“6 Years with Rettie!...”
5 Star Review
Jan 29,2024
By:
'Hughes'
Jan 29,2024
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: EH12
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: EH12
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We letted two consecutive flats with Rettie over the past 6 years, both with Emma as our letting agent. We have nothing but stellar things to say about both Rettie and Emma! Both flats were fabulous, in great shape and looked after carefully by Rettie. Rettie ...
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“Were generally okay throught our renting peri......”
2 Star Review
Jan 15,2024
By:
'Ellie'
Jan 15,2024
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £3000
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH3
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £3000
Postcode: EH3
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Were generally okay throught our renting period, however don't use this service if you aren't willing to fight tooth and nail for a fair share of your deposit back. As a flat we never expected to get 100% of the deposit back; however, they were adamant ...
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“Drove 500 miles to view a property booked for a week ......”
1 Star Review
Jul 04,2023
By:
'David'
Jul 04,2023
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH55
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: EH55
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Drove 500 miles to view a property booked for a week - unbeknown to me it went under offer and the viewing was cancelled but i was not informed - the lovely Joanne of the Edinburgh office "forgot" to ,inform me! Not very professional and i ...
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“It's like getting blood from a stone...”
1 Star Review
Sep 06,2022
By:
'Iain'
Sep 06,2022
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH6
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
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Postcode: EH6
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Rettie manage rental properties for me. The service they provide is terrible. My emails go unanswered, sometimes for weeks. If I don't chase them then nothing gets done.
I'm paying for a full management service but it feels like I have to micro-mange them. There ...
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“We're moving to Edinburgh from London and nee......”
5 Star Review
Jul 27,2022
By:
'Douglas'
Jul 27,2022
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1300
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH4
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1300
Postcode: EH4
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We're moving to Edinburgh from London and need to find a furnished flat quickly as our house sale completes in mid August. It's a tight timescale and having little experience of the rental market we've relied on lettings agents in Edinburgh to help us.
Far ...
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“Doesn't show up to viewing, doesn't cancel...”
1 Star Review
Oct 14,2021
By:
'Paul'
Oct 14,2021
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH8
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Lettings (Prospective customer)
Postcode: EH8
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Confirmed viewing on the same day and never showed up. We called at the flat and they said "Oh yeah oops we're not gonna do the viewing in the end"....
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“I cannot recommend rettie enough.We moved in ......”
5 Star Review
Mar 05,2021
By:
'Ana'
Mar 05,2021
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1300
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: EH3
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £1300
Postcode: EH3
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I cannot recommend rettie enough.We moved in to Edinburgh from abroad and we had 5 star service throughout our entire experience. Stayed for 3 years in one property, whenever we had problems rettie promptly resolved them for us. We had 3 pets and committed to pay professional ...
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“5 months after our house going on market the ......”
1 Star Review
Dec 10,2020
By:
'Jill'
Dec 10,2020
Branch: Glasgow, 165 Milngavie Road
Services: Surveys
Sold price: £360000
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: G62
Branch: Glasgow, 165 Milngavie Road
Surveys
Sold price: £360000
Postcode: G62
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5 months after our house going on market the most we have been offered is home value Whenever try to get in touch with them one out of two times goes to answer phone not very professional It was Rettie who advised us who to go ...
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“Two winners on closing date!!...”
1 Star Review
Feb 06,2020
By:
'Stephen'
Feb 06,2020
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Sold price: £450000
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH9
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Sales (Prospective customer)
Sold price: £450000
Postcode: EH9
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I don't know what the property code of conduct in Scotland is but rettie accepted our bid for a property on the closing date and it was months later I discovered that they had also accepted a bid from another party. So there were two ...
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“Bought a house recently via Retties. However,......”
1 Star Review
Nov 12,2019
By:
'Craig'
Nov 12,2019
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH4
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Sales (as a Buyer)
Postcode: EH4
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Bought a house recently via Retties. However, was then gazumped by a cash bidder later in needless circumstances. Morally repugnant behaviour and the only Edinburgh firm that seem to indulge in this behaviour as we recently contacted another company in Edinburgh, ***, about buying a house ...
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“Nearly 4 weeks after moving out of our proper......”
