Rate My Flat

Date: 2013

Rent: $270

5.0

4.9

5.0

About the house: Very warm and modern flat with an excellent landlord. Answers straight away with any problems.

Landlord/Property Manager: Very nice and friendly. Bought us easter eggs and chocolates during exams etc.

Best Thing: Very warm

Worst Thing: There wasn't one

Date: 2015

Rent: $270

2.6

2.0

3.6

3.0

4.0

About the house: very mouldy bathroom! not very often get direct sunlights. dirty carpets.

Landlord/Property Manager: Ever since they changed owner and new property agency, everything was getting better. They have made some changes to our common area, for example, added in new cabinets and changed new carpet etc.

Best Thing: location! close to uni

Worst Thing: internet! only one device can access

Date: 2016

Rent: $1820

4.0

3.4

5.0

4.0

5.0

About the house: The room and ensuite itself is spacious as well as the in-room fridge and microwave, the internet is pretty reliable and fast despite the number of users. The large windows in the room give a really nice view and make it feel spacious, but they also mean heat drains pretty quickly when the heatpump isn't on (luckily power is included) and condensation builds up pretty heavily. The kitchen is spacious and rarely gets crowded, there is a really nice deck for the warmer days. One stove is fine but takes a while to heat up, the other stove is really slow and basically everyone avoids it. Communal freezer space is alright but you have to be careful not to hog space - a large chest freezer would be an awesome addition. The rooms seem to be well insulated for sound as we never hear anything, and through you'll be happy about the free heating and hot water (the hot water does run short at peak times) which means in winter you stay cozy.

Landlord/Property Manager: Property manager is good, responds promptly (usually same/one business day) and gets issued resolved quickly.

Best Thing: Included power/internet so less to worry about and you stay warm.

Worst Thing: Sucky stovetop and not much sun.

Date: 2017

Rent: $265

2.9

3.6

0.8

3.0

About the house: The room was a welcome change from the majority of the crappy flats in Dunedin. This was warm and dry and had a view. The rent was a bit steep considering the run down and tiered nature of the room and the untidy common areas.

Landlord/Property Manager: Only dealt directly with the landlord on one occasion and they were very helpful and fast at responding. But for everything else the Property Managers were the middle men. They did not do a very good job. Very slack communication I would often wait weeks to get a response to an email and it began to get very tiresome having to constantly chase them.

Best Thing: Warmth and Sunlight

Worst Thing: Property Manager and the noise from the tenants in the above bedroom

Date: 2017

Rent: $265

4.4

4.7

3.8

3.0

5.0

About the house: great location, warm sunny best views had no issues

Landlord/Property Manager: great landlord but property manager was unable to follow up issues for example my window latch was missing when i moved in and i have sent many emails and phone callas even went and talked to her in person and it still has not been fixed and its been a whole year.

Best Thing: view/location

Worst Thing: property manager

Date: 2015-10-20

*Response to 'About the house'* I purchased the house in June and two of the seven bathrooms had mildew. The extractor fans work well, but of the tenants with those ensuites, one told me they weren't using theirs and I presume the other tenant or the person in that room before them was the same. They will be painted this summer. I can't get painters in unless tenants are away and they were in residence through last break or they would be done already. The rooms are not North facing, but in fairness they have not moved since this tenant signed the lease, and they do have lovely big windows with ranch sliders that let lots of light in. I had the communal carpets cleaned but they didn't come up well, so they are being changed before next term. *Response to 'Landlord/Property Manager'* Thanks! *Response to 'Worst Thing' * Until I read this no-one had told me. It took a 5 minute call to the internet company to sort it out. They said they had clicked the wrong box when I upgraded you to ultrafast broadband, (which I did at no extra cost to you). The sensible thing to have done was to contact the letting agent rather than let us find out about it here! Finally, not sure why we only got a 2 star warmth rating, as they are well insulated and all 8 heatpumps were serviced thoroughly, indeed another tenant complimented us on how much heat they put out, plus the other review gives us 4.9/5