Abbotts Basildon Sales reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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SHOCKING COMMUNICATIONS! AVOID!

SHOCKING COMMUNICATIONS! We entered negotiations to purchase a property. When communications began it was a relatively normal process with the back and forth conversation between ourselves, the agent and the vendors. After rejecting multiple offers on the same day. We eventually upped our offer again with a reasonable offer which caused the vendor to keep it on the table and only what I can call "stalling" for time. After us constantly chasing we gave the vendor plenty of patience and time to decide only to be fobbed off by the agent with "We can't get hold of the vendor" or "the vendors need to have a conversation". We were promised a decision multiple times on different days only to be left waiting. A few calls to update us out of professional courtesy from the agent would have been sufficient. After a week and a half they finally called and rejected the offer we had on the table only to sell it the same day. It appears they were stalling for a better offer, making us the backup plan. We'd have much rather the transparency and told from the start that our offer would be considered if no better offers came forward. Instead we kept being put off with various excuses which seemed strange at the time. A lot of people would just say that's life, move on which we have. There's plenty more properties out there! However I just wanted someone to know about our unpleasant experience as I wouldn't want others to go through it. Don't get me wrong a lot of the control is in the vendors hands which is fair enough but now I'm inclined to believe the estate agent was also in on it. A carrot on a stick comes to mind.Once again we were made to feel like a backup plan! If we feel this uneasy during negotiations, I don't have much confidence in completing a purchase with them. What happened to honest ways of negotiating and doing business nowadays!?

Brad · 4 November 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Con artists

DO NOT USE. I used them to rent out my property it was agreed 1/2 month payment for finders fee. When I received several hundred pounds less. They had only given me bottom copies to sign tenants agreement etc. I trusted the manager Jason Hatton & lettings agent Freddie Wealand they are both dishonest untrustworthy people. Mr Hatton promised to get me back my £ or he would “pay it out of my own pocket “ yet another lie he simply passed it on to a line manager whom said I signed the documents & tough basically.I was told that their nickname in the agents circle is B’std Thieves not Barstow Eves well that’s a nick name well suited

Mr · 8 October 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Truly an awful experience

Truly an awful experience, they got me to sign the contract and even told me to put the utilities into my name, then informed me the current tenants were not leaving. When I asked for my holding deposit back they promised it within 3 to 5 days and on the 6th day I'm still waiting. You'll understand why estate agents have such a poor reputation once you deal with these guys. Avoid at all costs if you value your sanity. Truly awful experience

BV · 5 October 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Highly reccomended

Hi, I found Megan extremely helpful, she answered a lot of my questions promptly and kept in contact with me whilst I was making my application to make sure I was happy with everything. Thanks Megan

Munjinder · 15 March 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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It’s almost amazing how everyone at the…

It’s almost amazing how everyone at the Lincoln branch is so incompetent and uncaring about their job here.

Flynn · 20 June 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Dreadful service!we should have…

Dreadful service!we should have completed 14 days ago! When we signed up we said no viewings without a confirmed mortgage only to find out 8 weeks gone they only had one in principle!!we have been waiting to go as are our sellers and their sellers!😡with a estate agents charge of £5800! For all the times I’ve had to phone them (our agent either doesn’t work some days!is on the phone!or out of office! They should be paying us!! Soooo very angry 😡😡 do NOT use bairstow eves!

Jackie · 15 September 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Chris & Amy have just been a pleasure to deal with from the start. They just have a real special touch about the way they work! Would highly recommend them to anyone! Thanks again guys!

Stephen · 26 October 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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GAZUMPING

GAZUMPING! Absolutely unprofessional and disgusting company. The house wasn't even on the market when we got a call to have the first view and we were rushed to offer so if we offer the house doesn't go on the market or at least it has been told. On arrival the Agent couldn't find which house to show so we were circling around for the area for ages trying to find out. We liked the house and made an offer with the full asking price which has been accepted by the seller, then they put the property on the market with "offers over" our accepted offer. Unfair, and disgusting. Do Not trust in them!

Robert · 5 August 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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East Ham Branch ++

The team at the East Ham branch were proactive, efficient and extremely helpful throughout the (long) property purchase process. Thank you David, Maria and Ahmed. Highly recommend their services!

