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Jarald
JaraldVIC
 

As a tenant I am having a terrible time due to poor and incompetent infolio management team. In the month of February in a heavy rain water ingress to the property and damaged some of our cloths and contents in the bedrooms. It was a weekend, So I emailed infolio team to inform the incident. For my surprise I received an out of office for 26th… Read more

January Australia Day and wasn’t sure the information on the out of office was correct. So contacted the agent the next day, even though the matter was urgent did not answer my calls because she was having a team meeting. I tried contacting their office from 9am-10am and I got a voice message stating their office is closed due to Australia Day. It took 5 days for infolio team to organise the cleaners to clean the wet bedroom carpets. They came to clean the carpets at 8:30pm in the night causing inconvenience for my family. When I emailed to claim 5 days rent as compensation for all the inconvenience, no response from the agent till date.

The plumber asses the issue and informed there are cracks on the balcony tiles and the water is entering through the cracks and needs to be fixed immediately.

Also their maintenance team or tradies have fixed time and date they can attend the property. If we are not available or request them to move the time. They won’t and complain I am not giving access to the property or I am “rude”. We were away for 2 weeks and had given access to the property so they can fix the issue, when we returned to my surprise nothing was done. On the day we returned, a tradie entered the house without knocking or checking if anyone in the house, disrupting privacy. I have also had instances in the past their tradies messaging me late night and saying they are coming next day morning.

It’s been almost a month and the issue is still not resolved. The rain and aircon water continues to enter the property. The carpets are wet and stinking. We cannot use or sleep in the bedrooms. Worried this will affect my 2 year old son’s health due to mould and strong smell from the carpets.

Due to all the inconvenience, loss, stress and unhygienic place I informed the agent we will start looking to move out. As a shock, agent response they don’t wanna fix the issue until we move out. Not understanding finding a place is not easy, can take weeks and months. They don’t want to clean/fix the issue and want us live in this unhygienic house until we find a new place. This shows how seriously they look into such issues and not even considering there is a toddler living in the house. The solution they have is for us to move out.

I am not sure if the landlord is aware how serious this issue is.

Pathetic service.

Paul B
Paul BVIC3 posts
 

Infolio *will* find you a property to buy 5-star service – Engaged Infolio as a Buyers Advocate because 1) i dont enjoy looking for property and 2) the possibility that they might find something off-market or early to market. In both respects they proved effective. Team took time to understand my objectives, provide regular updates with critical analysis. And most pleasingly found a perfect property via… Read more

their direct relationships that was *not* on market. Entire process was efficient, effective and even enjoyable. Could not recommend the InFolio Team more highly.

Lenny
Lenny
 

Disingenuous company – Highly unorganised, high turnover of property managers, and don't have a good understanding of property and tenancy law. If you are looking to sell, buy or rent, they are difficult to communicate with as they only want to work with a certain type of customer (rich). An inquiry needs to be done into this business, as it is a shock that they are allowed to operate. Show details

CER
CER
 

Would not recommend – Sadly our experience wasn’t great. Our agent did not understand our brief, pushy on product which was way off target and wasn’t equipped to negotiate for us with other agents. I also found he was quite rude on various occasions when issues were raised. Also failed to note a major defect during pre settlement inspection. Would expect more. Show details

Justin A.
Justin A.2 posts
 

TERRIBLE!!!!! – I found them very overbearing and disrespectful to deal with. I had 3 property managers as a renter over 3 years, each worse than the last and they made my tenancy uncomfortable even though I was a "perfect" (their words) tenant. This is NOT a company I would recommend. They have a dodgy history too!

Reviewer
ReviewerVIC
 

Do not recommend – Used Infolio as buyer advocates. Not a positive experience. Questions were not answered, treatment was pushy and rushed toward a decision that turned out to be bad. Overstated value of property to purchase, which led to significant overpayment. As an inexperienced purchaser they took advantage, rather than helped. Deeply regret engaging them.

No Deal
No Deal
 

Infolio = Incompetence – Rental property managed by Infolio for many years. Multiple instances of having to manage the Property Managers. Infolio's revised business model allocates unskilled and inexperienced staff to manage properties under a Senior Property Manager. Granted, this model can work, but in Infolio's case, falls very short in core elements of due… Read more

diligence, advice, pro-active communication and competence. Look elsewhere for competent property management.

Pepper P.
Pepper P.VIC2 posts
 

Never use them, dishonest and deceptive – Tells you what they should be telling you and does a U-turn when you try to hold them to their word. Disgusting treatment of customers, save yourself the headache and time and go somewhere else.

