Dear Visitor,
Welcome to our website – I hope you find it interesting and informative. Over twenty years ago, when I started this firm from a small spare room at home, I never imagined that it would lead to managing a property portfolio valued in excess of €8 billion and employing almost 60 people – most of whom you’ll see here in our virtual office tour, hard at work – managing your property development.
We attribute the firm’s success to the quality and diversity of expertise on offer from our firm and of course our loyal Clients with whom we have built long and lasting relationships, their referrals which provided consistent growth and our own unique team of talented individuals in O’Dwyer Property Management who always put our Clients first – and frequently go ‘that extra mile’.
We constantly invest heavily in innovative management systems and in-house training and work hard to earn our Clients repeat business. In 2009 we were delighted to be the first firm in our sector to have our Quality Management System approved and accredited with ISO 9001:2008 Quality Standard Award.
The biggest challenge to our professional service delivery has been the absence of any professional regulation. The unregulated marketplace hindered the development of professional standards and enabled ‘pop up’ firms to operate without any qualifications, supervision, standards of practice, or robust systems. This situation impacted on service quality and value resulting in irregularities and inconsistencies in the property management service sector which will only be resolved with the enactment of the long awaited Property Services Regulatory Authority, the PSRA.
Similarly, for clients in mixed and multi unit developments, they suffered greatly from the absence of any statutory legal framework to provide protections and safeguards against poor quality construction, development completions, and irregularities in the running of management companies. The recent enactment of the Multi-Unit Development (MUD) Act 2011, ensures many such problems which have arisen will no longer occur in future developments.
Having lobbied extensively for both pieces of legislation over the past few years please check out our News Section and Advice Centre where you will find lots of relevant news, information and articles which may be of interest to you. Similarly you can subscribe to our Ezine “Property Management Matters” to read the latest updates.
The Celtic Tiger produced a great supply of property which, irrespective of the property management, enjoyed consistent capital growth and was easily sold on for a profit. Since 2008 and the onset of the economic downturn, that reality has altered radically; properties are no longer bought and sold with ease, and cannot be viewed as a short-term investment. The challenge now is for consumers to embrace property management and the value that professional management via appropriate service charges can contribute to the quality of living environments and sustainable capital values for the long term. We believe that quality and investment in property management will now play a far greater role than ever before.
For information on Property Management or any of our services please contact us or if you are already a Client, please login to your private Member's Area to learn more about your property and its management.
We thank you again for visiting.
Kind Regards
Siobhan O'Dwyer
Chairman