Davidglen77
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Real Estate agency - beware
I have had good and bad experiences with Real Estate agencies here in Buenos Aires. The 1st one LORENZO propiedades in Villa Urquiza was great until I bought the apartment and things started falling apart and leaking after a few months as it was new construction and their response was "ya hicimos lo nuestro" in other words, "we are all done, we did our part". The second one was VALJOR in Villa Urquiza, very professional, fast, sold the apartment in 1 week for almost the asking price, just about everything was handled very professionally.
Now the 3rd one, "Ester Matticoli" in Villa Urquiza is the ABSOLUTE WORST. They are the owners of the store that I rent for my business. Even though I have paid my rent every single month on time not even 1 day late for the past almost 3 years, They will not fix any of the constantly leaking pipes, sewer connections, wall mold, or anything else that breaks that is the landlord's responsibility. And when I complain they get VERY nasty and say things to my like "por que no te vas si no te gusta (why don't you leave if you don't like it)", "vos pensás que estás en los Estados Unidos (do you think that you are in the United States)" For all of these problems they have told me I have to take up the issue with the building management and consorcio, and when I go to them they ignore me. So nobody has done anything to fix these issues which have harmed my business, (merchandise ruined by water leaks, thrown in the garbage, horrible smells in the summer when the wastewater overflows from the broken pipes into my store), they have accused me of not letting the plumber in to fix things, which is a total lie. Once a plumber came, made a huge hole in the floor, threw raw cement in to fix it and left the place a filthy mess. They accuse me of not paying the water and ABL tax on time, and then bring me the bills late and try to charge me interest and say it's my fault they are late (the bills go directly to their address). When I did a search on them they are on the list of infractors with the Asociation of Real Estate Agencies in Buenos Aires. I am so sick of this treatment. I am going to get out of this store very soon and move to a different one. I know a lot of people who have businesses in Buenos Aires, and while all of some problems to deal with none have had anything like this. Last week one of the associates came into my store and told me that they as the owners of the property can come in and claim anything that is inside of their property at anytime as their own. He said that if he wants some bottles of wine from my store I have to give them to him for free, because according to the law in Argentina anything inside of his property is his. Can you believe this garbage??
Here is a link to my facebook page with pictures of all of the damage. Stay away from this real estate agency: Ester Matticoli Estudio Inmobiliario, Giribone 2395 'A' Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=162866773786329
I have had good and bad experiences with Real Estate agencies here in Buenos Aires. The 1st one LORENZO propiedades in Villa Urquiza was great until I bought the apartment and things started falling apart and leaking after a few months as it was new construction and their response was "ya hicimos lo nuestro" in other words, "we are all done, we did our part". The second one was VALJOR in Villa Urquiza, very professional, fast, sold the apartment in 1 week for almost the asking price, just about everything was handled very professionally.
Now the 3rd one, "Ester Matticoli" in Villa Urquiza is the ABSOLUTE WORST. They are the owners of the store that I rent for my business. Even though I have paid my rent every single month on time not even 1 day late for the past almost 3 years, They will not fix any of the constantly leaking pipes, sewer connections, wall mold, or anything else that breaks that is the landlord's responsibility. And when I complain they get VERY nasty and say things to my like "por que no te vas si no te gusta (why don't you leave if you don't like it)", "vos pensás que estás en los Estados Unidos (do you think that you are in the United States)" For all of these problems they have told me I have to take up the issue with the building management and consorcio, and when I go to them they ignore me. So nobody has done anything to fix these issues which have harmed my business, (merchandise ruined by water leaks, thrown in the garbage, horrible smells in the summer when the wastewater overflows from the broken pipes into my store), they have accused me of not letting the plumber in to fix things, which is a total lie. Once a plumber came, made a huge hole in the floor, threw raw cement in to fix it and left the place a filthy mess. They accuse me of not paying the water and ABL tax on time, and then bring me the bills late and try to charge me interest and say it's my fault they are late (the bills go directly to their address). When I did a search on them they are on the list of infractors with the Asociation of Real Estate Agencies in Buenos Aires. I am so sick of this treatment. I am going to get out of this store very soon and move to a different one. I know a lot of people who have businesses in Buenos Aires, and while all of some problems to deal with none have had anything like this. Last week one of the associates came into my store and told me that they as the owners of the property can come in and claim anything that is inside of their property at anytime as their own. He said that if he wants some bottles of wine from my store I have to give them to him for free, because according to the law in Argentina anything inside of his property is his. Can you believe this garbage??
Here is a link to my facebook page with pictures of all of the damage. Stay away from this real estate agency: Ester Matticoli Estudio Inmobiliario, Giribone 2395 'A' Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=162866773786329
