MarksOutOfTenancy

Website that enables tenants to rate landlords and agents goes live

A Bristol-based website that claims to be a TripAdvisor for tenants by enabling them to rate landlords, letting agents and property has gone live with ambitions to launch in the US, Australia and New Zealand. The site, MarksOutOfTenancy.com, asks tenants to rate their landlord, property and area and also leave brief details about their experiences. It asks tenants to rate the heating, décor and furniture, utilities, structural qualities, soundproofing and heating system, each out of ten. Marks out of Tenancy then publishes summary pages for each property and names both the tenant and how long they have rented the property, and the landlord. Rate letting agents The site also enables tenants to separately rate letting agents, marking them out of ten for communication, speed, quality of repairs, value for money, attitude and check in/check out abilities. Both landlords and agents will be able to respond to their reviews, whether good or bad, the site says. Marks Out Of Tenancy has been under development for two years and was founded by Bristol-based Ben Yarrow (picture right, top) and Tom Dickinson (below), who say the idea came to them after a “negative experience” with a local landlord. The pair found that while they…

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