 - 02:24
By Nashira Davids

Hayley du Toit found the perfect home to rent in Cape Town on the online classified site Gumtree. But after spending R43,650 she discovered the landlady had leased it to someone else. Du Toit has recouped R10000 of the down-payment, which was made up of the deposit plus a month's rent, and she has laid a complaint with the police.

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