Balgores Basildon reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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ACTUALLY THINK ITS ILLEGAL

ACTUALLY THINK ITS ILLEGAL Had an offer excepted on a connells property but won’t use their financial services only to get a call to say the vendor no longer wants to sell was a little disappointed but thought nothing of it. Put an offer on a different property ( coincidentally another connells) this time before they said if the offer had been excepted they call me and in other words said if we don’t use their financial services we have no chance of buying the house. Because the house was only around the corner I went and spoke to the vendor who informed me they hadn’t received my offer and had taken a lower one but the buyer was using connells financial services! On the way home stopped at the first property that connells had said we’re no longer interested in selling only to find out that the vendor was told we had pulled out and we’re advised to take an alternative offer which transpired was £5000 less but surprise surprise the new buyer was using connells financial services! Obviously the vendor was not pleased! So connells not only use illegal practices against the buyer but also their own clients!

Mr · 11 May 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Rented my house with Connels never…

Rented my house with Connels never again been with them 7 years they never reply to messages owed money tenant moved out and agreed landlord keep deposit to cover the last two month rent owing four weeks later still waiting for Connels to release money only have one person in letting there never there always off zero customer service if you want to have your time wasted this is the place to go

Roger · 21 June 2022

★★★★★ 1/5

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Disgraceful company

Disgraceful company, mortgage company used these to value the house, valuer was obnoxious, rude and arrogantHe falsy claimed there was a backhander going on with the deal to buy the house, mortgage company backed out of the deal, i lost significant money on solicitors fees. Formal complaint in progress with the mortgage company but issues all born from this disgrace of a company. Happy to share emails and expenses.. Would avoid them at all costs0Thankfully secured a new deal and now all going through. If ur having a valuation from these, steer well clear

Richard · 29 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Connels valuation

Connels de-valuated my new build flat for 40k under the asking price. I went to barclays and successfully passed their checks and their valuation was the same day and it was positive.Connels do not have any process or any policies in place for new build homes as they solely rely on an EWS1 form. The bigger banks such as barclays can accept a comfort letter.In addition connels took 3 months to valuate the new build flat whereas barclays took 1 day.My advice is to avoid connels on new build flats where you can as they have no policies or procedures in place to deal with new build properties.

Johnathan · 28 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Me and my husband booked a viewing…

Me and my husband booked a viewing which was good lady was very nice did explained everything nicely so we straight a way made offer call back from them we supposed to get in 48 hours with final answer but we been waiting whole week and when you give them a call they say “ you don’t need to do nothing nobody didn’t made bigger offer than you just relax and wait we will call you”. We been waiting already good news and been excited but suddenly we’ve got a call that it sold... sorry why you are waisting my time and giving me a hope.

Inesa · 23 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Absolute shambles of a company

Absolute shambles of a company. Wasted our time, fuel and Toll fees after not showing up to an arranged appointment with a round trip of 76 miles and four hours.Staff member we spoke to quickly blamed her colleague after arguing with me that it was "Not our fault".We did put in an official complaint, and were firstly offered £30 compensation, which we refused, this was then raised to £50 which we accepted just to see the end of them.We are still waiting for that £50 - 21 days later, and have now been told it will be another 28 days !!I dread to think how this disorganised office manage to sell property, I would think twice if I were you - rude, incompetent, childish staff and unprofessional.

Ian · 21 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst agent and didn’t even attend the property

We scheduled to arrange a lettings valuation and the agent just didn’t show up , no explanation as to why and when I phoned the gentleman on the phone didn’t even apologise on behalf of his colleague claimed he was on annual leave and a manager would phone me I asked that they don’t call me early morning and the manager who does valuations is actually off the day they were suppose to attend , there is no notes or discussion on the system of the property. I am shocked this agent gets any business at all. Considering landlords pay a fee once marketed ?

Maz · 20 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Market Harborough branch Absolutely…

Market Harborough branch Absolutely awful!We where ignored, lied to and lead on. After 2 attempts of calling to view the property we wanted to view, with no reply to messages left, on the 3rd go we finally had a viewing arranged. We liked it the house put an offer in stressing our urgency, 5 weeks later after agreeing a deal, we got nowhere, no paperwork NOTHING!After weeks of chasing them and being told lie after lie we finally walked away. They don’t reply to emails, the manager was extremely rude, and when we finally told them we where walking away, no email reply, no phone call to apologise.AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL how they are in business I have no idea.

Emma · 9 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Avoid in buying a property

For anyone interested in buying any property with Connell estate agency, don’t. I’ve been put on a list that apparently “expires after 10 days” for a property I wanted to view for the last two weeks. I called on the first week to see if I can view it yet but couldn’t as apparently they were “shielding” which is understandable. I called after the 10 days to be put back on the list to view it on the second week. When I called they already done all the viewings and that “suddenly” I disappeared off the list. I asked them to check both of them but their response back was that I wasn’t put down. Then denied all knowledge of me ringing when I have the call logs and emails. So if you’re considering this company, think twice before you do.

