Apple Estates

There’s a fine line between rustic, old timey charm that brings about a sense of the post-​war «let’s all muck in and get it sorted» attitude, and a run-​down shack that evokes the pre-​war «well, the economy is absolutely boned» attitude, and simply looking at the Apple Estates shop should give you a quick idea of which side of that particular line these people lean towards.
It would be churlish of me to judge the business purely on the aesthetics of their shopfront. So I won’t. BUT FEAR NOT! There’s plenty more to judge, so I’ll do that instead.
How about this? They’re a surly bunch of swines in there. Look folks, we know you never really wanted to be estate agents. We know there are dreams of astronauts and movie stars and heavy metal bassists and Formula One drivers in your heads, and a small, Cardiff letting office is almost the antithesis of «fun job», but let’s try and give the customers a decent experience, aye?
I’ll leave them alone now. But keep in mind; these guys are proud of the fact that they are both landlords and estate agents. Wow. I mean, c’mon guys; being proud of hitting 2 out of 3 on the «Most Evil Jobs In The World» list? I’m pretty sure you folks would explode should you enter a church.

Some business people think that if you somehow manage to put apple in the name you’re sure to be a success, maybe they think they will be likened to Apple Inc. who knows?
Apple Estates is quite new on the estate agent scene for the area, its located on Richard Street, but all the locals think this long street is Crwys from the George all the way up to the Library.
As with most estate agents you’ll find they don’t always do what they say they will and because they’re new they have very few houses on the books. They are trying to cash in on the student market but are just slightly to far from all the other student letting agents i.e. pinnacle & Keylet etc.

Went in here not so long ago when my boyfriend was trying to find somewhere cheaper to live. He set up an appointment to view one property but when we got there the person who was meant to be showing us around wasn’t there so we had to wait to around for a while before he came back. The property turned out to be a dive, I know he was looking for cheaper but I do wonder if some estate agents will take on any old thing.
ANyway the chap showing us around was nice enough and talked about what he was looking for and told him this place that was coming on soon. They promised they’d be in touch to let him know, but needless to say they never did.