Joarobi
JoarobiVIC5 posts
  Verified

Don't deal with this company - gave 1 star only because you have to – Have had two dealings with this company. One of the previous directors was charged with fraud. [link removed] They are very pushy, don't fall for their bullying tactics as I did. They did little work for me and refused to return the deposit. Not only did they refuse to return the deposit they tried to get the remaining money from me, then… Read more

offered to close my file??? Seriously! I've worked for and dealt with many companies and this is the first company I've ever come across that would rather receive a bad review than return deposits and keep "customers" happy. Be very sure you want to proceed as they are very difficult to deal with.

Chad
Chad
 

Hassle Free Service – Infolio have been great for us in helping us buy and then manage our investment property. Being an interstate investor it is great having Adam and the team looking after our interests and ensuring our property is looked after and has the best tenants. Helps me sleep at night. His communication is top notch and very professional. Great work guys keep it up.

Elmic
ElmicVIC
 

Absolutely excellent! I could not manage with them! – Infolio Property Advisors have now been managing my investment properties for almost ten years and they have always done an excellent job! For each apartment, they have established excellent relationships with all my tenants and have seen to any and all repairs that have been necessary. This has taken such a load off my shoulders. They have also… Read more

assisted me with the purchase of four apartments and two homes in the Eastern Suburbs. Lauren, Adam and the whole team at Infolio are simply the best in the business!

Debbie M
Debbie M2 posts
 

Happy Landlord – Always quick responses to any queries I have as a Landlord . I feel that my property is managed Professionally at all times . Friendly staff making sure that they have your best interest !

Kerryn R
Kerryn RVIC2 posts
 

Rude, unprofessional, incompetent – Regrettably, in my experience, [name removed] and her staff at InFolio are the most unprofessional and incompetent advocates that I have had the misfortune of using. They sent me properties to look at that they had not vetted, were above my budget and they failed to listen to changes in my circumstances and my brief as time went along, and then… Read more

expected full payment for doing almost NOTHING. [name removed]’s conduct towards me was rude, offensive and unprofessional, as was her staff member Shane’s. I will never use this company again and STRONGLY recommend others don’t either.

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Auri
Auri
 

Absolutely Awful – My experience with this company has been awful. So rude and unhelpful. Nothing was ever fixed but they were more than happy to claim the money. Abused, harassed and insulted by an employee as soon as I picked up the phone. They'll insist on taking your money and conveniently go quiet. Use ANY other company. Horrible experience.

Josef
Josef2 posts
 

Terrible service – I've been renting a property and this really estate company is managing the property. The service is horrible, I send the message emails they don't even care to reply back, unless I call them. They so unprofessional and don't know what they doing. I'll never deal with them again. Because it was such a bad experience. Plus I had problems with the house took them 4 months to fix things. I wouldn't recommend them at all.

stegbanoservice
stegbanoservice2 posts
 

Thank you – We engaged Infolio mid way through 2016 and they purchased our property by Sept 2016. We/they bid on 2 properties before the one we got and in hindsight we were glad to have missed them as our new home is cool and very 'us'. We estimate they've saved us about 1 year in seeking and as the market has already moved, between $50-$100k in that time. Thanks team!

Deb
Deb
 

Happy client – I have been very happy with the diligent service I have received with my investment property. Thankyou Michael Casha for your efficiency clearing up issues, regards Debra

Matt
Matt
  Verified

Infolio Property Advisors - Contract terminated – Terminated contract. Completely dissatisfied. The advocate didn't contact the main agents in our desired suburb. Their "inside knowledge" consisted of a blanket email sent to an address group that included agents more than 30km away but worse missed the main agents in the suburb we wanted. Apparently I required a years of real estate experience to… Read more

understand that logic. Close to the 6 month mark, which would have triggered a 50% payment of the total fee, in desperation we spoke to the agents in the area. To our shock, only 1-2 of 4 had heard of infolio. A few of the agents openly admitted they didn't like to deal with buyer advocates. The money infolio charge for the service is disproportionately high and the contract onerous: if you find and buy a house within infolio contract period without their help, you pay infolio. They don't actually find a house, you pay infolio. You find and refer them a house you like, you pay infolio. If you know how to use a phone or internet then save your cash. Speak to the agents in your desired location, ask if they deal with infolio, or better/cheaper subscribe to their FREE service or Domain or Realestate or ask for the agent to contact you if something comes up. For my wife and I the best decision we made was terminate the infolio contract for lack of performance. Caveat emptor - buyer beware!

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