The 10 best letting agents in Dundee

The clearest number one in Dundee. Three separate sources put the Google review count at 567, 641 and 673, and this page uses the lowest of the three, which still leaves the largest positive review base in the city. On allAgents the sample is small at twenty six, but it breaks down as fourteen positive landlord reviews and ten positive tenant reviews with no negatives at all, which is a rare thing to find.

The credential set is the fullest here: ARLA Propertymark, the Property Ombudsman, SAL, Landlord Accreditation Scotland and the Council of Letting Agents, plus property factor registration PF000595 and a client money protection certificate. Fees are not published, and not by choice on our part: the fee pages returned errors on every attempt.

• RegistrationLARN1901041
• AccreditationARLA Propertymark, Property Ombudsman, SAL, Landlord Accreditation Scotland, Council of Letting Agents
• FeesNot published. The fee pages could not be reached.
• AlsoRegistered property factor PF000595
• CompanyCompanies House SC475354
• SpecialismHouses in multiple occupation, factoring, short lets

Visit Premier Property Management

The second largest review base in Dundee and the second highest score, from an independent that has traded from Victoria Road since 2011. The company was incorporated in April 2011 as A and S Properties (Dundee) Limited and took its current name in May 2013.

Accreditation covers SAL, client money protection, the Property Redress Scheme and the Council of Letting Agents, although there is no Propertymark membership, which the agency above it holds. Fees are not published.

• RegistrationLARN1903015
• AccreditationSAL, client money protection, Property Redress Scheme, Council of Letting Agents
• FeesNot published
• Office1A Victoria Road, DD1 1EL
• CompanyCompanies House SC397137, incorporated 6 April 2011
• Review base408 on Google

Visit Struan Baptie Property Management

Westport is regulated by RICS, which is a higher bar of professional oversight than most Scottish letting agents carry, and it manages more than six hundred and fifty tenancies, collecting over four million pounds of rent a year across a portfolio worth roughly twelve million, plus around seventy commercial properties.

It also publishes something unusual: a guide to market rates, showing management at twelve to fifteen percent, rent collection at eight to fifteen percent and tenant find between two hundred and five hundred pounds. That is a guide to the Dundee market rather than its own tariff, and it is treated as such here. The GetAgent score of 4.4 from sixty four is lower than the Google figure and both are shown. It claims seven industry awards without naming any, so none are cited.

• RegistrationLARN1902016
• AccreditationRICS regulated, SAL, Council of Letting Agents, Landlord Accreditation Scotland
• FeesOwn tariff not published. It publishes a market guide of 12 to 15 percent for management.
• Office3 Old Hawkhill, DD1 5EU
• ScaleMore than 650 tenancies, about 70 commercial properties
• CompanyFounded 2012

Visit Westport Property

Guaranteed rent is the differentiator, as it is at every Northwood office. The product pays a fixed monthly sum whether or not the property is let, which suits a landlord who needs certainty more than the highest possible rent.

Accreditation is solid, covering the Property Ombudsman, Propertymark, a client money protection certificate, the Council of Letting Agents and Dundee Landlord Accreditation. No registration number is published, which is noted rather than guessed. The allAgents score of 2.5 rests on six reviews and is far too small a base to carry weight, but it is stated so you can see everything that exists.

• RegistrationNot published. Ask for it and check the register.
• AccreditationProperty Ombudsman, Propertymark, client money protection, Council of Letting Agents, Dundee Landlord Accreditation
• FeesNot published
• Office2 Panmure Street, DD1 2BW
• CompanyNorthwood (Dundee) Limited, 6895910
• OfferGuaranteed rent

Visit Northwood Dundee

Rentlocally took ESTAS gold for best letting agent in Scotland in 2023, across both landlord and tenant categories, and silver for best estate agent in Scotland in the same year. That is a genuine award record and the reason it appears here.

The review picture is more mixed than the awards suggest. The Tayside and Fife branch scores 4.0 from ninety seven, while the company wide allAgents figure is 3.0 from forty six with 59 percent recommending and fee satisfaction at 61 percent. No registration number could be found, which is worth asking about directly.

• RegistrationNot found. Ask for it and check the register.
• AccreditationLandlord Accreditation Scotland, SAL, SafeDeposits Scotland, Property Redress Scheme, Council of Letting Agents
• FeesNot published
• OfficeWest End Office Suites, Dundee Technology Park, DD2 1SW
• CompanyFounded 2008, Companies House SC351909
• RecognitionESTAS gold, best letting agent in Scotland, 2023

Visit Rentlocally

A solicitor estate agency with reach across Dundee, Angus, Perthshire, Fife and Edinburgh, handling house in multiple occupation applications and renewals as standard, which is exactly what a Dundee student landlord needs.

