Reeds Rains Robinson Lee reviews in Bury and Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 2/5

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Nearly a year on from our initial …

Nearly a year on from our initial listing with RR I am still so unimpressed I felt the need for this review. And no I am not a continual whiner, if you look at my other reviews they are predominantly 5 stars.As they were agents for the new homes we were interested in we listed with them without comparison, rather stupidly I told them just that, I will not be so naive again. Initially things seemed OK although a bit more guidance on price may have been helpful, instead I suggested a hopeful figure which, hands up, my fault, was a bit optimistic. There was a pretty poor spelling error on the particulars which I pointed out twice but never got altered, but that isn't going to stop the house selling to be fair. 4 weeks on with no feedback (they do email Web stats but they are meaningless and despite asking for an explanation it was never forthcomming) or viewings I go into the office and drop the price £15k, a big drop but if it was £5k wrong they would have viewed and offered. And lo and behold viewings and a sale. Quickly followed by the chain falling apart. They wanted to leave the sold board up as our buyers were straight back on the market and would sell almost immediately, seemed odd but in hindsight.....we lived facing a very busy road and a sold board with their name on is priceless advertising! 3 weeks later and no communication from RR I took the sold sign down and told them, within 3 days 4 viewings the first of which offered and we accepted. My biggest mistake was to let them cancel the other 3 viewings, my words were "I trust you to act professionally and in my interests", what an idiot. Our 'perfect buyer' turned out to be anything but, we were never kept informed and pushed on with the reservation of a new build home, solicitors and all. 12 weeks later and our third exchange of contracts I call RR to say I trust all is progressing finally to be told "ah, she hasn't even asked her solicitor to do any searches yet"!! Next day I took their sign down went into their office and asked for my keys back, their parting words were priceless, "she really still wants to buy your house", oh really......thereby loosing circa £2500 on the new house purchase. Very poor communication, bordering on being missleading. Oh and one month later we went with another local agent who sold it 3 times in 2 days eventually to a real 'cash buyer' who was turned away by.....RR

Julian · 9 June 2017 · Reeds Rains

★★★★★ 2/5

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Dissapointing, Tedious and Expensive

Dissapointing and tedious. I bought a property through RR. The process was slow and mediocre but in an industry where it's predominantly poor I was patient and can say it was 'ok'. I gave my new investment to RR to then let out and manage. Again the lettings process was alright, ongoing management was a little slow but a few of their people have a good service. After the second year, my tenancy was coming to an end and no one seemed to care. Myself nor my tenants heard from RR despite chasing until after the end date of the tenancy. By that time I had contacted my tenant myself (obviously) and made our own arrangements. Once RR eventually realised they'd dropped a ball, rather than apologise and look to win my business back, they proceeded to pursue me for a termination of service fee. I will not be using their business for any future transactions or management of my portfolio. And should I come across a property I wish to buy advertised by them I will go out of my way to locate the owner and deal directly with them. Not good enough.

Samuel · 6 June 2017 · Reeds Rains

★★★★★ 5/5

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Reeds · 24 February 2017 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 3/5

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Tom · 21 January 2017 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible service once the house was on the market, sent people to view who couldn't afford to buy it. Every time got into contact felt like we were being lied too,and the photos taken by the manager were terrible. DO NOT USE THIS ESTATE AGENT.

Jon · 21 January 2017 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 5/5

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many thanks for helping with my school project. I had visited a number of agents who were reluctant to take the time to answer my survey. You were very helpful and informative. Thanks again Wendy & Sue

Oliver · 21 January 2017 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 5/5

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Brilliant service from everyone at Reeds Rains, from the valuation, to the photographs right through to the sale, sold our house in 6 weeks!!! Also being really helpful when trying to find something to buy, giving brilliant advice!!! Couldn't recommend them highly enough!!!

Angela · 21 January 2017 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 5/5

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Having recently sold my property with Reeds Rains I have nothing but praise and admiration for the staff at the Rawtenstall branch. They were excellent in every way. Very experienced and knowledgeable, they steered me through the process with empathy, diligence and efficiency. What a fantastic service. I would recommend them to anyone

Tracey · 21 January 2017 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 1/5

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I have sold houses before, so I'm aware of the process. I only used this local Reeds Rains Franchise as I know someone who works there, and in fairness I was given a preferential selling % rate. The owner of the franchise was quick to come out to the property, take payment, photograph the images, complete the online tour and arrange for our EPC. This is where the positive comments end. With regret, we elected to go for their premier package, which cost us over £300 and I'm led to believe gives you a better chance of selling your house. I've subsequently learned that a friend of mine didn't pay it, so that's reassuring to know. After 4 weeks and after a couple of calls, we received a report showing the web hits and the amount of times the property appeared in the property search results etc. Nearly 4 months down the line, we called a guy in their office and asked him about house prices in the area, what they thought we needed to do to sell the house and overall the response was extremely poor. Low and behold we served termination notice this week as we're changing agents, and we receive another web report. Based on our experience, I wouldn't recommend selling your house with this Reeds Rains franchise.

Marcus · 22 January 2015 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall

★★★★★ 5/5

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Always helpful and friendly staff. The website is easy to use and i found my first home easily through them, hassle free.

Lisa · 23 January 2011 · Reeds Rains, Rawtenstall