Ignoring repair requests, poor safety control of building, lots of stuff constantly breaking down
If i could give any less than 1 star I would. I have been living here for less than half a year now, and this has to be one of the worst rental agencies in the world. There have been countless requests for repairs but there is never a proper response and the repairs are never done. The water for the shower, for example, goes from hot to cold constantly. I've raised this several times now, but there is simply no response. The wifi was supposed to be included in the rent, but the wifi has only been OK for about a month, before that the other tenants had been dealing with poor wifi for more than a year. Basically, this wifi cuts out every now and then and makes it simply impossible to access the internet. All my housemates are constantly on their mobile data. There was a burglary the other day and I asked for an improved main door but they only fixed the door for the tenants on the first floor, whereas it would have been much easier if they had fixed the main door, because we on the second floor would also like to feel safe! We live on a main shopping street so there are constantly lots of people walking by, and apparently someone knows the code because the burglary was done by someone who has come in here more often. This means that although the first floor now has a safety door with card locks, we on the second floor are still vulnerable because someone knows the code to the main door downstairs. In general it is very unsafe to have just a code; anyone could look over our shoulder while we're typing and enter. On top of that, the door is very shabby and doesn't close by itself when you leave; often it remains open. Even when closed you can easily actually break it away by force. This was raised by me and others several times in the past as well but there is just no response! I find this incredible and almost unlawful. There are countless other stories like this. The bathroom, for example, was in terrible shape when I started living here, and it took until severe leakages for the agency to 'renovate' it. But you'd think they'd do it properly so that they can save their money for as long as possible (which is what they desperately want). But they didn't! They just installed a very cheap bathroom that is already falling apart at the seams (toilet seat keeps falling off, door handle already broke after two weeks—taking a month to be repaired). Fire alarms not being checked correctly, etc. You call them up, someone either says they'll fix it and they won't, or they'll tell you to email and then will never respond. I have proof of countless emails that were never answered. Last story: today the boiler stopped working so there was no water. I asked if we could get permission to shower downstairs. We couldn't. Then I asked how will we shower? They said they'd come and fix it today. But they didn't! And now it's weekend. Luckily we were able to fix it ourselves, but what if we hadn't been able to? I'm not saying I can't wait a few days, but history has shown how long their repairs can take. For example after our bathroom had experienced the leakage, they took more than 1.5 months (!!!) to start installing a new bathroom, but all that time we couldn't shower because they had closed off the water. They didn't propose any solution, we just decided ourselves to start showering downstairs (now with 8 people accessing 1 shower, imagine how often it wasn't available). That is insane if you ask me. This agency cares ONLY about money and will grind you as a tenant down because they do not care about you or a general sense of wellbeing in their properties. If you can, avoid this agency at all costs.
April 2, 2022
Unprompted review