Chloe · 1 April 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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I wanted to leave a review as this is the second time I have used balgores. First three years ago when purchasing a property and again this year when selling and buying at the same time. Everyone there has been so helpful from start to …

Sylvia · 24 June 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Would like to say a huge thank You to Daniel for selling our flat for us in Laindon within 3 weeks of it going on the market, and for over the asking price. He also found us our forever home …

Katie · 16 September 2024

★★★★★ 4/5

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I have been with Balgores since 2011. They had provided very good service of looking after my property over the years. Recently my property was vacated by the tenants who had lived there for almost eight years. After renovation and …

Mazhar · 16 September 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very good agency!! Recommend it to everyone Specially Michael. Good costumer service and I just got a house from them, Thank you balgores

Serigne · 22 May 2025

★★★★★ 1/5

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Wasted my time completely was not up…

Wasted my time completely was not up front as to the Sale details of property and that there was a third party Coporate Company involved.Found their team had a less than favourable attitude.They left me waiting on details as to why the Sale had fallen through only days after I had my offer accepted.

Jane · 13 January 2024

★★★★★ 5/5

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A big thank you to Sarah for her professional approach. I'm buying my first property and she has been really helpful from start to finish.

Monika · 22 May 2022

★★★★★ 5/5

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It's been a professional service from start to finish and I cannot thank the guys at balgores Basildon enough and the weekly updates from Sarah kept us well informed never had to chase for anything.

George · 22 May 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Very good lettings agent. Mica in the Basildon branch was very helpful and guided me through every step of the lettings process. Would highly recommend Mica and the Basildon team to anyone looking to rent.

Paul · 22 May 2020

★★★★★ 5/5

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Amazing service from Daniel and his team. Had confidence from start to finish! Thank you

Ruby · 22 May 2023

★★★★★ 1/5

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I would give 0 stars if possible

I would give 0 stars if possible. Wanted to book the viewing, the lady said they already have the offers and didn’t even let me to make my offer. After I spoke with the seller myself, she said that she even didn’t mention about my offer. By the end of the day, I was made over asking price offer but it was still refused. I assume that their staff just lazy and don’t wanna to make any sells. I would definitely avoid this agency in the future.

Mary · 26 February 2021

★★★★★ 3/5

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Kettering Branch

Bought a place early 2018 through the Kettering branch. The sales and rentals guys at this branch were great. Did things when asked and put effort into getting the purchase though.However...the accounts department is an absolute nightmare. Can't follow instructions, put up walls at every turn in order not to do what was asked and frankly came up with some pitiful excuses to do nothing. When they did finally get their fingers out, they did it wrong on multiple occasions. Based in Kettering I would've used them to manage my portfolio in the future, but then accounts got involved and it's a no-go. Ugh...

P · 10 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Don't recommend

I wanted to share my experience with this agency. We went for viewing and put in an offer on the house, the agent said because it's Saturday the offer have to go through a manager - we thought fair enough we can wait till Monday. I had to chase them up to check whether this information has been passed (luckily it was but no one thought to inform me of that). I asked what's the rough time to find out whether the offer has been accepted or not - the manager/supervisor said 1-2 days. So we've waited, no call so had to chase them up on my own to find out they still have no answer. So we just gave up, and it's been 2 or 3 weeks since we made any contact with them and they're still haven't called or contacted us and stopped sending any properties that would match our criteria. I must say that if an agency is trying to sell the house they should be making all the attempts to trying to sell it and contact the buyer and inform them of progress/situation. BTW, the house never even appeared on the market so I assume the vendor doesn't even want to sell. Not impressed at all with how things were handled.

Aleksandra · 8 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Basingstoke

Basingstoke: unprofessional and absolutely uninterested! They are the kings of excuses! As you can see the majority of the reviews are negative it speaks volumes! Because there is no regulation in this country anyone can do whatever they want if they pay for it! Absolutely disgusting! Pure robbery and racket subsidised by power and law…

Driskodris · 8 December 2023

★★★★★ 5/5

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The team, from the start, were very informative and helpful when it came to letting my house. In what is currently a difficult time for the market, credit to Michael who worked tirelessly to find the right tenants and was always honest and informative throughout the process.

Lee · 22 May 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst customer service at Birmingham…

Worst customer service at Birmingham OfficeHead office makes appointment with customers but local office does wish to work and will cancel appointment at own.I try to speak to Manager and another sales person pretended to be Manager and talked like a street person Just waste of time

Sajid · 19 May 2024