Trusted Agent profile · Basingstoke and Deane
★★★★★
1,925 reviews across 2 platforms
1 Wote Street, Basingstoke, RG21 7NE, Basingstoke and Deane, RG21 7NE
Connells's office in Basingstoke and Deane, at 1 Wote Street, is rated 2.3 out of 5 across 1,925 reviews on two platforms, including 283 Google reviews rated 4.4.
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5/5
TrustpilotA big thank you to Kelly for offering a…
A big thank you to Kelly for offering a very personal and extremely easy experience in renting my property. It had been so effortless which is exactly what I required and tenants were found within a week.Thank you for going over and beyond Kelly nothing was ever too much effort for you, a true credit to the company and gold star service. (Jas Dhillon Perton)
5/5
GoogleVery grateful to Francesca Jobson and the rest of the team at Connells for helping us secure our dream property. Francesca really went above and beyond to help my partner and I get everything we asked for, we couldn’t be happier in our lovely home!
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this tremendous 5* review Selina. Kind regards, Lucy, Customer Relations.
1/5
TrustpilotResidential Lettings service apalling
We used Connells letting service to save us time for a considerably large fee. Not only was the tenant very disappointed with their service but Connells asked us for the names of contractors and in one case asked us to organise the service that we had paid them to provide. We never had the same person dealing with anything and even when we dismissed them we had to resort to their complaints process to partially resolve the issue. Steer well clear is my advice as you will pay for a service that you not receive. Never again.
1/5
TrustpilotDealing with Connells has been an…
Dealing with Connells has been an absolute nightmare. They are painfully slow to respond, regularly ignored my emails, and never pushed the buyers for updates. It felt like we were doing all the chasing while they just sat back.
1/5
TrustpilotConnells North St Bristol
Connells North St Bristol Speaking as a landlord I would not use this particular branch of Connells again. While getting some properties valued recently the agent and I got chatting,I explained I had a difficult tenant and due to my age I was thinking of handing my residential portfolio over to a property management company. He advised me to use his team (only one person at this particular branch) and me being keen for an easy life contacted Beth. While I should stress that the team I spoke to in her absence (kingswood branch) came across as wanting to help me and also very professional as was the sales team at this branch,I can honestly say I don’t feel the same way about Beth. I felt like she was under the impression she was me a favour rather than charging me 11% something she actually did say is I’m dealing with the tenant for free despite me telling her to bill me for it. The whole point of me letting her deal with this particularly tenant was to see if she would be capable of looking after my portfolio. I personally feel this would be something she would not be capable of doing.
1/5
TrustpilotWhat an absolute liar and conman the…
What an absolute liar and conman the manager Kyran is.
1/5
TrustpilotLeft alone to deal with a tenant who doesn’t want to leave after being served with a notice.
I directed Connells that I needed my property back and they advised the customer of my instructions. They told me the customer has to save the notice period, which is about a month and a half. As I’m writing this review, Almost 6 months later, the tenant still hasn’t left the property. There hasn’t been any updates from Connells regarding the eviction notice. They left me to deal with the tenant (which hasn’t been easy) although THEY ARE STILL COLLECTING MONTHLY FEES from this property. I have now decided to go the legal route…will update in due course
1/5
TrustpilotVery bad property management service
Very bad property management service . It has been six months and they are not fixing the house repair .
1/5
TrustpilotWhen is an auction not an auction - seller beware
Seller beware of signing up to the Modern Auction method of selling your house. I did and wasn’t given the contract to read before signing up or sent a copy to allow the cooling off period by the Watford branch. Apart from being told this would be easy and bidding was like on EBay. Interested buyers would bid and the idea was that the price would reach the reserve or above. The buyer pays 4.2% above the sale price and the seller pays no commission. All good so far! In reality people who view make an offer and as in The traditional selling method the offer is put to the seller. If the offer is refused the buyer is under no obligation to put that bid on the Iamsold website to generate more bids. So for 6O days my house stayed at its original starting price even though people had made offers moving towards the reserve price. People on the watchlist saw none of this as nothing happened. And it certainly didn’t generate a ‘bidding frenzy’I gave notice on the contract and was told it would cost me nothing. SELLER BEWARE clause 3 of the contract which I had never been given a copy of stated that I would be liable to pay the 4.2% for the next 12 MONTHS if anyone Connells had introduced subsequently bought the house. A list of 60 people. Going to a new agent you are tied to Connells for 12 MONTHS and the new agent is obliged to tell Connells if someone from the list buys the house. You, the seller then incurs the 4.2% commission charge plus the commission charge to the new agent. This does not happen if you stay with Connells and use the traditional method. However as they introduced 60 people and failed to sell the house, which by the way was valued much higher at the start of the process and the again by an independent agent more recently, they are unlikely to be able to sell it at a higher price.For a buyer a £300,000 house will cost around an extra £20,000 on top of the buying price with stamp duty and 4.2%. In my opinion The traditional method where the price starts high and buyers make offers gives a far better deal to both seller and buyer as both are in control of the sale price and end costs and there is no ambiguity.
5/5
GoogleAs i am a first time buyer I had no idea about what to do but you guys really came through and helped me buy this house.Thank you soo much to the Jack and Alicia including the Connells family.
