I am a bit of a serial landlord and had major issues for years with several of Edinburgh's letting…read moreagents. After finally falling out with the last one through their continued incompetence, I came across Pure. Met with Ashley and his team and decided to give them a good part of my portfolio. I have to say hand on heart they are a breath of fresh air in the industry and if you are a landlord having constant issues with your current agent, take my advice and dump them as they never improve. I genuinely suggest giving Pure a try and have already recommended them to my sister and father who are also happy with their honest hard work and first class service. 5 stars from me and my family

Yet another letting agents…read more They're the most cheerful looking ones I've come across, which isn't saying much but just look at that exciting purple exterior and the name itself. Mind blowing. You may be able to deduce that I'm a little frustrated with MY letting agents at the moment so it's unfair to take it out on Umega. I noticed that they let out flats for the festival; having just experienced my first Fringe Festival, it's definitely worth coming down for but I'm not sure I'd sign such a contract for it! Umega's located in one of my favourite parts of Edinburgh, Marchmont.

We used Umega to help us get our 1 bedroom flat rented out just off Easter road. Umega spent 4 days…read moreremoving and replacing our Bathroom as well as getting the heating sorted out. The Umega maintenance team were, punctual, reliable and the quality of their work really shone through. We chose Umega because we thought that their rental expertise would help us get our flat rented out quickly, and they did. Thanks Umega

Do not trust this company. Both landlords and tenants leave a lot to be desired and show no…read moreconsideration to neighbouring properties. I have the misfortune of living under a flat which is let by DJ Alexander. I recently experienced flooding through my ceiling causing damage to paintwork and ruining personal items. I was initially told by DJ Alexander that this was the fault of the tenants due to them not closing the shower door properly and was assured I would be reimbursed for the cost of the repainting and personal items. I was later told that no reimbursement would be forthcoming as it was an "accident" and due to insurance excess I am now out of pocket. As a tenant I would be concerned about the type of landlord they work with and as a landlord I would be concerned about due diligence carried out in relation to tenants.

if I could. Terrible communication, try to shaft you at every opportunity-don't even lube you up a…read morebit, just go in dry whilst still limp- I have never had such a more terrible experience. They sent people to the view the property whilst I was still in the process of moving out, without informing me. Got back to the flat to clean up and viewing agent just stood there asking me if I was there to view. I spent the best part of a week and a half cleaning the place. Still not heard back on my deposit, they mentioned dirt on exterior of windows and was quoting £160 minimum. Not sure how this company is for landlords but if you are a prospective tenant you would be better off finding another company. Parasitic service that will drain financially and emotionally. I'm going to upload a YouTube video later today detailing all of the above. Avoid.

Terrible service for a 1,360 pounds rent. They're slow to answer, when they answer they take time…read moreor stall. They never solve problems in a satisfactory way. If you have an emergency during bank holidays it's nearly impossible to talk to them.

I haven't rented with these so this is a 'viewing only' review…read more They seemed to have everything in order and at the time I couldn't do daytime viewings so I requested an evening viewing. Luckily, they do these so we turned up punctually on the night. We hadn't been informed there would be other people viewing the property with us and were surprised when two other couples turned up but didn't mind too much. The agent made us wait outside to firstly wait on another couple, who never showed up and then to ring the buzzer for the flat in question a few times. In total we were waiting about 10 minutes which I thought was a bit much since viewings are usually around 10 minutes altogether! I wasn't too annoyed as I figured if there was someone in there, an evening viewing is awfully inconvenient for them so a bit of warning is fine, but no one was answering the buzzer. After we entered the building we made our way up the stairs to be greeted by a door that looked as if someone had tried to kick it in, and was successful. The lock looked like it had been pulled out. When we went in the electricity was out, this was March so at 7pm it's already dark. It was also very clear that despite the agents assertions he didn't want to disturb the tenants, no one had lived there in quite a while. Suddenly the discounted rent for the first 2 months was making sense... We made our way around the flat in the dark while the agent pointed out the various positive aspects of the flat. It was an alright flat to be fair. When I rang the next day to ask a few more questions (would they fixing the door for example) I was asked to ring back in the afternoon. When I rang back they'd given the flat away. I wasn't too heart broken but I did feel a bit fobbed off. I then decided not to look at anymore flats from this agency. Total meh experience.

The sales team were very helpful at supporting our search for a flat to let, unfortunately once we…read morepaid our deposit the support ended there. Upon move-in we received a 20 page+ inspection declaration of the condition of the flat and 48 hours to respond if we disagreed. We spent hours verifying the report and found it extremely lacking in the documentation of damage and over-statement of cleanliness (For example: floors had food and dirt stuck to them, windows had not been cleaned, etc while report stated these were cleaned to a professional standard). We returned the report in the time requested and simply received a 'sorry the inspector missed so much'. When we moved out we paid a professional cleaning team to clean the flat from top to bottom. The Inspector from Murray and Currie then reviewed the apartment and has commented on some of the items we raised in our comments on the move in report and Murray and Currie have withheld security deposit. We've raised this with Murray and Currie and sent our original comments back to the Company, however they have not been supportive and required us to raise a dispute with deposit Scotland to try to recover the monies. This is a complete lack of support and unjustified withholding a security deposit. I'm very disappointed, and would not recommend their services.

