In a letter to NSSA, Locadia Mutero’s lawyers, Mbidzo
Muchadehama and Makoni Legal Practitioners said failure to compensate her within
seven days would lead to further legal action.
“Our client now demands that you compensate her in the sum
US$257 152.70, being the value of the repairs and improvements effected by the
Respondent on the premises within the next seven (7) days, failing which she
will declare a dispute and seek resolution of the dispute in terms of clause 29
(1) of the lease agreement,” reads the letter.
The renovations which were done at the property situated at
Number 71 Crowhill Road Borrowdale Brooke, Harare, include gutters and
downpipes repairs, roof leaks., ceiling repairs, dilapidated floors,
re-thatching of the roofs of the chalets, ceiling repairs and painting of the
chalets, replacing all rotten roof support poles, stained carpets requiring
replacement and replacement of geysers.
“At the commencement of the lease the NSSA agreed to make
good the defects, cause repairs to be effected and relay the lawn,” says the
letter.
“NSSA failed to make good the restoration of the property,
resulting in our client doing so, with the consent of NSSA. When our client
sought to be compensated for the cost of repairs and maintenance, she effected
on behalf of NSSA in 2015 and repairs necessitated by the flooding of the Brook
in 2018, she was promised that the costs could be deducted from the rentals or
valued and settled at the termination of the lease.”
The letter indicates that it had been acknowledged that the
previous owner of the property, Mrs Anne Hamilton King, had stripped the
property of the bulk of the fixtures, including doors, geysers, borehole pump,
swimming pool pump, and light fittings, amongst other things.
“In addition, NSSA acknowledged that the lawn needed
complete relaying as the previous owner Mrs Anne Hamilton King had spayed the
entire 3 hectares of lawn with chemicals totally destroying it,” says the
letter. Cites.org.zw
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