One number you will see elsewhere is deliberately not used here. Thorntons holds 4.9 from more than two thousand six hundred reviews on ReviewSolicitors, but those review the law firm rather than the lettings department, so they tell you nothing about how your tenancy will be handled. The lettings review base is small at thirty three.

• RegistrationLARN1805013
• ModelSolicitor estate agency
• FeesNot published
• OfficeWhitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, DD1 4BJ. Lettings enquiries route via St Andrews.
• CoverageDundee, Angus, Perthshire, Fife and Edinburgh
• NoteIts 4.9 ReviewSolicitors score rates the law firm, not lettings, and is not used here

Visit Thorntons

The accreditation is the strongest thing about this branch: Propertymark client money protection, the Property Ombudsman, Trading Standards Institute, SafeDeposits Scotland, Council of Letting Agents membership and SAL. The registration number is recent, at LARN2503002, which reflects a change of franchisee rather than a new business.

Both review bases are small and both sit below four, at 3.8 from forty two on Google and 3.7 from three on allAgents. The credentials are better than the scores, which is why it ranks seventh rather than lower.

• RegistrationLARN2503002
• AccreditationPropertymark client money protection, Property Ombudsman, Trading Standards Institute, SafeDeposits Scotland, Council of Letting Agents, SAL
• FeesNot published
• OfficeUnit 18 City Quay, Camperdown Street, DD1 3JA
• OperatorBradley Khan Associates Ltd, SC592501
• Review base42 on Google, 3 on allAgents

Visit Martin & Co Dundee

Belvoir carries a large Google base for a Dundee agency at one hundred and sixty six reviews, and the accreditation stack is complete, covering ARLA Propertymark, the Property Ombudsman, SafeDeposits Scotland and FCA registration.

Both platforms nonetheless point down. Google shows 3.5 and allAgents shows 2.6 from eighteen with only 39 percent recommending. The branch says it is the only Dundee letting agent in the council Trusted Trader scheme, which is reported here as its own claim rather than as a verified fact. Note that the official branch page gives the address as 26 to 28 High Street while other listings still show Camperdown Street.

• RegistrationLARN1903022
• AccreditationARLA Propertymark, Property Ombudsman, SafeDeposits Scotland, FCA registered
• FeesNot published
• Office26 to 28 High Street, DD1 1TA, per the official branch page
• OperatorDundee Asset Managers Ltd, SC261704
• Caution39 percent recommendation rate on allAgents

Visit Belvoir Dundee

More than twenty five years in the Dundee student market, with a genuine specialism in houses in multiple occupation and a location on Nethergate that puts it in the middle of the student patch.

The score is the weakest of the agencies with a meaningful review base, at 3.1 from eighty four. That is a real number over a real base, unlike some of the small samples elsewhere on this page, and it is why the position is ninth. Listings disagree on whether the address is 121 or 125 Nethergate.

• RegistrationLARN1905021
• FeesNot published
• OfficeNethergate, DD1 4DW
• CompanyLetting since 1999
• SpecialismStudent lets and houses in multiple occupation
• Caution3.1 across a base of 84 reviews

Visit Easylets

This is the only agency in Dundee that publishes a complete landlord tariff, and it is worth reading even if you go elsewhere, because it tells you what the work actually costs. Management is ten percent with a one hundred and forty nine pound set up fee. Rent collection is eight percent on the same set up. Tenant find is twelve percent of the first month plus two hundred and ninety nine pounds. HMO management is twelve percent with a three hundred pound HMO set up. An inventory is ninety five pounds, notices are twenty five pounds, a rent review is twenty five pounds, project managing an initial HMO licence application is four hundred and fifty pounds and a renewal is three hundred.

It ranks tenth because no public review base could be found anywhere. Transparency is not the same as evidence of service, and this site does not rank an agency highly on a price list alone.

• RegistrationLARN2207002
• AccreditationCouncil of Letting Agents, Property Redress Scheme
• FeesManagement 10% plus 149 pounds set up. HMO management 12% plus 300 pounds. Tenant find 12% of the first month plus 299 pounds.
• Office214 Blackness Road, DD1 5PL
• ExtrasHMO licence project management at 450 pounds, renewal at 300 pounds
• CautionNo public reviews found on any platform

Visit Rent Flats Dundee