Gordon Clifford Realty

This is my second real estate transaction with the team at Gordon Clifford Realty and I cannot say enough great things about them. About 10 years ago, Al and his team helped me purchase a condo in the Outer Sunset. Just this past month, they helped me sell that condo.
Take all of the buzz words you would want to hear — professional, knowledgable, competent, experienced, top-​notch, accomplished, compassionate — they all apply to the GC team.
For me, a word that describes GC, the word I find most important, is trustworthy. I trust them. I trust that they had my best interests at heart. I trust their opinions. I trust that they did everything they could to make both transactions as painless as possible. I trust that choosing GC was the best decision I could have made.
If I ever need a real estate team again, I’ll be calling them and only them. I think repeated business, especially when so much money is at stake, is the highest compliment I could give to a business.
Thank you Gordon Clifford!

Al and his team were amazing to work with. They gave us immediate and constant attention and showed amazing professionalism. They went above and beyond all of our expectations and made the selling of our house an effortless experience. Even after the sale of our house, Al continued to check in with us and take care some issues that popped up unexpectedly. This is a company that shows, they not only care about your business, but they care about you as people too!

I lived in a flat managed by Gordon/​Clifford for over four years and was always pleased with the relationship. They were responsive to service requests, kept the building clean and in working order and were highly organized with paperwork and documentation.
Perhaps the best part of all was their screening and selection process. All of our neighbors who came and went over the years were fantastic. Some even became close friends.

Neal was great. I recommend asking for him by name. He helped us get an awesome place. I’m general, these guys here are very responsive and helpful.

We looked at an apartment shown by Neal Corkery. Neal was very professional and helpful. We applied for the apartment and were approved, but we later had to decline the apartment due to an issue we had with the garage parking. (It was a small space, and our bicycle and car would not both fit in the space as we had hoped.) Neal kindly allowed us to see the apartment a second time to see if it would fit our needs, and then gave us time to decide if we wanted the apartment or not.

Where to begin with the amazing Gordon Clifford Realty! Beyond Amazing thats for sure. I first met with Neal who showed us the apartment and we rented it through him. He is so professional, nice, accomodating and great to work with– love the guy! Then once we were in, we would call on Lucius, Natalie and Beth who are so nice and on it wow! They get you a response ASAP and someone out to fix whatever needs to be fixed right away. I was so impressed– plus those they work with whether the plumber, etc are all so kind and professional and the top of the line and the best. I have worked with a few agencies and this one is by far the best. So flexible, easy to work with, on it and deserve more than the 5 stars– they are the best! They take such great care of the apartment building– they have an awesome guy come out once a week to clean the place and clearly they care about the building because they take such great care of it. The building, the manager and the tenants are all top notch– all responsible people and such a great and amazing place to live. We couldnt be happier and SOOO appreciate Gordon Clifford Realty!!! The best of the best!

We’ve been renting our apartment for the last few years and I feel very satisfied with the level of service we have received from Gordon Clifford. Issues are always dealt with promptly and effectively. Communication from GC has been very professional. In the last few months, upgrades have been made to the outside of our building which we were notified about throughout the duration of construction. We had some flooding in our bathroom and we were promptly reimbursed for damages to some of our belongings. Rent increases are yearly but fair. Everything is laid out in black and white what is expected of tenants and they are serious about it. Overall I feel like I know what to expect from this rental agency and they are reliable.

I have been a tenant at a building run by Gordon Clifford Real Estate Management group for over 35 years. Yes, over 35 years… we native San Franciscans don’t do change well.
Through out the years maintenance issues from clogged drains, faucets that drip… you get the idea, come up. The property management group led by Beth & Lucias always respond promptly and usually have someone out to fix the problem the same or next day.

My boyfriend and I recently began renting with this company. Neal was our realtor and he has been the most honest and reliable person that we have worked with in the city.

I’ve rented from Gordon-​Clifford for 20 years and I am very happy with my apartment and the company. Beth is the consummate professional. She is consistent, fair, responsive and always engaged. I believe she cares about the tenants in their building and strives to maintain a good working relationship with us. I know what to expect with GC and that says a lot, especially in a city with a ton of overpriced rentals that are shoddily maintained. Their rentals are fairly priced, not out to gouge tenants, and I have always found their word to be good. I’d happily refer friends to a GC-​managed property.

Extremely competent and professional managing all aspects of our real estate transactions. Al, Maria, and Beth are an invaluable resource when addressing buying, selling, or renting. We have utilized their office in each of these areas and would not hesitate to recommend them to family, friends, or anyone else. They are experts on San Franisco, in particular, but also provide good advice on the overall real estate market.

