Revo Property
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Based on recent customer reviews, Revo Property receives polarised feedback. Satisfied customers praise the straightforward application process, responsive communication, and professional agents like Rachelle. However, a significant number of reviewers raise serious concerns about the high non-refundable application fee of approximately R1,000, which many consider excessive for a credit check. Negative experiences frequently involve disputed deposit refunds, unexpected document requests after payment, and allegations of inflated exit charges. Transparency around fees and post-lease processes remains a recurring pain point for tenants and parents of student renters.
Performance(last 12 months):
TrustIndex
0
Ranking
#5
in Real Estate
NPS Score
-100
Recommended: Unlikely
Review Distribution
3.1|16 Reviews
Jun '25 - May '26
5(33.3%)
4(20%)
3(0%)
2(6.7%)
1(40%)
5(33.3%)
4(20%)
3(0%)
2(6.7%)
1(40%)
Frequently Asked Questions About Revo Property
Based on recent customer reviews, Revo Property receives polarised feedback. Satisfied customers praise the straightforward application process, responsive communication, and professional agents like Rachelle. However, a significant number of reviewers raise serious concerns about the high non-refundable application fee of approximately R1,000, which many consider excessive for a credit check. Negative experiences frequently involve disputed deposit refunds, unexpected document requests after payment, and allegations of inflated exit charges. Transparency around fees and post-lease processes remains a recurring pain point for tenants and parents of student renters.
Revo Property has a TrustIndex of 0 out of 10 on Hellopeter, based on 16 reviews in the last 12 months. Hellopeter has tracked Revo Property across 100 total reviews. How is the TrustIndex calculated? →
Recent reviews (16)
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Enver K
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
24 Feb 2026, 06:15
Revo is a ****
Revo is taking advantage of people by charging R1,000 for a credit check, which is highly unusual and excessive. This fee is one of their requirements when applying for a rental property. I app**** for a fully furnished flat in Bellville (New Boston) in early January 2026, with a move-in date of 01 February 2026. As the move-in date approached, I contacted them several times via phone and email for feedback. They eventually responded and informed me that another applicant had qualified for the property. I accepted this outcome, as I understand that not every applicant will necessarily meet the financial or other qualifying criteria. However, as of today, 24/02/2026, the apartment is still being advertised as available, now with a move-in date of 01/04/2026. This raises serious concerns. This company needs to be investigated, as their practices appear *********. Charging such a high fee for a credit check and continuing to advertise the property after claiming it has been allocated is questionable and potentially exploitative.
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Enver K
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
24 Feb 2026, 06:15
Revo is a ****
Revo is taking advantage of people by charging R1,000 for a credit check, which is highly unusual and excessive. This fee is one of their requirements when applying for a rental property. I app**** for a fully furnished flat in Bellville (New Boston) in early January 2026, with a move-in date of 01 February 2026. As the move-in date approached, I contacted them several times via phone and email for feedback. They eventually responded and informed me that another applicant had qualified for the property. I accepted this outcome, as I understand that not every applicant will necessarily meet the financial or other qualifying criteria. However, as of today, 24/02/2026, the apartment is still being advertised as available, now with a move-in date of 01/04/2026. This raises serious concerns. This company needs to be investigated, as their practices appear *********. Charging such a high fee for a credit check and continuing to advertise the property after claiming it has been allocated is questionable and potentially exploitative.
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Lukhanyiso J
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
18 Feb 2026, 12:33
Revo Property is an absolute ****.
Revo property is an absolute ****. I called Rachelle who is in their rental department as I am looking for a place to stay. I have a bursary with Investec Bank which is a full cost bursary that covers payments for my rental. On their application form for students who have a bursary, they do not mention anything about Surety or account payer that they need to represent you as the occupant of the property in case your bursary defaults. Now Rachelle told me that I can provide my dad's ID who will be my surety and his 6 months bank statements in the event that he does not have payslips. Now after I have paid an application fee of R1095, first of all they do not process my application until I call them about a day later, this lady called Alina starts telling me that she needs Invoices and letters from accountants that I need to state my dad's income before they can process my application. All of this is not mentioned before a person applies, but is now mentioned after they have received the application fee which is non-refundable. Revo property is an absolute **** of a company and no student should be using it. They are preying on students because students are not brave enough to challenge this. This is highly ********* and they should be called out for it. You cannot be requesting further documents that you never mentioned before an application fee was paid because many people who could not provide the documents you require would have withdrawn from applying. I am extremely angry about this and I would not recommend them to anyone.
