Letting agents in Cardiff

llydaw

I've heard maison are good, the used to be called iscatai. You can find them on the web. They are only small so not such a big selection but very helpful.

skynet_alpha

Avoid Flatm8's. Theres seems to be a conflict of interest as the landlord and the Agency is one of the same. They enter the property unannounced and even enter your rooms without permission:mad:. Furnishings are being replaced with old tat!!
Beware of the Val

runciblespoon

Thanks for the comments. Seems a bit of a minefield!

Anyway, my friend seems to be going with Thomas George. I've seen the contract which is actually fairly sensible - they mention the OFT's Unfair Terms in Tenancy Agreements, which means they're removed many of the sillier clauses I've seen in agreements in the past. But we shall see how it works out...

TJ27

skynet_alpha wrote: »

Theres seems to be a conflict of interest as the landlord and the Agency is one of the same.

You'll find that this is the case for several Cardiff agents, although I'm not sure it's really a conflict of interest. There are plenty of agents in Cardiff who own several hundred properties.

I deal with these agents almost daily but have deliberately avoided making recommendations. Having said that, in my opinion the OP has made a pretty good choice.

mikewebs

Thomas George - Steer Well Clear of Them ! They rented us a house with a condemned carbon-monoxide spilling gas fire in it (the only source of heating) and it took them 6 months to sort it - each time they (or their workmen) tried to repair it they made it worse - each time British Gas condemned it again!

These people treat their tenants like cr4p!

thegoon

ACJ are pretty good in penarth

Treen

I've heard that www.aspaceinthecity.co.uk are good for short term lets, although not used them myself.

Treen

Miss_Ratty

Don't use Moginie James! We are renting from them and haven't had any hot water in 14 months!!! Currently trying to get compo from them, but they are horrendous.

schizometric

To be honest I prefer to avoid them all. They're all crap! I'd recommend gumtree lol. Chambers Estate Agents are the best we've found so far - quite fair and quick to respond etc.

wilto

http://www.squarefootestateagents.com/

Just rented recently from these guys and they have been superb....their admin fees for reference checking etc were the lowest around and generally very pleasent not pushy at all just a good honest estate agents!