1 Star Review
Oct 29,2019
By:
'Alastair'
Oct 29,2019
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £800
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH6
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £800
Postcode: EH6
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Nearly 4 weeks after moving out of our property and we still haven't received the refund of our deposit. They are very quick to contact you while you are a tenant and they want something done, not so much when you have moved out....
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“Unscrupulous sharks. Bought a property with R......”
1 Star Review
Sep 18,2019
By:
'RP'
Sep 18,2019
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH4
Branch: Edinburgh, 11 Wemyss Place
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: EH4
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Unscrupulous sharks. Bought a property with Rettie as the selling agent for the sellers. Constantly harangued my solicitor regarding sale of our property even though it has only been on the market a week or so. Never put the bought property under offer as we ...
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1 Star Review
Jun 14,2019
By:
'James'
Jun 14,2019
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: 15L
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: 15L
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Do not rent using Rettie, they will try to lay claim to your deposit at end of tenancy. Luckily we have the necessary proof to illustrate that the claims were unfounded to the lettings protection service. Unethical
and unprofessional, * who has shown us nothing but ...
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5 Star Review
Dec 12,2018
By:
'Angela'
Dec 12,2018
Branch: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, 50 Hide Hill
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: NE65
Branch: Berwick-Upon-Tweed, 50 Hide Hill
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Postcode: NE65
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From the moment I first went to Rettie's in Berwick to discuss the sale of my late Father's house until after the sale I was consistently impressed with the professional, efficient and sensitive way Paddy handled everything. He gave me honest advice on all matters ...
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“Total disinterest upon termination....”
1 Star Review
Dec 11,2018
By:
'Chrisdv123'
Dec 11,2018
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £2000
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH14
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Landlord)
Rent PCM: £2000
Postcode: EH14
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We entrusted our property to Rettie for 6 years. Upon taking the property back we found substantial damage to the house caused by the tenant's cats. Rettie's response? Complete and utter disinterest.
In my view they breached their duty of care. I would not recommend this ...
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For the service we received? Way too much.
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5 Star Review
Nov 05,2018
By:
'Murdoch'
Nov 05,2018
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G12
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: G12
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Anne, Jamie, and their team did a wonderful job of selling my flat in the West End of Glasgow. They were very professional, and went out of their way to help me throughout the whole process. I give them the highest recommendation....
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Fees very reasonable.
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“Wish we'd been able to find a flat with a different agency......”
1 Star Review
Jun 28,2018
By:
'Unhappy'
Jun 28,2018
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £2000
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: EH10
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £2000
Postcode: EH10
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We rented an unfurnished flat for a year as a family home inbetween selling and buying properties. Overall we were unhappy with the experience and would advise anyone in our position against using Retties. In fact we moved out the moment our lease expired and ...
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Don't know - fees were part of the rent. But the rent was very high.
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5 Star Review
Jun 01,2018
By:
'Sandy'
Jun 01,2018
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: EH9
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Postcode: EH9
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Nice people to deal with, efficient, pleasant and helpful.Best Edinburgh flat hunting experience by far.
There are some agencies who seem to take potential customers for granted.This is not one of them.
5 stars....
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1 Star Review
Oct 23,2017
By:
'Chris'
Oct 23,2017
Branch: Glasgow, 196 Kilmarnock Road
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: G41
Branch: Glasgow, 196 Kilmarnock Road
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: G41
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Recently saw a flat advertised by this estate agent for a fixed price. After saying I'd take it, they stalled for time claiming that the seller had to "talk it over with his wife". This was actually to allow another viewing to go ahead, resulting ...
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“Provided a great service, always showed up on time.Very ......”
5 Star Review
Jan 16,2017
By:
'Suzanne'
Jan 16,2017
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Services: Lettings (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: EH2
Branch: Edinburgh, 4 Jamaica Street
Lettings (Prospective customer)
Postcode: EH2
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Provided a great service, always showed up on time.Very pleasant and knowledgeable about local market.
Will definitely use again....
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“Really pleased with service: from initial visit to sale of ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 28,2016
By:
'DDundas'
Jun 28,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £297000
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G3
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £297000
Postcode: G3
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Really pleased with service: from initial visit to sale of property we received effective and reliable service which got us maximum viewers and a great result with a sale at closing date. Everything ran very smoothly and quickly which we needed at the time, with ...