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Lukhanyiso J
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
18 Feb 2026, 12:33
Revo Property is an absolute ****.
Revo property is an absolute ****. I called Rachelle who is in their rental department as I am looking for a place to stay. I have a bursary with Investec Bank which is a full cost bursary that covers payments for my rental. On their application form for students who have a bursary, they do not mention anything about Surety or account payer that they need to represent you as the occupant of the property in case your bursary defaults. Now Rachelle told me that I can provide my dad's ID who will be my surety and his 6 months bank statements in the event that he does not have payslips. Now after I have paid an application fee of R1095, first of all they do not process my application until I call them about a day later, this lady called Alina starts telling me that she needs Invoices and letters from accountants that I need to state my dad's income before they can process my application. All of this is not mentioned before a person applies, but is now mentioned after they have received the application fee which is non-refundable. Revo property is an absolute **** of a company and no student should be using it. They are preying on students because students are not brave enough to challenge this. This is highly ********* and they should be called out for it. You cannot be requesting further documents that you never mentioned before an application fee was paid because many people who could not provide the documents you require would have withdrawn from applying. I am extremely angry about this and I would not recommend them to anyone.
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Thube
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
27 Jan 2026, 10:33
I loved how accommodating they are, I was stressed about the process as this is my first time renting in Cape Town
I loved how accommodating they are, I was stressed about the process as this is my first time renting in Cape Town. I haven’t encountered any issues and the process is straight forward.
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Thube
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
27 Jan 2026, 10:33
I loved how accommodating they are, I was stressed about the process as this is my first time renting in Cape Town
I loved how accommodating they are, I was stressed about the process as this is my first time renting in Cape Town. I haven’t encountered any issues and the process is straight forward.
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Randall
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
20 Jan 2026, 12:23
Revo Property - Make sure you inspect properties before signing any agreements
I have rented a property from Revo based on the online pictures posted by them on their website. I paid the admin, deposit, legal document and first month rental fees. On closer inspection we found that the property is not as per the condition as advertised. They handed the keys over with promises of doing the required and necessary maintenance. Upon several email enquiries they did not honour the commitment and they offered to terminate the lease agreement which all parties agreed upon with no penalties. On enquiring about the rental refund since the unit was not occupied and the deposit, they refuse to refund the rental amount.
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Randall
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
20 Jan 2026, 12:23
Revo Property - Make sure you inspect properties before signing any agreements
I have rented a property from Revo based on the online pictures posted by them on their website. I paid the admin, deposit, legal document and first month rental fees. On closer inspection we found that the property is not as per the condition as advertised. They handed the keys over with promises of doing the required and necessary maintenance. Upon several email enquiries they did not honour the commitment and they offered to terminate the lease agreement which all parties agreed upon with no penalties. On enquiring about the rental refund since the unit was not occupied and the deposit, they refuse to refund the rental amount.