Thank you for your 5* review. We pride ourselves on exceptional service and are pleased that your experience has been a great one. We look forward to sharing your review with the team! Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
1/5
TrustpilotConnells - the most unprofessional estate agent in …
The most unprofessional estate agent in the UK. While selling our property Connells showed as the most unreliable agency to work with. All is bad about it: from pictures they take to advertise a property (very poor quality and unprofessional) to way of communication with me (never come back with the feedback after viewings, never calls you back when you leave a message). Please don't waste your time with Connells
5/5
TrustpilotGreen lane Wigan visit
Good morning just a review on connells surveying team excellent internals team on appointment processing very easy to work with
1/5
TrustpilotChased for over 3 months, still have not received my refund
I am a landlord and have been using Connells in Basingstoke to manage my rental property for over 3 yrs. In Dec 2023, I used one of their handyman to fix my property. They mistakenly charged me twice for the same service invoice. Its end of March 2024 and I have lost count on how many times i've chased them for this refund. I've chased my property manager Ms. Kelsey Evans about this numerous times. I rang up their accounts department as well. They say they'll sort it out but unfortunately no refund yet. £478.80 is significant amount and they have been holding on it for over 3 months now. I'm sick and tired of chasing. Extremely disappointed with their service.
1/5
TrustpilotFalse advertising, lack of communication and professionalism
Connells MaidstoneWe recently rented a property that was advertised as partly furnished. On both the website and after enquiring they confirmed that would include only the white goods. However after moving in we found multiple piece of furniture that were not communicated and now they are asking us to pay for storage in case we don't want them in the house! If you are dealing with them make sure you go through every little detail before you make any decision - overall very poor experience..
1/5
TrustpilotThe poorest evaluation I ever had in my…
The poorest valuation I ever had in my life the house price is 230k in market they put down 175k The valuation man was 🥴 🥴
5/5
TrustpilotEllen Gynn
We received excellent advice from Ellen Gynn at the Wellesbourne branch, she made the whole journey pleasant and extremely easy.
2/5
TrustpilotPoor Experience
We used them via Persimmons home exchange. The initial valuation and communication with them was great as they want to get your custom. They were meant to phone us/ email about our house listing so we could proof read it before it was put on the market. They listed our house as leasehold and made up information about this lease.. The property is freehold.. 🙄 we contacted them about this and they said it takes a week to amend it on the website. 2 weeks later it is still currently listed wrong.Anyway, this probably lost us quite a few potential buyers but luckily we also had our house listed with a local estate agent who marketed our house correctly and we sold within a week with them!
5/5
GoogleI had experience with Eliza and Jack. Both are lovely, sincere and polite professionals. Eliza loves her job and I wish her success in her career.. Really warm cheerful experience with them. Love it
Thank you for your 5* review Sajitha. We pride ourselves on exceptional service and are pleased that your experience has been a great one. We look forward to sharing your review with the team! Best wishes, Lucy, Customer Relations.
4/5
GoogleI recently let out property through connells Basingstoke and found Elizabeth very knowledgeable and helpful. It was pleasure to deal with her and I would recommend Elizabeth at Connells highly.
Thanks for the 4-stars for our Connells Basingstoke Lettings team.
1/5
TrustpilotI was a prospective tenant for one of…
I was a prospective tenant for one of the properties listed with them. They cancelled a viewing 2 hrs before the appointment saying the house was having 'some work done'. We rebooked the viewing for 2 days later and I called on the day of the viewing to confirm some details about the property. It was only then that I was informed that the property was not available. They had not bothered to contact me to cancel the viewing (was meant to happen in less than 2 hours). They did not apologise and were actually quite rude. I don't trust them at all and wouldn't be surprised if the information I was given was untrue. I would not recommend them!
1/5
TrustpilotThe worst agency I had to deal with…
The worst agency I had to deal with very disappointed and I would not recommend it to anyone!The letting agent Lauren Galway’s very rude and discriminating person!she asked me about my share code three times and than after that asked me for a BRP card!after giving her everything at the very end she said that we can’t have the very deposit option!Never ever I’ve been treated like that in this country
5/5
GoogleHave to say we were impressed with the service from Connell’s Basingstoke. Zoe Poole was handling our case and did a fantastic job of keeping us informed throughout, chasing up solicitors and liaising with the sellers. Thanks to her patience and persistence we managed to purchase a house in approximately 8 weeks, nothing short of miraculous.PositiveResponsiveness, Professionalism
1/5
TrustpilotShockingly Unprofessional Store Manager
Shockingly Unprofessional Store ManagerConnells in Basingstoke (south) have a manager who is the most arrogant and rude individual I have ever spoken to. Trying to put in an offer for a first floor apartment in Winterthur Way, Basingstoke. We were trying to offer the asking price … sellers beware! This agent was so rude to us we won’t be purchasing any properties through them.I would warn any prospective sellers to steer clear of Connells Estate Agents. Very poor service, the manager in particular is unprofessional and certainly not an asset to the company.
4/5
TrustpilotLilli Cox was very responsive to all…
Lilli Cox was very responsive to all questions and queries. Her second in command - Oliwia was also helpful in responding when Lilli was unavailable. Thank you for all your care and attention!
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