Bairstow Eves Basildon Sales reviews

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 1/5

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Expect awful experience with Bairstow Eves

Awful experience dealing with these cowboys as a landlord and my tenant also had a regretful experience with Bairstow Eves.I was pressurized to sign ToB that is not readable, tenants were not properly inducted on the property and had to experience days of electricity blackout due to not informing the tenant on how to manage the electricity payments. Refused to handover my property after 3 terminations of the property management notice.Deducted monies unjustified and illegally from rental income.I have had to refer to them to the property ombudsmanIf you are having any issues with them make a complaint with the property ombudsman to get things right.

Ade · 29 September 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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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

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible experience!!

Terrible experience!!!

Daljit · 25 November 2025

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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

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 1/5

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Absolute cowboys

wow where do I start! 10 years renting a property through these absolute cowboys. Had 100's of issues with them, finally bought our own house so could get out of the unfit house Bairstow let out. Repairs that are their responsibility take months to fix. Had no oven for 4 months! Landlord didn't sign tenancy agreement but funnily enough it was signed when giving evidence for deposit dispute. We recieved half of our deposit back. They said the house was in near immaculate condition when we moved in and that they couldn't find the check in documents. Luckily we had a copy which proved the house was in no where near immaculate condition when we moved in. Bathroom tiles we die to be replaced not long after we moved in, 10 years later they were never done, yet they tried blaming us for the damage the appalling grout work had caused! We had to endure leaks, broken hobs, leaking taps, mouldy wooden window frames, rotten door frames, grubby stains made before we rented, these things either took months to repair or weren't repaired at all. We went two months during winter with our boiler broken, no hot water or heat. AVOID BAIRSTOW EVES AT ALL COST!!!

Tnatalie · 14 July 2020

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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

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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

★★★★★ 5/5

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Azar ,Lucy and Hannah you people you are amazing .Thank you so much for helping me to find a house .lm greatful

Betsy · 24 October 2023

★★★★★ 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

★★★★★ 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

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By far the worst real estate agent I…

By far the worst real estate agent I have ever been involved with. The rental home we were to move into late last year was undergoing renovations at the time of the viewing and was promised to be completed by 21st November and effectively unfurnished. Move in day arrives and there are still two workers plastering and painting the ceilings and walls amongst other things, meaning the property was filthy and uninhabitable. The house had also been left full of the previous tenants furniture leaving no room for our own. The inventory report could not be completed that day either for obvious reasons. This delayed our move in date by 2 weeks until the 3rd of December and left us stuck with an uninhabitable property.Incredible lack of communication in any form from Bairstow Eves' end, both throughout the moving in process and now while we are still awaiting further repairs to be done to the house (2 months now). Many emails sent without response to multiple staff members.Avoid at all costs and save yourselves the trouble of dealing with this company.

Nick · 24 February 2020

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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

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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

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I would have put zero but doesn’t allow…

I would have put zero but doesn’t allow 🤨😡I recently was buying a corporate house of them we agreed the price only when I had to produce bank statement since it was cash only was told I must conpleat in a month so got lawyers and searches etc to a cost around £1500:00 thought that was it it’s dragged on for 4 month dew to sellers end but Bairstow eves was still doing secret viewings that I was unaware of 😡so gets a call saying there’s been another offer but to not seem in the wrong they said it was earlier offer what a load of crap they will get around extra £100 commission I will loose £1500:00 so do not take there word as gospel get it in writing they are criminals I talking about whitemore way branch Basildon Essex

Barry · 14 January 2020

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Honestly I wish it was possible to give…

Honestly I wish it was possible to give zero stars.Landlords and tenants alike should avoid this company. Firstly, I was basically tricked into changing my energy supplier to Spark energy, who put me on an incredibly expensive tarrif without my knowledge or consent, Bairstow eves did NOT inform me about any of this. Spark energy comes bottom in almost all rankings of energy suppliers. Maybe thats why they have to force people moving home to switch to them? Similar happened with my water bill. I somehow ended up with three water accounts for the property.Secondly, Bairstow eves did not have a copy of the keys during the whole of my tenancy. They gave me the only set, and then asked me to bring them into their office so they could have another set cut. Highly inconvenient, and when I picked the keys up, they still hadn't had a set cut. So i took the keys, and had they needed to gain access, they would have been unable to do so. When i gave notice and moved out, no one contacted me about checkout or handing the keys back. I wonder if the homeowner was aware of this?Thirdly, now I have moved out (several weeks ago) no one has contacted me regarding an inspection, checkout or deposit. Absolutely pathetic.

Hester · 8 January 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible Company

I have experienced Bairstow Eves as both a buyer and a seller and my opinion of them could not be much lower.I had my flat on market with another agents who did their best but things ran out of stream after about 9 months so I switched to Bairstow Eves hoping I could kick start things again.I will say that the flat is not in good repair and the lease is short but the asking price has been substantially reduced to take account of this.All I have had in 3 months is 2 offers,both well below the asking price.There seems to be little effort made to negotiate or put themselves out and I just wonder how they stay in business.They do not seem to want to do anything to earn their commission.I will be dispensing with their service.On the purchase front I was met with the same laissez faire attitude and lack of communication and my purchase fell through,not completely their fault,but I feel I was misled about the reliability of the seller then just left in the air for weeks without contact.

David · 7 January 2020

★★★★★ 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

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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

★★★★★ 1/5

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Still charging renewal fees.

Renewals fees banned as of June 2019, determined exploitative by the government.My renewal is due in Feb and they're still going to charge me 125 quid to renew for a further 12 months and can only do so legally because I signed before the ban came into force.They still hold £450 deposit from my previous tenancy with them because of a dispute with the land lady, when I contacted them for assistance they very rudely turned me away.Wont be using them again.

Fred · 6 December 2019

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rubbish estate agency

Been attempting to buy a property that was marketed by this so-called estate agency. Their service has been totally awful: ignoring all forms of communication, happy to tell you all sorts of rubbish about leaseholds which was completely incorrect and just generally rude, uncooperative and useless. Surprisingly, even my solicitor stated that she was sick of their harassment.Sorry to the seller that I had to pull out but this company is not really fit to act as an estate agency.

Simon · 25 October 2019