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G K
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
8 Jan 2026, 03:42
Revo Bent on Unreasonably Withholding Tenant Deposit - Be Warned
Revo Properties in Cape Town are fleecing people of their money. They are playing games with people’s deposit money and it turns out that they are withholding deposit moneys from many unsuspecting individuals for reasons of fleecing people of their hard earned cash or blatant ******ion. It can’t be that nobody there at Revo takes responsibility and no one wants to be accountable for this wrong behaviour. I spoke to Caitlin, Yvonne and the last person to talk to was Leloka Mothibe. These guys have a weird obsession with collecting moneys from tenants whose accounts have been well managed with not even a single default payment throughout the course of the Lease Agreement. In modern day society one expects corporate business to operate above board and with absolute transparency in order to gain the trust of its market but it appears the element of trust is foreign with Revo in Cape Town. I am seeking to challenge this and seek to expose all the financial wrongs that have been committed, particularly against our account - my son has been renting under my care. Firstly we received a weird request from Revo Properties, right from the onset, to rate them positively on Hellopeter in exchange for R50.00 credit - something that never happens with credible organisations out there. That was the first red flag that went without us taking it seriously. We just played along but should have known better. Secondly, it was charging interest where it was not supposed to be. Once we were in the middle of the Lease Agreements weird surreptitious charges started creeping up and only to be reversed after Revo were challenged, meaning if other unsuspecting students never challenged it they obviously fell victim of interest charges being incorrectly lumped onto their monthly accounts for interest towards something that has not yet been formally captured and presented on the monthly invoice statement. What kind of an accounting system does that? Interest is levied before you even know what charges exactly gave rise to the interest. Thirdly, we received an exhorbitant quotation asking us to renovate their premises for them under the disguise of end of Lease Agreement maintenance and exit schedule, a common practice that should only genuinely seek to address real issues of possible damages and reasonable repair of broken stuff in the student room at the end of the Lease Agreement. These guys at Revo were asking for well over R7,000.00 more than the monthly rental amount just to paint a small student unit. What ******ion! This is some kind of ************ practice where a very small student room is quoted at well over R7,000.00 just to paint it at the end of the Lease Agreement. And it turns out the same amount now forms part of the proposed refund of deposit once we rejected such ************ practice so it is clear Revo had ill intentions of not wanting to pay back the deposit money in its entirety to start off with. The figures that have been communicated in seem to be just randomly thrown at us in an effort to even out the deposit amount so that Revo can declare a zero balance at the end of the Lease. We rejected this with the contempt it deserves. So it is clear now that the initial more than R7,000.00 quotation was meant to even out the deposit refund amount. If one does not carefully analyse all the figures being thrown at them one would suffer financial harm due to this behaviour which I have already told Revo Management that it is ************ behaviour. How they have now managed to reduce a whole deposit amount of over R10,000.00 which should include interest on the holding deposit to just under R7,000.00 as a final proposal to pay out is beyond me. For instance a charge of R1,250.00 has been lumped for “mattress cleaning” when everyone knows or a simple online search will reveal that mattress cleaning in Cape Town should be around R300 for a single mattress to about R600 for a King Size mattress and student accommodation is not equipped with a King Size bed at Revo. One just doesn’t know how such figures of over R1,200.00 can possibly form part of a final invoice to calculate the remaining balance to be paid out as Deposit Refund. The ************ element continues right through the final invoice hence we have decided to take the fight with Revo out into the open for everyone to see. We regret having chosen Revo as our preferred option for student accommodation. What a regret of the year! I am sick of it and will seek other means to force Revi to play by the rules and respect people’s hard earned cash.
