5/5
Very helpful, professional and friendly, helped us find the perfect home and answered all questions we had.

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Nicholas Humphreys has 17 offices, in Manchester, Nottingham, Stoke On Trent, Burton, Derby, Norwich, Hatfield, Canterbury, Wimborne, Sheffield West, Portswood, Northampton, Durham, Portsmouth, Leicester, Sheffield City and Birmingham. Together they have 2,919 reviews on two platforms, rated 4.2 out of 5 overall.
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5/5
Very helpful, professional and friendly, helped us find the perfect home and answered all questions we had.
5/5
Have dealt with Mike Buckland in lettings for many years, until recently when we sold our property, I can highly recommend Mike. He has always been professional, friendly and very helpful.
5/5
Great service, quick, reassuring, helpful, informative and personable. Moving is stressful enough but the people at the Burton branch allieviated that trepidation considerably. Thanks to Jackie, Deborah, Kelly, Eileen, keep being excellent!
5/5
Really professional and warm service provided! They are true team-players and help clients through all the process, answer all questions quickly and communicate between landlord and tenant effectively, highly recommend! Very efficient and dedicated rental agent, communication is timely, answers all questions, a team is providing services to clients and landlords, everything goes smoothly, highly recommended!
5/5
Excellent service, very helpful.
5/5
Perfectly helpful, and provided an exceptional viewing.
5/5
Great local estate agent, with excellent local knowledge, very professional.
5/5
Great service and a fantastic team. The manager Nick went above and beyond :)
5/5
We have recently dealt with Nicholas Humphreys Estate and Letting agent and they have been fantastic! Very attentive and helpful! Dealt with everything swiftly and we are looking forward to getting into the property. Thankyou again for everything! Jade
5/5
I've used Nicholas Humphreys letting services for the past 4 years and I would highly recommend there services. I've never had a void with any of the rentals and they've always been on hand should I require any trades recommended. I would encourage any landlords, particularly with Student lets to use NH as the team are fantastic and very responsive.
5/5
We are currently selling mine and my partners properties to move in together. I was referred to Chris from Nicholas Humphreys and the whole process has been unreal! My house went up at 8:30am and was sold the next morning with 6 offers. I was kept up to date with everything going on the only thing that could make this better would be a huge chocolate bar on completion π Chris genuinely cares and wants the best outcome for the buyer and seller! 5 stars from me π
5/5
Amazing service. Very patient and helpful with all enquiries.
Hi Olivia, thank you for your review and I'm glad you're happy with our service! Many thanks, Will, Nicholas Humphreys
1/5
This is worst agency everβ¦. They charged me for cleaning the whole house when I wanted to end the contract in between, checked with the tenants living in that property now and literally nothing was doneβ¦ Β£75 to clean the room which was already been cleaned by me and itβs Β£75 was charged just for one personβ¦ how stupidβ¦I gave my keys on 6th but charged for 12 days rent.. my whole deposit which was Β£435 is taken and I had to pay extra Β£105β¦ students be aware they are scammers.
Hi Cecilia, Thank you for your feedback however just to clarify the situation, the cleaning you were charged was for your room and a portion of the kitchen which was in a bad state. If you want more evidence of this to explain the charges we are more than happy to send this to you in an email. The reason for the extra charges was due to your rent arrears as you moved out halfway through a month which hadn't been paid for in rent, you also elected to pay your early termination fee from your deposit which we only done to try and help you out and don't typically do this. Kind regards Jack Nicholas Humphreys
5/5
I had a lovely experience staying in one of his property. He is very understanding and knows how best to handle situations that may arise. I highly recommend this Estate and letting agency.
Dear Adaeze, Thank you very much for your lovely 5 Star Google review. We are happy to hear that you had a positive experience whilst renting in one of the properties we manage. Thank you so much for handling your tenancy well during your stay. We wish you and your family well for the future and if we can ever be of assistance to you in the future, please do not hesitate to contact us. Regards, Nicholas & Sue
1/5
Worst sh... Ever, don't even think to work with them
4/5
Nice and friendly staff . Easy process for renting a house .