The good: The…read moremanagement and senior leasing associates are very accommodating and care about your satisfaction as a tenant. They were able to set up a rental for international relocation without needing the tenant present in the UK, modified the lease terms due to special circumstances, and once the managing director became aware of the depth of my repair issues he followed up on all future issues personally. The bad: My new flat did not meet the repairing standard for the first three weeks, and did not meet the tolerable standard for the first two weeks. In this time, at one point it took three business days from contacting the maintenance team to hearing from a boiler engineer to schedule an appointment. While I had no functioning boiler, authorization to purchase replacement parts took two business days, which means that I spent an additional five days without a boiler after the issue was diagnosed.

Dear Yelp reader, Looking for a flat? A decent one right?…read moreWith everything functional and warm enough for that cold Scottish winter? Stay clear of this company then! I arranged two meetings with an agent from this company on two separate flats. They didn't turn up to either. For the first flat, the guy eventually contacted me after I called him several times outside the building we were supposed to meet up, apologising because he was inside and had not realised we were waiting.Then he said he would be downstairs in a minute. After 20 minutes ( and at this point about 45 minutes after our arranged meeting time) we gave up. For the second flat they did not even called to apologise. We waited close to half an hour and when no one showed again we decided to try our luck and ring the door bell. The unsecured main door led us to dark staircase and after knocking at two flats eventually found the flat on offer. The tenant was really nice and offered to show us around. It was an awful flat, and according to the tenants EPM had failed to repair their toilet and mouldy shower for the past 9 months despite their constant calls. In addition, one of the tenants kept pets making the overall smell of the place unbearable. No thank you it is then e-p-m.

EPM are probably no better and no worse than the majority of letting agencies in Edinburgh. As in,…read morethey get most things right, but have an infuriating tendency to be helpful only when it suits them, and can often be maddeningly unresponsive to your queries and requests. When I rented a flat with them, most of the time everything was fine and so I had very little contact with them - which suited me perfectly. But of course, it's only when things go wrong that a letting agency is really tested, and in EPM's case, their strategy seemed to be to ignore us for as long as possible hoping that we would give up and go away before at last giving in and sending in a repair man/returning a deposit/confirming next year's lease etc. Their office and their staff all give the impression of being very upmarket and are impeccably polite, but don't be completely taken in by this, as it won't stop them trying to very politely screw you over.

Don't trust Rettie with your property!! Short let my flat during the festival in Edinburgh through…read moreRettie. I retuned to stained carpets and couch, damaged counter top and pots & pans. The kitchen was filthy including mold. The renter left empty toilet rolls, panties and condoms. Rettie didn't have decency to let me know about the damage or repair/clean the flat. The level of disrespect for my flat from Rettie is unbelievable. Don't use Rettie.

Rettie are a new low for letting agents. On my original phone call they took ten minutes to find…read morethe property they had listed. They quoted two prices higher the advertised price and told me I would be called to arrange a viewing. After two further calls this didn't happen. I then learnt they had let the property to another party. Their attitude, phone manner and professionalism were extremely poor and reminded me of the dark ages were tenants were treated like rats. (i am a landlord myself and would sell before using their services) Highly recommend avoiding like the plaque.....

I contacted Lee Simpson from Saltouns, Edinburgh mid April 2017 as we were looking to find a…read moreproperty to rent fairly quickly. Straight from the start I have found Lee to be helpful, contactable and very professional at all times. He's also very handsome too. We let the property from Saltouns for ten month's and found them to be an excellent and extremely reliable and professional company to deal with. Our six month property inspection was at a time that suited us, was quick and hassle-free and absolutely non-intrusive. Saltouns used an independent company to carry out a pre move-in and also a move-out property inspection which wasn't in anyway intrusive. I found this to be very helpful for both parties (landlord & tenant) as this helped to safeguard the property for the landlord and also safeguarded our deposit. Our deposit was paid into our bank account in full within 14 days of vacating the property completely hassle free. If I were to rent a property sometime in the future I have absolutely no doubt Saltouns would be my first point of call. 100% recommend

Tried to contact them on 3 occasions through their website and never replied…read more I eventually called and was basically brushed off, telling me that they had nothing available and to watch their website. Didn't even get the chance to talk to a letting agent. Shame really.

This place hasn't been around that long, so I wasn't too sure about coming here when I was looking…read morefor a flat. Especially when there are so many more well-known rental agencies dotted around the city. And although the service wasn't great (the guy took his time getting off the phones to talk to us, and it was obviously his friend and not anyone work-related) they did have a lot of reasonbly-priced flats in good locations. The reason we didn't end up letting from these guys was simply because the majority of flats they had on their books at that time had more than the 2 bedrooms my flatmate and I were after; it wasn't that they did anything wrong as such. I wouldn't rule out coming back to Letslet again when my lease runs out.

Do not use this letting agency. They are a bunch of cowboys. They refused to arrange maintenance on…read morethe flats they lease. Waited over 4 weeks to have the toilet repaired, after constant calling every day. I even received verbal threats and abusive language from Shola Akinosha. Who is supposed to be one of the owners of the company.There was leaks from it and flooded the flat downstairs. They also rent out flats that are not on the Landlord Register. Use them at your peril. You have been warned.