Concept Property Letting Ltd

I too had a terrible and stressful time as a tenant in one of James Doherty's properties. Despite the property being in a poor state through years of it not being properly maintained or upgraded, he seemed very reluctant to carry out even simple repairs. Sometimes emails requesting repairs were ignored, other times the repair work would be poorly done or the blame unfairly placed upon the tenant. The smoke alarms were not legal and were never replaced. There was mold in one of the bedrooms, the house was infested with woodlice, there was rotten wood in some places..it would take me all day to highlight how bad this property was and how stinking the Letting agent's/landlord's attitude was to a customer and their safety. I would argue everyone to avoid the hassle of dealing with this company. There are planet of reputable agencies out there who will actually carry out repairs and not put your health at risk.

It is regretable that websites such as this provide a platform for people to print whatever they choose without repercussions. Perhaps you could confirm your name and adress of the property you allegedly rented from us. This will allow us to respond and provide a true balanced account of the situation with before and after photographs, the decision from My Deposit Scotland with regard to the deposit, the signed Schedule of Condition etc.

It is regretable that websites such as this provide a platform for people to print whatever they choose without repercussions. Perhaps you could confirm your name and adress of the property you allegedly rented from us. This will allow us to respond and provide a true balanced account of the situation with before and after photographs, the decision from My Deposit Scotland with regard to the deposit, the signed Schedule of Condition etc.

Allan Campbell, perhaps if your company actually carried out repairs instead of trying to blame everything on their customers, you would get some happy tenants. You boss is not fit to run a company, he is incompetent and a lier. You are a joke.

Perhaps someone from this letting agent could explain why an old lady was allegedly bullied by the director of this company? Perhaps they could attempt to give some justification for failing to carry out essential repairs. Does this company think it is acceptable to neglect thier duty as a letting agency to inform themselves of current legislation and health and safety recommendations? Are their actions those of a rogue agency or are they just lazy and useless?

Allan Campbell, as an employee of Concept Lettings, are you a fit and proper person to attack the legitimate concerns of tenants who have suffered as a result of the failure of James Francis Doherty and Pauline Doherty to act in their role as directors of Concept Property Lettings Ltd to arrange for essential repairs to be carried out on the properties which they manage? Does it not trouble you that that your employers have caused a great deal of stress to the tenants of the properties which James Doherty own and/or manages?

Allan Campbell, perhaps you would care to explain why this property did not have the illegal fire alarms replaced? Why was there a dangerous fire in this property? What have you done to address the safety problems in some of the properties managed by Concept Property Lettings?

In response to the abhorrent lies, accusations and abuse uploaded on this website Concept Property Limited have prepared the following statement : Concept Property Limited are always willing to discuss any aspects of a tenancy with genuine tenants or ex tenants. However what we are not willing to do is enter into any form of communication with anonymous internet trolls / cyber bullies as we neither have the time nor inclination to do so. Unfortunately it would appear that we have acquired an internet troll / cyber bully who is currently masquerading under numerous pseudo names whilst purporting to be genuine dissatisfied tenants. Our internet troll is unable to comprehend that to resolve any genuine concerns we obviously require a tenants genuine identity and a genuine address of the property which they allegedly leased from us. We have asked the individual concerned to confirm their identity but obviously that did not happen and never will. With regard to the above we thought it prudent to offer up some facts and clarity as opposed to the abhorrent lies and accusations being levied against CPL Directors and employees. In our experience such abuse mainly occurs as a result of ex tenants not receiving their deposits from a company such as Mydepositscotland.It must be stressed that the decision not to return a deposit to a tenant is NOT a landlord or letting agents decision. That decision is made by MDS alone. This is a simple, impartial procedure where landlords and tenants upload their evidence to the MDS website who then make a decison as to who should receive a deposit. Ironically if MDS decide that the landlord is correct then inevitably the landlord and the letting agent are criticized and abused for a decision that they did not make ! The following advice applies to all genuine tenants who have genuine concerns : 1. If a tenant has any genuine concerns regarding any aspects of their tenancy they can call our office or write to us and the matters will be dealt with accordingly 2. If a tenant has any genuine concerns regarding repairs then they can write to Private Rented Housing Panel who decide if a Repairing Standard Enforcement Order should be issued against a landlord. If a landlord fails to comply with an RSEO then they are taken to court and receive a criminal conviction. As a result of carrying out all repairs correctly and timeously CPL Directors have no criminal convictions whatsoever 3. If a tenant has any genuine concerns regarding any form of bullying or harassment then we would advise them to contact the Police Hopefully the above will assist tenants with genuine concerns however unlike genuine tenants a troll / cyber bully will never adhere to correct procedures as this would involve revealing their identity however their failure to do so does reveal them for what they are. Surely questions must be asked about the validity of a website which appears to readily accept and allow this type of trolling / cyber bullying whilst stating that all complainants must adhere to their Terms and Conditions. Anyone wishing to view these T&Cs can clearly see that any number of the hate filled inane rantings we have received contravene any number of these T&Cs. Unfortunately there are numerous websites which provide a platform and a cloak of anonymity which allows internet trolls / cyber bullies to abuse at will. We have emailed All Agents twice regarding the abuse that they allow on their website - to date we have received no response ! Finally there is no doubt that the personal, slanderous and racist abuse we have received is a hate crime and a criminal offence and as such we have reported the matter to the Police who unlike ourselves can investigate and will identify this troll and take appropriate action. Thank you for taking the time to read this statement