* As someone else said, they are sane and reasonable. They are no pushovers but you can expect a certain level of service which is always refreshing to know and expect.
I rented a large rent-​controlled unit for over 15 years. GC became the property manager over 10 years ago. The first thing they did when the current maintenance man Lucius took over was fixed everything that was obvious and most of the things we requested.
Over the years they were pretty good at maintaining an old steam heat system but they have slacked off on that recently (the only reason I can’t in good conscience give them all five stars). That may have more to do with the building owner than management though.
I’m currently in the move out phase after the aforementioned lengthy tenancy and so far they are handling it all very well.
More to come after the move out and details are complete…

BEWARE! This place is practically a scam. I dealt with this guy Neal who NEVER ONCE returned my phone calls & only ONCE replied to my emails. I submitted an application so he replied «Thanks.» I showed up to the office to drop off the application fee of $ 50. He smiled, taking my money & never spoke to me again.
I went to their office a few days after I gave Neal the application fee, because I hadn’t heard from him. The receptionist told me he was out and would be back in an hour. I waited three hours, I wasted my day, and he never showed.
A woman in the office who was going to put me in contact with Neal gave me her cell phone number, sent me to a coffee shop, and told me to call her in half an hour.
I called her half an hour later and she informed me that Neal had «decided to give the apartment to a more qualified applicant.» She apologized I had to come all the way out there just to find that out.
I was perfectly polite & civil to these people and Neal was quite frankly abusive. I’m not upset about the fact I didn’t get the apartment, but the way in which he treated me is inexcusable.

Gordon/​Clifford Realty is a rare find in San Francisco it is a boutique firm, which caters to individual attention and service with every person they are doing business with.
Al and Beth go out of their way to provide the highest quality of service and attention to detail. I was impressed by the wealth of knowledge of the SF market this is probably a result of the 20 plus years of experience. If you want to rent or purchase in SF stick with a company that has a proven track record and history in that market, which is Gordon/​Clifford!

This company lies. We bought a house and originally we kind of liked the selling agent Maria despite her acting a little rude at times. But then she went on to be frankly, very mean. We paid at least 20K over what would be a more reasonable price and we only asked for a single thing at both our house inspection and final walk through which was to remove some really disgusting and HUGE piles of nasty rat droppings soaked in urine that were underneath a stairwell in the basement. We asked twice, both times, at our inspection, and then when it wasn’t done, at the final walk through. Both times Maria assured us she would get it taken care of immediately. On moving day we get the keys and bring in our stuff and lo and behold, the rat droppings are still there. A little bit from the front was cleared but the entire back part was not and it stinks horribly every time we walk by, to the point that we do not want to use our home vaccuum cleaner on this. We asked her to please rectify this and she refused. Her company also painted over some water stains on the wall and sanded down the floors to conceal several leaking window seals that had warped the wood floors a little. I really cannot believe after all this that she would not come through on the one item she swore to us she would get done before the close. She is a liar. I would not expect any form of honesty or follow through from this person.

As SF Landlords go, they are as good as it gets. Beth always treated us with the utmost respect and interacted with us like human beings. When it was time to move out, she pre-​inspected the place and let us know exactly where we might get dinged so we could rectify the situation ourselves at a lower cost.
My prior landlords (Property Management Systems) were the devil and I wish H1N1 on the lot of them. My current landlord is berserk and leaves weird little notes all around our property. I’m telling you, renting in SF is a risky proposition and Gordon-​Clifford were entirely sane and reasonable. Short of buying, I would rent from these guys again in a heartbeat.

I have not been impressed with these guys. I moved into my house in August on a month to month lease under a girl that has been living here for 4 years. I started calling them about a window that didn’t work (the glass was too small of the frame) in October and it is now almost March and it is still not fixed. They keep telling me «3 weeks». then saying I am getting a hell of a deal for that house… it has been rent controlled for 4 years. But that is the way it works… you stay in a house for a long time and you don’t pay higher rent.
They have been rude to us and not helpful when there was a computing error that was saying we owed $ 30 dollars. It has not been fixed for 6 months.

Let’s see. They heckled us for Cashiers Checks and wouldn’t take normal checks for the last $ 2000 (come on, they already had almost 5K from us a that point!!.) I got the rent keys at the Americano Bar and signed the contracts THERE b/​c the realtor wouldn’t wait until I got off work (great happy hour on friday incidentally.) My heater is still burning up my room and leaked all over my floor. The inside handle of our door is broken. Nothing ever gets fixed. That said, they did rent us an amazing apartment that I LOVE and would put up with all of the above just to live in!