Sylwia · 28 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Use another estate agent

We thought we sold our flat and then lock down happened. When lock down lifted I push the council etc to get things moving and I have basically done Bairstows job. We then advised they could get in touch with the buyer and to place back on the market. We got two offers one absolutely stupid and the other was accepted then withdrawn because we didnt have a bath. It wasnt there before the offer and I had to chase to get the feed back on that.Then I gave them notice and they said do you still want us to market the flat. Yes I cant go anywhere else for two weeks can I? So I contacted the original buyers solicitors and guess what he is still interested and we should have a final answer to his mortgage issues the 6th of August. So I could have instructed another estate agent and ended up paying double agent fees or worst still lost a buyer.Sorry wouldnt recommend them at all.

Anna · 28 July 2020

★★★★★ 4/5

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Great staff!

I can't speak for rentals but they found me a buyer almost immediately, but it fell through because my tenants who had agreed to leave, changed their minds. Cut a long story, I got a new buyer and thing were held up with covid 19. At all times they kept me informed, answered my queries promptly, and going the extra mile when needed help. The staff at the Lincoln branch are great and its a shame other branches do not seem as efficient. Top marks to them!

Sandra · 16 July 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Useless

Im a landlord who had a property being 'managed' by these clowns.The lady managing it -Wendy Christoforou couldn't be bothered to do anything I asked her to do. It would take her weeks to do anything and only after I had a go at her for being useless did she start showing results. This company charged me for things I didn't ask for and now 3 months after leaving them I'm still waiting for the deposit back. Suprise, now no one is responding to emails or answering the phone about getting the deposit back. This company does nothing except take money from your pocket. Don't use

George · 8 June 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Horrible experience dealing with them.

I rented a flat through them (Barkingside Branch). Everything from the beginning seemed sub-optimal. Firstly, we had to wait around for the agent to get the landlord's signature on the contract for a few days after we had already signed it - then, on the day of moving in, we waited again for the agent a few hours in order to chase some last minute things they needed. The agent didn't even come into the property with us to show us around - they just gave us the key outside and left. Once inside the property we discovered some issues that took a very long time to solve after that. We also needed the radiators replaced, as they weren't working at all, and we ended up waiting over 2 months (November and December) for them to be replaced and only once the council got involved. Now we've been waiting for over a month for them to replace some kitchen appliance, which were in a very poor state from the beginning (you could tell they haven't been replaced in years due to foul smell and rust everywhere). They are very bad at communication, and have an entitled attitude - like you MUST do exactly what they say and pay the rent without any lateness, but when it's time for them to do something for, get ready to wait several months.

Ciprian · 5 June 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Another bad experience, please avoid

I cannot say bad about Bairstoweves in general but this specifically applies to their Nottingham branch from where I leased a property for about a year.The problem is that, they are not professional at all but they hire 'professional' looking offices on high street to lure customers. They charge goodwill fee of £500 and then charge for every transaction you make.In the end, you will find that they are there only to service the landlords whom they cannot disturb more than once to get back your deposit.For me it took them 4 months and continuous requests to finally get them to have the landlord release that deposit, from which they also deducted amount for petty things like 'professional' cleaning of the fridge.They may have a stock of houses that look good but beware, you will be putting yourself in harms way by going into a contract with them.

Iram · 21 May 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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I am pleased with the staff service, professional and patient.

Susan · 27 June 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Cannock branch

I let my property out through the Cannock branch of Bairstoweves. On using their tenant finding service the tenant they found was simply terrible. Didn’t pay the rent leaving a pile of bailiffs letters on finally vacating my property. I appreciate this process can occasionally go this way. The main complaint I would have is that during this period the level of service was abysmal. Unbelievably they seemed totally uninterested, promise after promise to return calls that were never returned. The staff seemed completely out of their depth. Inefficient, apathetic, couldn’t care less & very unhelpful. On visiting the Cannock office to collect the keys to my property & inform them I no longer required their “services” I then found I couldn’t gain access as they had given me the keys to someone else’s property. Just about summed it up. They say the right things, lots of smiles, a veneer of professionalism, behind that total inefficiency. Awful to deal with.