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G K
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
8 Jan 2026, 03:42
Revo Bent on Unreasonably Withholding Tenant Deposit - Be Warned
Revo Properties in Cape Town are fleecing people of their money. They are playing games with people’s deposit money and it turns out that they are withholding deposit moneys from many unsuspecting individuals for reasons of fleecing people of their hard earned cash or blatant ******ion. It can’t be that nobody there at Revo takes responsibility and no one wants to be accountable for this wrong behaviour. I spoke to Caitlin, Yvonne and the last person to talk to was Leloka Mothibe. These guys have a weird obsession with collecting moneys from tenants whose accounts have been well managed with not even a single default payment throughout the course of the Lease Agreement. In modern day society one expects corporate business to operate above board and with absolute transparency in order to gain the trust of its market but it appears the element of trust is foreign with Revo in Cape Town. I am seeking to challenge this and seek to expose all the financial wrongs that have been committed, particularly against our account - my son has been renting under my care. Firstly we received a weird request from Revo Properties, right from the onset, to rate them positively on Hellopeter in exchange for R50.00 credit - something that never happens with credible organisations out there. That was the first red flag that went without us taking it seriously. We just played along but should have known better. Secondly, it was charging interest where it was not supposed to be. Once we were in the middle of the Lease Agreements weird surreptitious charges started creeping up and only to be reversed after Revo were challenged, meaning if other unsuspecting students never challenged it they obviously fell victim of interest charges being incorrectly lumped onto their monthly accounts for interest towards something that has not yet been formally captured and presented on the monthly invoice statement. What kind of an accounting system does that? Interest is levied before you even know what charges exactly gave rise to the interest. Thirdly, we received an exhorbitant quotation asking us to renovate their premises for them under the disguise of end of Lease Agreement maintenance and exit schedule, a common practice that should only genuinely seek to address real issues of possible damages and reasonable repair of broken stuff in the student room at the end of the Lease Agreement. These guys at Revo were asking for well over R7,000.00 more than the monthly rental amount just to paint a small student unit. What ******ion! This is some kind of ************ practice where a very small student room is quoted at well over R7,000.00 just to paint it at the end of the Lease Agreement. And it turns out the same amount now forms part of the proposed refund of deposit once we rejected such ************ practice so it is clear Revo had ill intentions of not wanting to pay back the deposit money in its entirety to start off with. The figures that have been communicated in seem to be just randomly thrown at us in an effort to even out the deposit amount so that Revo can declare a zero balance at the end of the Lease. We rejected this with the contempt it deserves. So it is clear now that the initial more than R7,000.00 quotation was meant to even out the deposit refund amount. If one does not carefully analyse all the figures being thrown at them one would suffer financial harm due to this behaviour which I have already told Revo Management that it is ************ behaviour. How they have now managed to reduce a whole deposit amount of over R10,000.00 which should include interest on the holding deposit to just under R7,000.00 as a final proposal to pay out is beyond me. For instance a charge of R1,250.00 has been lumped for “mattress cleaning” when everyone knows or a simple online search will reveal that mattress cleaning in Cape Town should be around R300 for a single mattress to about R600 for a King Size mattress and student accommodation is not equipped with a King Size bed at Revo. One just doesn’t know how such figures of over R1,200.00 can possibly form part of a final invoice to calculate the remaining balance to be paid out as Deposit Refund. The ************ element continues right through the final invoice hence we have decided to take the fight with Revo out into the open for everyone to see. We regret having chosen Revo as our preferred option for student accommodation. What a regret of the year! I am sick of it and will seek other means to force Revi to play by the rules and respect people’s hard earned cash.
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Vincent J
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
3 Nov 2025, 17:24
Extremely poor after sales service
Oxfloblox / Revo Property / Prospekt ⚠️ Serious warning to prospective buyers and investors. My experience with this developer and its representatives has been extremely disappointing. Despite months of written promises, basic contractual snags remain unresolved, and there has been no accountability or follow-through. Communication is poor, deadlines are ignored, and the same excuses are recycled without action. This pattern shows a complete lack of after-sales support and disregard for contractual obligations. It has caused financial loss and unnecessary stress due to the property being left incomplete. Buyers should be very cautious – do not rely on verbal or email assurances, insist on written completion guarantees, and withhold final payment until every snag is truly resolved. Once they’ve been paid, you are on your own. — Vincent Jones
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Vincent J
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
3 Nov 2025, 17:24
Extremely poor after sales service
Oxfloblox / Revo Property / Prospekt ⚠️ Serious warning to prospective buyers and investors. My experience with this developer and its representatives has been extremely disappointing. Despite months of written promises, basic contractual snags remain unresolved, and there has been no accountability or follow-through. Communication is poor, deadlines are ignored, and the same excuses are recycled without action. This pattern shows a complete lack of after-sales support and disregard for contractual obligations. It has caused financial loss and unnecessary stress due to the property being left incomplete. Buyers should be very cautious – do not rely on verbal or email assurances, insist on written completion guarantees, and withhold final payment until every snag is truly resolved. Once they’ve been paid, you are on your own. — Vincent Jones
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