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Competitive and very reasonable.
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“Fantastic service from rettie all the staff were super and ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 24,2016
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'Review'
Jun 24,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 165 Milngavie Road
Services: Sales (as a Buyer)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G62
Branch: Glasgow, 165 Milngavie Road
Sales (as a Buyer)
Postcode: G62
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Fantastic service from rettie all the staff were super and very supportive! Always kept in touch regularly just what i wanted! I would highly recommend them!...
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“I had a very enjoyable experience with Rettie, the staff ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 22,2016
By:
'Karen'
Jun 22,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 116 Ayr Road, Glasgow
Services: Sales (Prospective customer)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G77
Branch: Glasgow, 116 Ayr Road, Glasgow
Sales (Prospective customer)
Postcode: G77
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I had a very enjoyable experience with Rettie, the staff at Ayr road are knowledgable and very helpful. I had constant feedback,with an understanding outlook. I would recommend Rettie to all my friends and definitely use the company again....
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“Absolutely delighted with the service provided by Rettie! Staff were ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 22,2016
By:
'LS'
Jun 22,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G12
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: G12
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Absolutely delighted with the service provided by Rettie! Staff were extremely knowledgeable, personable, supportive and prompt in responding to my many enquiries. Best of all, they achieved an excellent sale price. I can't recommend them highly enough!...
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“Very professional throughout. Very timely arrangement of initial meeting and ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 22,2016
By:
'N'
Jun 22,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G3
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: G3
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Very professional throughout. Very timely arrangement of initial meeting and valuation / hone report. Felt very confident in the team's ability to market and show our property....
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“Cannot fault the service or attention to detail with Anne. ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 22,2016
By:
'Marianne,'
Jun 22,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £375
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G12
Branch: Glasgow, 115 Byres Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £375
Postcode: G12
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Cannot fault the service or attention to detail with Anne. Always kept in the loop and gave good honest feedback which I think is important. I feel Anne worked hard for me and I was always confident she was looking after my best interest and ...
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You get what you pay for however, the fees were competitive with other agents.
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“Fantastically friendly, helpful and professional, always been prompt to assist ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 21,2016
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'ggra'
Jun 21,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 147 Bath Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £275
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G5
Branch: Glasgow, 147 Bath Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £275
Postcode: G5
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Fantastically friendly, helpful and professional, always been prompt to assist me in any way she can and has made sure that any issues are taken care of quickly....
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“Top Class standard of service with continuing support, help and ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 17,2016
By:
'M'
Jun 17,2016
Branch: Melrose, 1 Abbey Street
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £710000
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: TD7
Branch: Melrose, 1 Abbey Street
Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £710000
Postcode: TD7
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Top Class standard of service with continuing support, help and advice. The whole team at Melrose are always welcoming and knowledgeable no matter when you phone - nothing is too much trouble.
Very importantly, always finding different opportunities for marketing properties to give the best ...
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Good Value with the high standard of support, attention and continuing marketing opportunities they provide.
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“Two agents came to value my property. I'd already spoken ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 17,2016
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'pmnogue'
Jun 17,2016
Branch: Newcastle upon Tyne, 101 St Georges Terrace
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £365000
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: NE2
Branch: Newcastle upon Tyne, 101 St Georges Terrace
Sales (as a Vendor)
Sold price: £365000
Postcode: NE2
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Two agents came to value my property. I'd already spoken to four other agents, so I had a general idea of the value.
Rettie's agents really understood the local market in my area, and pitched the price just right, and managed the expectations of prospective ...
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The fees were very reasonable.
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“Siobhan, Jane, Lynn and the team were absolutely outstanding in ......”
5 Star Review
Jun 16,2016
By:
'Nick'
Jun 16,2016
Branch: Glasgow, 165 Milngavie Road
Services: Sales (as a Vendor)
Would you recommend?: Yes
Postcode: G61
Branch: Glasgow, 165 Milngavie Road
Sales (as a Vendor)
Postcode: G61
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Siobhan, Jane, Lynn and the team were absolutely outstanding in every aspect of their communication, from giving me feedback to following up viewers and negotiating the price. They are perfect exemplars of how estate agents should be. Thank you!...
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