Greenie · 5 April 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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My review is regarding the Nottingham branch.

My review is regarding the Nottingham branch. I arranged a viewing and advised that I had a tight time frame as I do not live in the UK, and was only in Nottingham for 1 day for viewings. They said that on the day I wanted a viewing was a busy day, but would try their best to accommodate me. They emailed me back with a time, great I thought. We was waiting outside the property for over 25 minutes, but they didn't show or call me. I emailed Jeevan & Karen to vent my disappointment, but again, no reply. Fortunately, my offer was accepted on another property. Stay clear of this useless Estate Agent.

Wilfred · 16 March 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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South ockendon branch magical!!

Well let me start by thanking Ashley estate agent and Larry our mortgage advisor at our local south ockendon branch.From start to nearly finished now they have been fantastic and informative all the way today we had the great news of our mortgage offer and now ready to finalise bits for our new home we brought with Ashley's help and a great no fantastic mortgage deal from Larry these guys are a great asset to this business and would highly recommend all services which are competitively priced the conveyancing side of it also is fantastic no need for loads of calls and visits to sign stuff all online great.Once again thank you team look forward to moving into our lovely new home.

Dean · 11 March 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Simply the BEST !!

I’ll keep it short the team at Biggin Hill Kent are the best estates I have ever dealt with. Karen, Gary and Caroline are so switched on when it comes to giving sound advice over realistic valuations, marketing, and communications. It was literally the smoothest house transaction I have ever done. Other local estate agents could learn a lesson or two about efficiency. We’ll done and thank you once again.

TRMAN · 14 April 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Dont use them

Lee came round really sold us a good service and value for money. We trusted him and signed up, what we have got so far isnt good. We got 6 viewings and only 3 turned up. The estate agent turned up 20 minutes late for the viewings and then she had a conversation with my neighbour about him just selling his flat. The people viewing over heard and this effected the offer to me. So unprofessional and I would not use them again, let hope the flat sells.

Anna · 24 February 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Totally incompetent

They kept my deposit as someone complained the house was dusty few days after it was thoroughly cleaned.This is a scam as the cleaning bill I was charged for was about £330, when I know for a fact they do not send a cleaner before new tennants move in. I cleaned the house myself and got charged for it!!This company is a total waste of time, the agents are completely incompetent and lazy. Landlords would better do it themselves, any repair through Bairstoweves will never be sorted.

TERESA · 19 February 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Toxic people

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Ritheni · 12 November 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rented a flat in Leyton for 2 years…

Rented a flat in Leyton for 2 years through them and paid full rent 6 months in advance for the whole duration of the tenancy. Gave more than a month of notice that i wished to not renew the yearly contract, before the tenancy was coming to an end. I greatly facilitated finding new tenant/s by providing my own free time for viewings (the letting agent was quite unprofessional and crammed in up to 6 viewings in the span of half an hour! and he contacted me on whatsapp for viewings he had already booked for late evenings, without asking if i could even be at the flat!). I contacted the agency only ONCE, about a small problem with the boiler, and that was towards the end of the tenancy. I was promised a full deposit refund (even though I didn't demand it, and I'm happy to be charged for small damages, that are unavoidable when you live in a place for two years). It has been 4+ weeks, no deposit in sight!! The person who is SUPPOSEDLY in charge is constantly on holiday. I thought they would be trustworthy, but now i worry about the safety of my bank account (I provided them my bank details).

Valentina · 24 December 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Customer complaint - It's like they don't want you to buy homes from them?

Customer complaint:Dear Sir,I would like to raise a complaint as my dealings with this company have been terrible from start to finish.It took over a week and countless chasers to receive some simple answers to questions regarding a property, once we over came this hurdle and arranged a viewing Cecilia Urban had the audacity to leave me waiting in the rain forgetting about the appointment all together?!This is just not the way to do business.If your staff are to busy hire more? Don't allow for your customer service to fall off a cliff.If your staff can't tell the time teach them?I am just lost for words...Regards Jack

Jack · 17 December 2019