VISSER - DOBSON, CAPE TOWN, WC

.horrible village. i am writing to warn all students about staying in Thomond Village in -old cratloe road-Caherdavin. I stayed there for 1 academic year from 09/2016- 05/2017. Till this date i haven't got my deposit which is 299 euros (9 euros as the rest of the last installment). : The place was very dirty and a lot of things were broken, the water heater, the shower head, the TV, the couch, the oven was over heating stuff to the extreme so basically you cannot bake anything in it unless you wanna burn it. the whole village (over 70 person) run on only two washing machines and two dryers, which is ridiculous. Good luck trying to wash your clothes and drying them in the weekend. the whole village use ONE Freakin Broken and uncleaned Hover/Vacuum. On top of that they don't tell you when someone new come to the apartment, and the new person could use the charged electricity and then just leave. not to mention the fact that it is creeby. they fix the broken stuff after they take over the deposit from victims like me. although i left the place the way it was, hell i even cleaned the place before leaving. they will stall and ignore you when you try to get back your deposit. and again i left the apartment on its original state. i never party there, broke anything or did anything wrong or abusive to that place. As for the Head of Accommodation Department in LIT they denied having any responsibility towards the student village declaring that they "ONLY REFER" student to that village. so basically they will not help with anything and they will block you, just like my case. The head of student union also didn't take any responsibility towards the situation. This year they raised up the rent to be 500 euros per month, god only knows why and the deposit which you will never get to 300 euros. so basically it is a rip off and you will get the shittiest service you will ever get in your whole entire life. they use their location as an excuse for their prices. taking advantage of students. Again i am warning everybody to stay away from that place and look for other accommodations around the area. Update:- I have filed a dispute against Thomond Village-old Cratloe road for not giving me my deposit. again i am advising everybody to look for other accommodations. Ash.