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Smith Property Management-Marlfield Estate, Kiltipper, Dublin 24...

  • 04-08-2008 12:58pm
    #1
    Darragh29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering have any other folks had issues with SPM, especially if living in Kiltipper??? We recently got a District Court summons from their solicitor for estate management fee's that were paid last February. The reason we paid the fee's last February was because they lost a dank draft that we sent them by registered post and had to get same cancelled by the bank and arrange payment again. This organisation seem to be to property management what Basil Fawlty is to hotel management. We got an other letter from their solicitor now saying that they have withdrawn from the case and closed their file on the matter. Is anyone else having these kind of issues with Smiths???


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  • #2
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    We have the same management company in Balbriggan, I can't actually praise them in any way at all.

    neighbours.ie might be of help to you.,our board is quite but others have pages about them.


  • #3
    frogone
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭frogone


    We have SPM here in Robswall, Malahide. In my experience they don't return calls or reply to e-mails regardless how trivial they are. I'd be keen to hear other residents opinions....


  • #4
    Doop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,465 ✭✭✭Doop


    Why dont you go for election to your board of management and get rid of them and employ another managing agent?

    They are simply providing a service for which you are paying... if you are not happy with the service employ someone else to provide it.


  • #5
    frogone
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭frogone


    Doop - fair comment, but that's a longer term view. As you point out I'm paying for a service, I don't think it's practical for me to seek election to every board of a company/service to put things right, but yes, that would be the long term solution. I'm also not sure if everyone else shares the same opinion as me hence the question.


  • #6
    Doop
    Registered Users Posts: 1,465 ✭✭✭Doop


    Ha fair enough.. my point being these guys work for you, your board of management represent you and the agent takes direction from the board... at the very least you could lobby the current board of directors of your management company. Or bring up the issues at the AGM


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  • #7
    happyfriday74
    Registered Users Posts: 194 ✭✭happyfriday74


    Had dealing with a lot of managing agents but never SPM although I havent heard any horror stories about them either

    Raise the issues at the agm.

    A change in individual manager rather than entire agent might also fix it- the contact may not be right for the block


  • #8
    Mike3549
    Registered Users Posts: 929 ✭✭✭Mike3549


    Sweet jesus this thread is 10 years old, im pretty sure the OP got everything sorted by now


  • #9
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,000 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    frogone wrote: »
    We have SPM here in Robswall, Malahide. In my experience they don't return calls or reply to e-mails regardless how trivial they are. I'd be keen to hear other residents opinions....

    We sacked them a few years back, best decision we ever made. Should have done it years earlier


  • #10
    frogone
    Registered Users Posts: 34 ✭frogone


    Caranica wrote: »
    We sacked them a few years back, best decision we ever made. Should have done it years earlier

    Which estate was that?


  • #11
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,000 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    frogone wrote: »
    Which estate was that?
    A Dublin estate with a decent agent now.


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