Reeds Rains CEMB reviews in North Somerset, Clevedon and Portishead

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hopeless service, disinterested customer service, sharp practice over fees

The irony of this is that I AM an estate agent, albeit from out of the area, so to have been 'had over' so badly by this Company is doubly embarrassing! My only excuse is that I left the dealings to my wife, and it was difficult for her being faced with such an accomplished deception. Usual story with amateurs such as this. Turned up and overvalued the house. - £540k against an eventual value of 450k. Promised the earth to justify his quoted 1% fee before writing it on the agreement at a FIXED FEE, rather than the 1% quoted, and based on the asking price that WE set, having recognised that his assessment was preposterous. My wife questioned him on the fixed fee at the time and he said, 'oh don't worry. If it goes for less we'll drop it then.' Naive perhaps, but my wife is a lovely trusting person, and I wasn't there AND didn't check it after the event. He also sold us the 'professional photography' for £150. Two visits later by the photographer the photos were so bad that we asked for a normal office camera to be used by the manager which, under strict guidance, were much better. Two WEEKS later the details were still not available due to missing information and incorrect room measurements. The 'service' that followed was, frankly, laughable, from start to finish, despite the promises made at the beginning. During the whole process they spoke to my solicitor ONCE, and later claimed that was an acceptable standard of service. It was so bad we resorted to having to deal directly with our buyers. Even at the eleventh hour, the day before we actually exchanged, the Manager told me exchange wouldn't be taking place for another week. It turns out he didn't know it was possible to exchange on a nil deposit. Now, its true that a member of the public might not understand fine detail like that, but it's reasonable to expect the self-proclaimed expert himself to know the fine detail, isn't it? My issue with this, actually, is not that the sale didn't go through, it did. But the lies he's told his 'customer service' department to get out of it are the epitome of why the industry has such a bad name. The customer service was just as bad as the selling experience. The first two letters of complaint I wrote were to the area manager. He didn't even bother to acknowledge them. The 'Customer Service' person then only answered the points she wanted to and ignored the others despite being asked directly for an explanation as to why and a response. Nothing. Then sent some cut and paste whitewash of a response trying to justify the branch behaviour. Shame on you Reeds Rains for supporting this practice and accepting the manager's lies as truth. My advice to EVERYONE either on the market with them or even THINKING about using them is, think again. Or at least be aware what you're getting yourselves into.

V · 23 January 2017 · Reeds Rains CEMB North Somerset (58 High Street)

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rating only, no written review.

Nigel · 21 January 2017 · Reeds Rains CEMB Portishead

★★★★★ 1/5

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Nigel · 25 October 2016 · Reeds Rains CEMB North Somerset (58 High Street)

★★★★★ 1/5

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Full of idiots

Rented a bungalow in January 2016...Nothing but problems from the get go. Issues with damp in the house constantly enquired about, builder even recommended certain repairs that were never done. Deposit protection certificate never provided. Speaking to several different people that completely fail to communicate! Absolutely ridiculous.

Customer · 21 October 2016 · Reeds Rains CEMB North Somerset (5 The Triangle)

★★★★★ 5/5

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Can't praise enough

Had my property on market with purple bricks for six months and not a sausage. Put Reeds Rains on to it and within 3 weeks it was sold for more than purple bricks wanted me to market it for. Worth the extra fees! They actually work for you. Well done.

Dorothy · 26 September 2016 · Reeds Rains CEMB North Somerset (58 High Street)

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling.

When moving in the house was damp and dirty, stains and dirt over most surfaces dispute being told it would be fixed.Repeated complaints of damp were made and ignored. Only when environmental health and citizens advice were contacted did reeds bother to do anything. The only thing they did was harass the tenant. Not make any repairs.On leaving, reeds rains continued to harass the tenant and demanded payment for cleaning, despite cleaning being done by the tenant and the dirty state it was leased in.You will not get a straight answer out of them.I could not recommend them less.

Rebecca · 17 September 2016 · Reeds Rains CEMB North Somerset (58 High Street)

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rental. Severe damp, mildew and mould.

I had the misfortune to use this company. Issues immediately with damp in the property which were repeatedly flagged up and not resolved. The conditions lead to wardrobes and desks being thrown out due to mould damage, mildew and spores on my sofa and mattress, and increased asthma symptoms. All of this was told to the company, merely to be told move furniture further away from the walls. As though 5 inches away was not enough. Walls and wood furniture were bleached fully once a week by myself but merely masked the issue and didn't treat it.Despite citizens advice, and a member of staff at reeds, saying this is unacceptable conditions and a breach of contract, the repairs were still not made. Staff that don't listen or resolve issues, shocking.As well as these awful conditions, dispute has been made over the return of the deposit. How this company is still running is an amazement. I have heard multiple stories so similar to this and yet no improvements.

Rebecca · 16 August 2016 · Reeds Rains CEMB North Somerset (5 The Triangle)

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unprofessional and incompetent estate agent

We wanted to sell our house and chose a national company of estate agents with many branches all over the country because we thought they would do a good job so we instructed the Poulton-le-Fylde branch of Reeds Rains to put our house on the market. When I first rang the branch I was happy with their telephone manner and so thought they would be trustworthy. But we were wrong and almost straightaway, things started to unravel. The marketing description of our house contained a lot of spelling mistakes, some grammatical errors and some albeit minor inaccuracies and we had to correct all those before we were happy with it. The manager explained that all viewings were to be done by the agents and we were happy with that but it never happened; of the very small number of viewings they arranged, every time we had to drop everything and show the potential buyers round ourselves, sometimes at short notice. There was always an excuse...they were short staffed or on their own in the branch. In one case, a potential buyer knocked on our door and said they could not contact the branch to arrange a viewing. I rang the branch one Saturday afternoon and no one was there even though they should have been open. When I queried this later, the staff member said she was out conducting a viewing in total contradiction of what I was told. The worst aspect was that the manager lost our key. He collected it from us on day one and it simply was not entered into their system. I only found out when I received an email when we were on holiday that there was a potential viewing but the branch manager did not know how to get access to our house. I had had at least 3 separate conversations with him and his staff about us being away but at no time was this missing key mentioned. It was eventually found in a drawer, unmarked. I think this is totally unprofessional behaviour for a commercial organisation. He never even contacted us to apologise, he left it to his junior staff members to sort it all out. We cancelled our contract with them as soon as we could and I would not recommend this branch under any circumstances.

Laura · 25 July 2016 · Reeds Rains CEMB North Somerset (58 High Street)