The Property Outlet Reviews Summary

Category: Real estate rental agency Bristol

Address: 52 Filton Rd, Horfield, Bristol BS7 0PB, United Kingdom

Phone: +441179354565

Rating: 4.1
based on 137 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "The staff are really helpful and they answered my questions promptly."
  • "Staff communicate clearly and and are on top of their emails, as well as providing advice when you ring the Office."
  • "The staff has been very helpful and friendly."
  • "Olivia and the other staff were very helpful and courteous at all times."
  • "The team respond quickly to telephone calls and emails."
  • "All the staff are warm, friendly and very helpful."
  • "Everyone I was in correspondence with throughout were very helpful and quick to answer any questions that I had."

Cons:

  • "Avoid at all costs. A disgrace to letting agents, and my worst experience in years of renting."
  • "This letting agent are unprofessional and are prepared to break the law for business."
  • "Poor communication in my seven year stay was a frequent occurrence, and trying to get any maintenance issues resolved usually ended up being a battle."
  • "On several occasions our emails to the agency had been ignored completely."
  • "They have been rude, unhelpful and want to fully blame us and make us feel stupid and incompetent."
  • "Horrible communication with tenants, rude people and generally awful experiences renting with this company."
  • "Terrible communication, clear lack of care for clients and shameless money grabbing with extortionate charges on deposit for any 'reasons' they can find."

Property Management

Pros:

  • "During the management they have been responsive, advising of works required to keep my property in a good condition and keeping my tenant happy."
  • "Great service from start to finish."
  • "Such a great service received when letting out our property. A great team who have always gone above and beyond to help us."
  • "The Property Outlet have been managing my rental property for the past 6 years. In all this time - it has never been vacant for more than a few weeks."
  • "Property Outlet also works with contractors whom I can always rely on even during emergencies."
  • "They also have great communication with the landlord, which makes everything better and clearer."
  • "The Property Outlet has been my preferred letting agent for ages and I highly recommended them."

Cons:

  • "After a considerable number of years with TPO as our management agent, the significant decline in service and conduct of staff has resulted in us moving on elsewhere."
  • "They ignore large household problems like black mould and damp and then try to blame it on you at the end of your tenancy."
  • "This failure to make the bathroom watertight also resulted in a black mould appearing in the kitchen below."
  • "They charge you for professional cleaning no matter what when your tenancy is up, they do intrusive inspections constantly."
  • "They seem to have no respect for tenants or basic housing law, they will serve you with illegitimate 'Section 21's and court orders to intimidate you."
  • "Property Outlet? More like out-take. For 9 months I needed to deal with their lies, excuses and games- never mind their poor organisation."
  • "Guaranteed to steal your deposit at the end of tenancy."

Rental Experience

Pros:

  • "After a year with them they have been the best estate agent out of the 5 I have had."
  • "The agent in charge was very kind and prone to offer prompt support in case of problems."
  • "The whole processing of renting through them has been stress free and easy."
  • "We had a very pleasant experience with the property outlet."
  • "Amazing experience letting a room in a house share. Was able to get everything done super quickly thanks to the team and they are even open on Saturdays which is really handy."
  • "Really happy so far with The Property Outlet, they’ve been really quick to respond and really helpful with any questions we’ve had."
  • "The process was hassle-free and smooth."

Cons:

  • "This is the worst letting agency I have ever dealt with."
  • "Overall a very poor experience and will definitely not be going with this estate agents and if I can stop anyone else going it’d be the only positive I’d take away."
  • "Our house is infested with flies and rats and we are clean young people who take pride in our house."
  • "If you rent from them they will enter your property without permission with no regard to your rights or the law."
  • "Wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy. Rude, unprofessional and money-grabbing throughout."
  • "Stay away from this estate agency. Liars and don’t actually care after you’ve paid what you need to."
  • "In any case it was a horrible experience overall, do yourself a favour and go with an agency that care about their tenants."

Professionalism and Support

Pros:

  • "Right from the viewing phase through to the documentation stage, the Property Outlet staff were professional and at the same time humane."
  • "Great experience due to great customer service from Olivia and Beth."
  • "TPO team was friendly and supportive throughout the process."
  • "We were very impressed with the help and support given to us when we recently rented out a property through The Property Outlet."
  • "I have been letting properties through Property Outlet for more than a decade. The professional team, Carl, Olivia and Ashton have always found suitable tenants."
  • "Thank you to the team at The Property Outlet for the professionalism you have demonstrated over the years."
  • "The Property Outlet were professional throughout the letting process. They responded quickly to queries and were always contactable when I had any questions."

Cons:

  • "Sarcastic owner who seems to think that by saying words like 'efficient' she can gloss over their gross incompetence."
  • "Even the manager was unprofessional and tries falsely claiming whatever they can to take your money."
  • "Their fees are outrageously high. £180 for an agency fee seems average but slap on the £80 hidden guarantor fee and suddenly its £260 per person."
  • "If you are considering TPO, I would strongly encourage you to consider other options...we would never recommend them as a landlord or tenant."
  • "Terrible customer service, cancelled a viewing 30 minutes before, even though it had been booked 4 days in advance."
  • "Cancelled viewing with less than 1 hours notice."
  • "They even agreed to public viewings of my flat without receiving confirmation from me... in the middle of a work day."

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