Having dealt with a couple of incredibly dodgy estate agents and landlords in the last couple of…read moreyears (and by dodgy make no mistake I mean downright unpleasant!) it is lovely to have our current landlord & estate agent O'Keeffes of Sandymount. We have had a couple of issues in the last 18 months in the house, after only a couple of calls they have been sorted.... After the horror stories of the past having folks like this to deal with is a breath of fresh air!

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Superb company run by a boss that really cares and leads by example. Honestly the best letting…read morecompany I've ever experienced after over 20 years of renting. Lead by managing director Gavin, everyone at Get Let goes the extra mile and they actually care about their owners and tenants. Everything is done by the book, emails and calls are returned, questions and issues attended to, a very refreshing touch in a housing market that is broken and in need of serious change and improvement. I wish there were more companies like Get Let servicing the Irish market today.

I just wanted to share a great experience I had with a letting agency in case anybody is interested…read more(as I received a few queries by message). Given there are a lot (LOT!) of time wasting sales man in this business and a lot of horror stories, hopefully you can find this quite useful. The agency is Get-Let.ie. I've dealt with Gavin, one of the owners (and landlord as well). An incredibly nice guy - he came to Allendale, explained us all the process, the fees (lower than market average, and well worth if you don't want the hassle to deal with minor things / taxes / etc...) and the process in a very clear way. He is a "I recommend you to do this, but then it's your choice" kind of guy. After we signed the contract, he took the picture of the house, posted them on Daft and within 3 days we had 4 viewings in an evening. All filtered by dozens of application he received using a number of criteria he proved to be successful in his experience. The day after he had 3 offers, 1 of those was actually from a very nice Irish couple - what you could define "perfect tenants". Both with great stable jobs and income. The day after, deposit and contract signed. Everything sorted in less than a week. He is managing more than 300 properties, has discounted contractors to deal with any sort of minor problem, but most of all has been recommended to me by 2 friends that use it from years, with them (landlord) and their tenants both very happy. So far, I'm really happy with how things went. I'll then keep you guys posted on the long term experience review :).

This cluster of beautiful red brick buildings are located right next to the British Embassy. They…read moreoffer long-term and short-term housing in fully furnished apartments. The apartments are decorated so nicely and have classic interiors with modern conveniences. Each unit has a fireplace and a balcony. The unit I viewed had two bedrooms and three bathrooms! And, the kitchen was just gorgeous. Also, the balcony was quite spacious allowing room for a small gathering and grilling! The grounds are maintained beautifully and there is a nice small lobby entrance that is secure. This is a gorgeous location for short- or long-term housing. I highly recommend it! If 'home is where the heart is', this may hit the spot!

The Rush's management company is far from perfect! A hole appeared in the kitchen ceiling…read morepresumably from a leak and I reported it promptly to them (picture attached). They refused to fix it and ended up giving me notice to quit even though I signed a 1 year fixed term lease agreement and paid my rent on time. I have a management company myself with my husband and we would never treat a tenant like that! We'd be grateful the tenant told us about it and fix it! When I left they unlawfully retained my security deposit until we went to adjudication with the RTB. I got the determination order from the RTB over a week ago and they owe me an additional €100 for damages. They haven't responded to my emails to determine a means of payment. I would NOT recommend them for landlords!

Our interactions with Maypole Properties are very very similar to the reviews above. If there is an…read moreissue with the property you will not get a response from John rush for days, and when you do he will give out that you "complain too much" and ask you to leave, even after your 6 month probation period has passed. Here are some issues. 1. Black mold in the apartment, 2. Broken deck which we were told "just not to use" when we viewed the property we were told the deck was shortly getting replaced, 7 months later still broken and we had given up asking. The deck was big and would have been great if it was safe to go on. 3. The immersion blew, we were told to turn the fuses on and off but the thing literally blew up. When we told John he said there are too many complaints from us and that we should leave. 4. We had a broken dishwasher replaced (dishwasher broke from general wear and tear) when replaced the team doing it broke a skirting board and they needed a carpenter to fix it, John would not organise this so we had a hole in our kitchen for nearly 3 months before we left. 5. We never felt comfortable there, we were anxious to contact John about any of the many issues we had as he would just ask us to leave instead of fixing it. We eventually gave up and moved out as it was just a terrible living situation. 6. John would only interact with us on phone, his staff were nice but John himself was never available and would just send aggressive emails. Avoid Maypole Properties

Premier Business Centres have a fantastic setup, the team are extremely helpful and very friendly…read moretoo. They will go out of there way to help you if your in a jam or need something really quickly. They are reasonably priced also.

