Where Have The Morals Gone?

Ok this is going to be a quick rant because dinner will be served in 10 minutes.
So it's kind of a quickie. Don't say my blog doesn't offer something for everybody!

Anyways, without further ado..

For those of you who don't know, I own a project management and contracting company.
Sometimes I would have a team of contractors working on one site all at the same time; sometimes they would be my own teams, and sometimes they would be sub-contracted by me.

This was the case last week when we were working on this huge home in Bryanston.
The new owners had me do extensive renovation work to the place whilst the tenant stayed on until we were done, or the 15th of August (whichever came first).
During the course of the project I soon realised that the tenant, as sweet as she was, had a bit of a drug problem.
This hardly ever affects my work as i'm accustomed to working with all manner of societies outcasts. They're more often than not tenants in my clients buildings and properties, as was the case here.

My metalworking team left site on Friday, expecting to return on Sunday to collect their tools.
My painting team arrived on Saturday to do finishing touches.
Somewhere between Friday and Saturday, the tenant sold my metalworking teams tools to my painting team, at a rock-bottom once-in-a-lifetime never-to-be-repeated price of course!

I work with so many teams at any point in time, that they hardly ever know the others tools.

Needless to say, the tenant has already moved out being that the 15th August arrived, and is now nowhere to be found!

Where, pray do tell, have the morals gone?

To compound the problem, the painting team are willing to sell the tools back to the metalworking team at a 50% profit, seeing that they bought it at a bargain to begin with!

Again, where have the morals gone?

I'd broker the deal between them, but as these teams are sub-contracted by me and don't actually work for me, i'm guessing it would be more fun to stand by and watch this one play itself out.

Where have the morals gone?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Aah, just as I thought...

The 7 Day Bathroom

Ok so one of my clients required both the bathrooms in their home to be renovated within 7 days.
Now I don't usually do miracles, but on special request and at the right price, anything is possible.
Without further ado, I present to you The 7 Day Bathroom.
The project took just a week to complete, and a further 3 days for extras and finishings.

This is the entrance into the en-suite bathroom. Glassworks were outsourced and hadn't been installed by the time we had completed our aspect of the project and taken pics.

A view inside the bathroom.

The natural lighting inside this tiny area was great to work with.

I've done open-plan showers before where clients didn't want any glassworks.
Thankfully this wasn't the case here, as glass always maketh a shower.

The guest bathroom was a nice quick-and-easy.
We were in and out of this space in just a few days.

The trick to making a bath look perfect for the bathroom size is to finish it like it was custom-made for the space.

Well, there you have it.
Another happy client, another 7-day bathroom.

My dream of having my company specialise in bathroom renovations is well on its way :)

On The Seventh Day...

People are always asking me what exactly it is that my company does.
Well, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Sikama Contracting specialises in commercial property maintenance, but my hobby and the aspect of my business that gives me the most joy is building and renovating bathrooms for both the private sector and corporate clients.

The bathroom below was especially fun because it was built in a rather tiny space, and we had to incorporate it into the main bedroom so as to become an en-suite bathroom.

The Jacuzzi bath was an interesting touch, and the mosaic detail around the base was a challenge which turned out amazing on completion!

The client on this project knew exactly what she wanted, and this is another factor in a successful bathroom project. The attention to detail was expected and we delivered.

So there you have it folks.

A little peek into how I spend my free time.
I truly am blessed to be able to pursue a hobby which I have a passion for, and has the potential to turn into a lucrative business some day when I'm done with the commercial property projects.