The SouthSide story began in 2009. John noticed that landlords and tenants were being overcharged in many ways, from tenant fees to "hidden costs". So being a landlord himself, he started to manage his own buy-to-let properties, whilst completing a graduate management programme.
Eleven years on, SouthSide now employs a team of over 40 full and part-time staff who have all played a part in the company's growth and success and bring a wealth of knowledge to our clients.We are fortunate enough to have achieved significant growth each year.
Eleven years on, SouthSide now employs a team of over 40 full and part-time staff who have all played a part in the company's growth and success and bring a wealth of knowledge to our clients.We are fortunate enough to have achieved significant growth each year.
Services
Southside has an ethos of "Property Made Simple" to make the Letting and Management of your rental property as straight forward and stress free as possible. If you are looking for help to keep you and your property legal and compliant, obtain a high net rental, maintain your property to a good standard and increase the long-term value of your investment, SouthSide is here for you.
To get the best return on your investment, we recommend regular improvements and refurbishments of your property. The type of let and number of tenants will determine the frequency and volume of work the property will require. For example, a 1-bed professional let is likely to require less maintenance and fewer upgrades over the same period of time than a 5 or 6 bed/person HMO (House of Multiple Occupancy).
SouthSide work closely with local business, contractors and suppliers to provide the best services to all of our landlords, tenants and team. We have worked with many of the same local contractors for years, with good long-term working relationships. Providing stable work for our contractors has allowed us to gain the best negotiated prices for our landlords in return.
1. Finding the right tenant - We have an online application process. We are not first come first served and carry out reference and credit checks for all applicants. We believe that if you market your property at a fair rent and ensure the upkeep of the furnishings and dcor that tenants will look to make your property their home for the long term and you are unlikely to have a high rate of tenancy changeovers.
There are various pieces of Legislation that govern rental properties. We have put summary of each below and at the very bottom of the page attached a PDF document that you can download as a handy guide. Purpose: To ensure tenants safety on their health especially on hazardous disease like Legionella that can be acquired by any tenant because the Landlord failed to check his property for any contaminated water.
Reviews (10)
Binyam Yakob Gebreyes
Jan 15, 2022
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Tenancy period was really great with Southside property. Particularly Emma was wonderful and very responsive. Viewing process was also great.
The missing stars are for the unfair final deducatables of 226GBP requested from our deposit. Fortuantely we had all the evidence at hand to show the property was handed back at the same or better state so we managed to get our deposit back except for 40GBP gardening cost. If you are going to rent with Southside take a picture of everything when you go in and try to put things in writing via email, they come in very handy when you produce your evidence to
The missing stars are for the unfair final deducatables of 226GBP requested from our deposit. Fortuantely we had all the evidence at hand to show the property was handed back at the same or better state so we managed to get our deposit back except for 40GBP gardening cost. If you are going to rent with Southside take a picture of everything when you go in and try to put things in writing via email, they come in very handy when you produce your evidence to
Diana Subtil
Jan 11, 2022
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I want to make special mention of my property managers Emma Macdougall and Jack Middlemiss and Southside as a whole for their help and professionalism in settling us in our new property. We moved over the Christmas holidays when everyone was on holiday but still our issues were sorted rather promptly. Would definitely recommend Southside to others!
Cindy McKenzie
Jan 01, 2022
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Highly recommend!
I'm fortunate enough to rent with Southside now and they are one of the best agencies I've ever had. I feel genuinely taken care of as a tenant.
From the day I moved in, I received a care-package; tea, biscuits, toilet roll, soap, black bin bags, washing-up liquid. Which is fantastic when you're moving all day.
They are very professional; carrying out work within the time-slots they have given, being responsive, not having to chase them up and thorough.
The people who do contract work from them (painting, sealant ect.) are also fantastic and do the job thoroughly and professionally
I'm fortunate enough to rent with Southside now and they are one of the best agencies I've ever had. I feel genuinely taken care of as a tenant.
From the day I moved in, I received a care-package; tea, biscuits, toilet roll, soap, black bin bags, washing-up liquid. Which is fantastic when you're moving all day.
They are very professional; carrying out work within the time-slots they have given, being responsive, not having to chase them up and thorough.
The people who do contract work from them (painting, sealant ect.) are also fantastic and do the job thoroughly and professionally
Moray Cresswell
Dec 24, 2021
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Eleni Geragidi
Nov 30, 2021
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Positive: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness
Southside Property Management have been amazing to us through the entire process of applying to moving in and taking care of any issues and maintenance really quickly and efficiently. Especially Emma and Jack have been extremely helpful. Overall great experience with the agency!
Southside Property Management have been amazing to us through the entire process of applying to moving in and taking care of any issues and maintenance really quickly and efficiently. Especially Emma and Jack have been extremely helpful. Overall great experience with the agency!
Werner Burger
Nov 27, 2021
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Very efficient and professional service. My current interaction with them is as a tenant and I was impressed and thankful that they treat tenants with dignity and respect. Other property managers can learn from them in this regard. I will most certainly utilise their services when I am a landlord as well. Special mention to Peri and Angela who made our move into our new home easy. Thanks for your friendly professional help.
Bjorn Alexander
Nov 19, 2021
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Southside have been great since I moved to Scotland 5 weeks ago. They were responsive when it came to some fixtures in the apartment, and had people over fairly quick to resolve. Andy is my property manager and has been really ontop of helping me out at my property. A big thanks to the whole team for making my move to Scotland feel homely!
Carol Massa
Nov 16, 2021
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Konstantin Georgiev
Oct 22, 2021
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Generally quite happy with the service so far!
The Southside team have always been very responsive in answering my queries and resolving any issues. I was also quite happy with the state of my property at move-in and everything was up to standard according to the inventory report.
Definitely, would recommend for anyone looking to move in to Edinburgh!
The Southside team have always been very responsive in answering my queries and resolving any issues. I was also quite happy with the state of my property at move-in and everything was up to standard according to the inventory report.
Definitely, would recommend for anyone looking to move in to Edinburgh!
Tullia Dean
Oct 18, 2021
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Since moving into my rental in Edinburgh, the whole process has been extremely easy. Andrew has been beyond efficient, extremely helpful and very prompt in keeping me updated and having things resolved. SouthSide Management has impressed me greatly since I first found a property to rent through them, and being a Property Manager previously myself, I highly respect their friendly and helpful manner, and cannot recommend them highly enough. Thank you Andy for your help, it definitely doesn’t go unnoticed!