1/5
Iβve dealt with countless estate agencies, for both renting and buying properties, and I hate cliches but - if I could give 0 stars, Iβd give -1 to this happy bunch. Nicholas Humphreys Northampton is one of the most poorly organised, unprofessional, condescending, and frustrating estate agencies you will ever deal with. A family run business, with each family member being given glorified titles of βdirectorsβ and βmanagersβ, when frankly they could barely direct and manage a low budget YouTube video. The Carpenters are a plague in the property industry. I had the misfortune of renting a property through them for a year. We arrived on our tenancy start date 14th July 2022, to find the property had not been cleaned yet, there was plaster around every socket, there were cables hanging down from the ceiling, the cupboards were greasy and yellowed, the oven was filthy and so much more was wrong - I still have the several pictures I sent them. The email was so big, I had to upload the images onto One Drive, as they would not fit onto a normal email. Time went on, and more problems arose. From damp/mould, to a leak through the boiler, which I reported promptly and never got an update as to when someone would be coming out. When I called to check, a few weeks later, Kate Banas informed me someone could come the very next day. I politely informed her I would be away at a wedding and would like to be there - could they come a few days later instead. She said it was fine, but then emailed me later to suggest if the boiler were to βget worseβ, due to this βdelayβ that I had apparently caused, I would have to foot the bill. In short, I replied absolutely not - to which she responded rudely as if it were my fault and apparently the delay was caused because of me - even though I had reported the issue weeks ago, and she was only able remember I had reported the boiler issue because I had made the follow-up call, to ask for an update. This email exchange took place over a shared email inbox - which the directors have an overview over, but no one stepped in to say - you know what, thatβs not great customer service, Kate. The damp/mould mentioned earlier was always dealt with via email - βopen the windows and use heatingβ. The windows were opened daily, and heating was used often. Our laundry was done at a laundromat - we were not actively causing any moisture, but Michael Carpenter did not seem to have the critical thinking skills to think - maybe these tenants are not lying and there is just a lot of moisture in that poorly maintained property. I had many of these exchanges with the Carpenters. At the end of it all, they withheld a lot of my deposit - some of it I agreed with. Other bits, I contested, and some money was taken off after Michael finally agreed. Be wary of this and keep all email threads with this agency. They will also use Kateβs husband, Jacek Banas, to do dodgy work around the house, and then invoice this to the tenant. They will then tell you that heβs cheaper than other quotes, to make it seem like theyβre doing you a favour - yes, he is cheaper and for good reason. His work is awful. Poor landlord. Michael decided to be rude and condescending once again via email about the deposit, to which I responded in the same manner. I got a lovely email from his wife - another self-proclaimed DIRECTOR - saying she did not βappreciate my toneβ. I advised her to speak with her team about tone and customer service, before commenting on mine, as Iβd been nothing but polite and cordial to them, until I had those exchanges with her husband and Kate. There were many other things that I do not have the time to go into. The titles that these poor-excuses-for-estate-agents have given themselves, are not worth the paper they are written on. Strange individuals with no people skills, decorum or moral compass. Even if I did love a property in the future, I would not look twice at it, if it were being marketed by these individuals. Stay well clear. They will likely respond to this with lies, and I expect nothing less.
1/5
Awfully run, dishonest and have no care for tenants whatsoever. Rented a student house through them. House wasnβt cleaned prior to us moving in. One bedroom was uninhabitable for 2 months longer than we were told due to the poor organisation of the company. Cut corners to save money repeatedly. Landlord was unqualified and incapable of doing the work to the house. As shown through the water (and waste) from flushing our toilet coming out of the shower drain which also leaked through the floor onto our fuse box. They also took 3 weeks to even try and fix this properly. controls to the heating was padlocked into a cupboard meaning we couldnβt adjust anything forcing us to spend more on heating than we needed or wanted. Company tried conning us out of our deposit by using photos from a year before we moved into the house as evidence. Thankfully we were able to contest this and we able to get some of our deposit back. Not before 4 months of arguing with the company about their obvious lies. Wouldnβt recommend this company to anyone. If I could rate it worse, I would.
2/5
Very unorganized, I had to chase every little thing up. Needs to improve their communication skills
5/5
Having used Bhav and his team at Nicholas Humphreys as a managing agent on a rental and subsequently in their role to sell this property I cannot recommend them strongly enough. Fabulous service throughout and common sense approach too.
1/5
Unbale to rate as ZERO. Just don't waste your time with them. Every member of staff I / We dealt with are incompetent, untrustworthy, unprofessional, unorganised and dishonest. I only wish I could post all of the emails and messages I have received from them over the past year. Their excuses and apologies mean nothing. A genuinely awful, awful service. Thank you all for a truly terrible experience. Oh, if you do get a property from them firstly - I'm sorry. Secondly TAKE PICTURES of everything and I mean EVERYTHING, walls, carpets, mattresses, floors, everything and preferably with one of them as a witness. Just in case when, you leave the property you have a recent record of the state of the property when YOU moved in and not old pictures taken a long while ago when the property was at its best. I'm not saying that they'd use old photos to compare the before and after state but just in case they do, you might have a bit more of a case with them when you try and get your deposit back. I will be expecting a reply saying the property was not managed by them and I should contact the landlord. I am however not expecting to be contacted by them to discuss their failings.
5/5
Very responsive and quick to reply.
2/5
First off all, please update your new location in Google maps. The location shown in Google maps is wrong. I find the new office by searching for 45 minutes. Somebody from the reception told me they will contact me for 1 bedroom enquiry. Until today, I didn't get any call
Hi Jinish, sorry to see you left us a 2 Star Review. We do not have any record of ever having any communication with yourself. Can you please confirm that you have left the review on the correct Nicholas Humphreys Branch? Thanks
1/5
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Nicholas Humphreys and its branches won The Negotiator Awards in one year, most recently 2016.
Negotiator Awards winners in one year, the group and its branches: 2016.
Negotiator Awards by year, 20162016 1 Bronze The Negotiator Awards 2016 winners
Source: The Negotiator Awards winners lists, as published, linked by year.

Nicholas Humphreys and its branches won awards at The British Property Awards in two years, most recently 2024.
British Property Awards winners in two years, the group and its branches: 2020, 2024.
British Property Awards by year, 2020 to 2024Source: The British Property Awards winners lists, as published, linked by year.
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Manchester has the most, with 545 reviews rated 4.2 out of 5, followed by Nottingham with 438.
The 17 Nicholas Humphreys offices, by town:
Yes. At The British Property Awards 2024 its branches won 1 Gold award. The group and its branches have also won 2 other industry awards since 2016.