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It says a lot that it takes a public complaint to motivate this company into action. And yet what…read moreis that action? Instead of reaching out to find out what has gone wrong they choose instead to aggressively catch up with their marketing. Oh well at least it is finally a response. Having been a landlord for 8 years but also a tenant for many more - in Sweden, England, US and Ireland and having contracted out the management of my property to a household property management company in the UK I know what to expect from a landlord's and tenant's perspective. I am also a senior engineer - not that that is relevant?? It must be noted that this is the first time in 2 years that Colm has responded to an e-mail or voice message from either my partner or I. However we were lucky that the apartment was generally in working order so we rarely had to deal with Colm - others were not so lucky. Also, we happened to have made contact with the landlord prior to Colm and West Court Management taking over so she was able to step in when necessary. In response to your response: Washing Machine: Niall indeed was courteous - it was not his fault that messages did not get through to him - We actually had to plead to Colm for Niall's number in order to chase him up ourselves. There was another middle man Ian ( I think it's his name - they seem to have such a high turnover of staff it was head-spinning - Eugene, Ian, Mark, Morris, Pat ) who was to inspect the washing machine but it took him a week to come out - not because he was busy rather Colm hadn't informed him. Colm told us otherwise! While the part was to take 2 weeks to order - the cumulative unnecessary delays meant that we were without a washing machine for 6 weeks. References: I ask the question : was a tenant of 3 years really so bad as to experience the following - and if so why weren't they evicted. Also, why not be professional if you had genuine reason not to give a reference then say so. Instead the following occurred : My partner asked that Monday for a reference indicating that it was urgently needed for a property we were keen on. The Westcourt Management employee said they could not give the reference and that we needed to speak with Colm - he said he would pass on the urgency to Colm. The next day my partner WCM and spoke to Colm - he claimed he hadn't received the message and said that we needed to send a request to a specific e-mail address for admin requests. So he did and followed up Wednesday, spoke to the agent who admitted that he saw the e-mail but wouldn't respond because Colm needed to. This tennis came to an end on Thursday when flabbergasted we had reluctantly requested the now ex-landlady for a basic reference. Despite being busy herself and despite it not being her responsibility - she gave us a brilliant reference and apologized for the delay. Now I could go into details of one of their agents asking for the loan of money of us but I really think the guy had enough abuse working for Colm. This is just subjective but it is my opinion that Westcourt Management Services is a stretched company that has an ongoing problem with communications and basic workload management. I'd hoped that I might get a direct response, an apology and at least some explanation but instead it looks like they've been instructed to give some standard marketing response. If I could give a zero review I would given the aggressive response here. People wise up - these people who are fearful of loosing a contract or their job - given my experience dealing with his colleagues on the phone he has them on a short leash. Yelp filter realizes this and that is why most of the reviews have been auto-filtered out. That is all.

I used Westcourt to rent my first apartment in Temple Bar. I lived there for just under 2 years and…read morehad a perfectly good experience. I didn't have that much dealing with them, which worked out well for both of us but I couldn't find any reason to complain. One time I had a leak from my kitchen sink. A guy called Kevin came out and though it took him until the next day to come to fix it I don't think that's any different from a plumber out of the Yellow Pages. There's not too much more to say because there was nothing that stood out as being an issue, which I think is a good thing when renting an apartment. I got my reference at the end so happy to give 4 stars.

Firstly, I would like to thank Ben so much for his assistance with the sale of our late Mother's…read morehome. He was so professional and patient throughout the whole process. He always made himself available with any questions we had. I highly recommend Ben and Churches.ie for the future sale of your home.

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