Mr Campbell, as someone who works in the industry you would surely be aware that the Private Rented Housing Panel ceased to exist in 2016? How can your tenants complain to an organisation that does not exist?

If I was involved with Concept Lettings one of the last things I would want is the Police taking statements from ex tenants or having them stand before a Sheriff telling the truth about Concept. I am not sure that negative reviews, people sharing their negative experiences, could be legally considered as being forms of cyber bullying.

Concept Property Ltd again confirm that we have been trolled and unsurprisingly again they fail to reveal their identity - the obvious question is why and what is it they wish to hide. Is it the fact that : 1. You have never been a tenant of ours ? 2. You have never leased a property from us ? 3. You did lease a property from us and destroyed it ? 4. You do not want the public to view the before and after photographs ? 5. You do not want the public to read the reasons why an independant body such as MDS decided you were not entitled to have your deposit returned ? 6. You are what we refer to in this industry as an undesirable tenant ? 7. You never paid your rent ? Again our offer stands ie reveal your identity and confirm the property you "allegedly " leased from us and we can then enter into a sensible civil conversation in an attempt to resolve your issues - after all that is what you repeatedly claim that you want ! Thank you for taking the time to read this statement

It is shocking that concept property expects everyone to believe that they have acted in the correct manner yet so many people have had so many issues with them, * is a horrible little man who is among other things a liar and a bully, he attempts every trick in the book to con people and make life a misery for everyone he comes in contact with, bottom line is he cannot be trusted and just abuses his tenants, he prefers to be nasty to women or old people who really cannot defend themselves and when dealing with a man he frequently acts in a weasel like manner and basically threatens to call the police on you because you calmly explain you won't tolerate him refusing to repair things that is the responsibility of the landlord, I have also dealt with his wife ** who also another nasty person and I can see they are perfect for each other, I am not a hateful person and my family never have issues with anyone but these people are so sneaky and unreasonable that I dislike them a great deal, sensible people can see past all the nonsense on here and will surely see that these 5 star reviews are false and clearly been made up by concept properties, and another thing why would a previous tenant waste his/her time writing these negative reviews if they had a good experience when renting from concept? That is crazy and anyone can see these horror stories from unfortunate families who have been mistreated by concept are genuine, quite frankly I just don't want anyone elses family to suffer the way mine and many others have over the years, it is not right that good people pay their rent each month and then are abused when they need a repair done... I hope a time will come when people cannot get away with this, Mr Jim and Pauline Docherty and all other concept property workers/partners you should be ashamed of yourselves and I hope you realise the misery you have put hardworking decent folks through and I sincerely hope you change your ways, but I doubt it...shame on you

It seems concept property letting doesn't take into consideration the constant stream of e-mails and text messages it has sent to tenants of theirs and do they think these people haven't kept these for future use to show how this company have acted? Cyber bullying or trolling is not the same as previous unhappy tenants writing a honest review about their tenancy that btw can prove, the last thing this company wants is having to answer for the abusive and nasty texts/emails they have sent to people over the years, it is just empty threats to make people stop telling the truth, none of this would be happening if they had not been cruel to people who were renting from them, after all repairs sometimes are needed and things become faulty over time and should be repaired in accordance to the lease, should a tenant break something then sure they should pay for it but if for example the boiler stops working then sorry but your tenants need heat and hot water and it should be repaired or replaced by the landlord as they are paying rent each month, it is a disgrace